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Treatise 19: Commanderies and Principalities, Part I
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The Geography Treatise in the Book of Han exhaustively traces every commandery and county in the empire, notes remarkable mountains and rivers, and explains how regional customs arose. This chapter records only post-restoration changes among commanderies and counties, plus battle-related placenames where the Spring and Autumn and the three standard histories agree—hence the title Commanderies and States. Any county listed in the earlier Geography but omitted here was folded into another unit or struck from the rolls under Emperor Guangwu. Entries that had no Western Han predecessor were added in subsequent reigns. The county named first in each list is the commandery seat.
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The Inspectorate lists the commanderies Henan, Henei, Hedong, Hongnong, Jingzhao, Fengyi, and Fufeng.
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西黿宿宿西宿西使西使西西西祿
The Diwang shiji says, “From the opening of heaven and earth there was not yet any system of territorial boundaries. The Three Sovereigns were too remote. The various masters say that when Shennong ruled all under heaven, the land measured 900,000 li east to west and 850,000 li north to south. When the Yellow Emperor received the mandate, he first made boats and carts to cross what had not been passable. He then calculated the stellar stations and lunar lodges in order to fix the pitch-pipes and measures. From 11 degrees of Dipper to 7 degrees of Weaving Maid, also called Maid, was the station of Xingji; among the earthly branches it was at chou, called Chifenruo; in the pitch-pipes it was Huangzhong; when the Dipper handle pointed to zi, this was today the field-allocation of Wu and Yue. From 8 degrees of Weaving Maid to 16 degrees of Rooftop was Xuanxiao, also called Tianyuan; at zi, called Kundun; in the pitch-pipes Dalu; with the Dipper handle at chou; today the field-allocation of Qi. From 17 degrees of Rooftop to 4 degrees of Legs was Shiwei, also called Zouzi; at hai, called Dayuanxian; in the pitch-pipes Taicu; with the Dipper handle at yin; today the field-allocation of Wei. From 5 degrees of Legs to 6 degrees of Stomach was Jianglou; at xu, called Yanmao; in the pitch-pipes Jiazhong; with the Dipper handle at mao; today the field-allocation of Lu. From 7 degrees of Stomach to 11 degrees of Net was Daliang; at you, called Zuo’e; in the pitch-pipes Guxian; with the Dipper handle at chen; today the field-allocation of Zhao. From 12 degrees of Net to 15 degrees of Eastern Well was Shishen; at shen, called Tuntan; in the pitch-pipes Zhonglü; with the Dipper handle at si; today the field-allocation of Jin and Wei. From 16 degrees of Well to 8 degrees of Willow was Chunshou; at wei, called Xiaqia; in the pitch-pipes Ruibin; with the Dipper handle at wu; today the field-allocation of Qin. From 9 degrees of Willow to 17 degrees of Extended Net was Chunhuo; at wu, called Dunzang, also called Dalü; in the pitch-pipes Linzhong; with the Dipper handle at wei; today the field-allocation of Zhou. From 18 degrees of Extended Net to 11 degrees of Chariot was Chunwei; at si, called Dahuangluo; in the pitch-pipes Yize; with the Dipper handle at shen; today the field-allocation of Chu. From 12 degrees of Chariot to 4 degrees of Root was Shouxing; at chen, called Zhixu; in the pitch-pipes Nanlü; with the Dipper handle at you; today the field-allocation of Han. From 5 degrees of Root to 9 degrees of Tail was Dahuo; at mao, called Dan’e; in the pitch-pipes Wuyi; with the Dipper handle at xu; today the field-allocation of Song. From 10 degrees of Tail through 10 degrees and 135 parts of Dipper was Ximu; at yin, called Shetige; in the pitch-pipes Yingzhong; with the Dipper handle at hai; today the field-allocation of Yan. In all, heaven has twelve stations, the paths trodden by sun and moon; earth has twelve divisions, the states of kings and lords. Thus each of the four quarters has seven lodges; four times seven makes twenty-eight lodges, comprising 182 stars. The Azure Dragon of the east has 32 stars and 75 degrees; the Dark Warrior of the north has 35 stars and 98 and one-quarter degrees; the White Tiger of the west has 51 stars and 80 degrees; the Vermilion Bird of the south has 64 stars and 112 degrees. The circuit of heaven is 365 and one-quarter degrees. One degree is 2,932 li, divided into twelve stations; one station is 30 degrees and 14/32 of a degree, each attached between its seven lodges. The circumference distant around heaven totals 1,070,913 li, and the diameter is 356,971 li. The solar path moves left, so Grand Year turns right. In all, the constantly bright inner and outer offices are 124; those that can be named are 320; together they make 2,500 stars. As for the number of small stars, there are altogether 11,520 stars, and the destinies received by the myriad things are all bound to them. This is the broad outline of the Yellow Emperor’s founding system. But another account says what the sun and moon illuminate is 350,000 li. Examining what the masters record, Shennong’s land extended beyond the surface of the sun and moon, which is close to absurdity. When the line of Shaohao declined, the Jiuli threw virtue into disorder, and nothing is heard of its system. When it came to what Zhuanxu established and Emperor Ku received and fixed, Confucius said its land reached Youling in the north, Jiaozhi in the south, the Flowing Sands in the west, and Panmu in the east; wherever the sun and moon shone, there was no place it did not reach. Therefore he established the myriad states and regulated the Nine Provinces. When Yao encountered the flood, he divided them into twelve provinces; this is the present Book of Yu. When Yu calmed the waters and lands, they returned to nine provinces; this is the present Yu Tribute. Thus in his time the land of the Nine Provinces amounted to 24,308,024 qing; fixed cultivated land was 9,306,024 qing, uncultivated land was 15,002,000 qing, and the population was 13,553,923 persons. At the assembly at Tushan, the lords inherited the prosperity of Tang and Yu, and those who held jade and silk numbered also ten thousand states. Therefore the Classic of Mountains and Seas says Yu had Dazhang pace from the eastern limit to the western border, 200,033,571 paces, and also had Shuhai pace from the southern limit to the northern border, 200,033,575 paces. Within the four seas, east to west was 28,000 li, north to south 26,000 li; the lands from which waters emerged were 8,000 li, and those that received waters were 8,000 li. The classic names 5,350 famous mountains over 64,056 li. There were 467 mountains producing copper and 3,609 producing iron. To supply resources, with frugality there was surplus, and with extravagance there was insufficiency. Because men and women plowed and wove without having their seasons taken from them, public houses had stores for thirty years, and private households had reserves for nine years. When Xia declined, it abandoned grain and did not attend to it. In the disorder of Youqiong and the restoration under Shaokang, Yu’s traces were restored. From Kong Jia to Jie, conduct was violent, and the lords annexed one another. By the time Tang received the mandate, more than three thousand states could still survive; compared with Tushan, seven in ten had been lost. The people’s departure from poisonous rule was probably like this too. Yin followed Xia for more than six hundred years; records of losses and gains in that interval do not survive, so they cannot be examined. It also met the disorder of Zhou. When Zhou overcame Shang and created the five grades of enfeoffment, there were 1,773 states, again 1,300 fewer than in Tang’s time. The loss in population was probably like this too. When the Duke of Zhou assisted King Cheng, he brought about such order that punishments were set aside; the population was 13,714,923, 161,000 more than under Yu, the height of Zhou prosperity. For more than seventy years afterward, all under heaven had no affairs, and the people grew ever more numerous. When King Zhao went south and did not return, King Mu lost himself in distant wandering, and the disorders of You and Li were added, King Ping moved east. More than thirty years later, in the second year of Duke Huan of Qi, the thirteenth year of King Zhuang of Zhou, within five thousand li, excluding the heavenly king’s nine grades of attendants, from heirs apparent, dukes, and marquises down to the common people, there were altogether 11,847,000 people; subtracting those with land, the aged, and the infirm, those fixed to receive fields numbered 9,004,000. After that, the lords annexed one another; in the Spring and Autumn period there were still 1,200 states. In 242 years, thirty-six rulers were killed and fifty-two states perished, and the lords who fled about unable to preserve their altars of soil and grain were beyond counting. By the Warring States, those that survived numbered a little more than ten. Thereupon the doctrines of alliance and opposition, long and short strategies, competed in the age, and armies that harmed the people and relied on deceitful force moved in tens of thousands. Thus Xiao had the disaster of the single horse; Song had the extremity of exchanging children; in the siege of Jinyang, cauldrons were hung up for cooking; at the battle of Changping, blood flowed enough to float shields. Of Zhou’s arrayed states, only Yan, Wei, Qin, and Chu remained. Qi and the Three Jin all faced south as kings through usurpation and disorder. Though Wei survived, it was like a thread not yet cut. Yet examining the sayings of Su and Zhang, counting Qin and the six states east of the mountains, there were still more than five million soldiers, and reckoning the population there still should have been more than ten million people. When Qin annexed the lords and established thirty-six commanderies, those killed and wounded made up two parts in three. Still, with its remaining strength, it carried out the punishment of exterminating three kin-groups, collected taxes of more than half, used more than 400,000 men to build the Great Wall in the north, more than 500,000 to garrison the Five Ranges in the south, and more than 700,000 at Epang and Mount Li. In little more than ten years, commoners died one after another along the roads. Chen Sheng and Xiang Yu further unleashed the remaining violence; therefore the pit at Xin’an took more than 200,000, and in the battle of Pengcheng the Sui River would not flow. By the time the Han founder settled all under heaven, deaths and injuries among the people also numbered several million. Therefore the soldiers at Pingcheng were no more than 300,000; compared with the six states, two-fifths had been lost. From Emperor Hui to Wen and Jing, the court rested with the people for more than sixty years, and the population greatly increased. Therefore the grand granary had grain that went uneaten, and the capital treasury had strings of cash that rotted. Emperor Wu relied on these stores, but military campaigns lasted more than thirty years, his territory expanded by ten thousand li, and the population under heaven was also reduced by half. When Huo Guang held government, he attended to reducing labor services. By Emperor Ping, six reigns had succeeded one another; although there were occasional campaigns, they were not enough to do great harm, and the households again increased. In Yuanshi 2, there were 103 commanderies and kingdoms and 1,587 counties and towns. The land measured 9,302 li east to west and 13,368 li north to south. Fixed cultivated fields were 8,270,536 qing; households numbered 13,233,612, and persons 59,194,978, which was 45,480,055 more than under King Cheng of Zhou: the height of Han prosperity. When Wang Mang usurped the throne, followed by the disorders of Gengshi and the Red Eyebrows, down to Guangwu’s restoration, the common people were exhausted, and only two in ten survived. In Zhongyuan 2, households numbered 4,271,634 and persons 21,007,820. In the Yongping and Jianchu periods, all under heaven had no affairs and the work was to nourish the people; down to Emperor He, households multiplied. During the Yongchu and Yuanchu periods of Emperor An, the hardships of war and famine again reduced the people. By Emperor Huan, they had somewhat increased over before. In Yongshou 2, households numbered 16,070,906 and persons 50,066,856; cultivated land was also abundant, though single armies were repeatedly sent out. When Emperor Ling encountered the Yellow Turbans, Emperor Xian came to the throne and Dong Zhuo raised disorder, burned the palaces and temples, and forced the imperial carriage west. The capital was desolate, strongmen contended together, and the likes of Guo Si and Li Jue caused still worse destruction. Therefore in the Xingping and Jian’an years, within the seas there was famine and devastation. The Son of Heaven wandered in flight; white bones filled the fields. At the disaster of Shaan Ford, fingers were gathered with dustpans; east of Anyi, the empress had no complete skirt. Then there were raids and warfare, no victor yet determined, and the common people were stripped and cut away for more than thirty years. When Emperor Wu of Wei had conquered and pacified all under heaven and Emperor Wen received the abdication, of the population only one in ten thousand survived. In Jingyuan 4, counting together with Shu, households numbered 943,423 and persons 5,372,891. Also, according to the report submitted in Zhengshi 5 by Zhu Zhao, General Who Displays Might, the military households commanded by Wu altogether numbered 132,000; extrapolating its population, it could not have been more than Shu. Formerly, in Han Yonghe 5, Nanyang had more than 500,000 households and Runan more than 400,000; compared with the present, the three emperors standing like the feet of a tripod do not exceed two commanderies. Add to this the people who receive stipends and exemptions, and the difficulties of famine years and epidemics: those who can be presented for service amount scarcely to one commandery. To use the people of one commandery to supply the needs of three emperors is indeed burdensome. From Yu to the present, more than two thousand years have passed, and the increases and decreases of six dynasties are fully set out here.” Chen Zhao notes: Mi’s record says there were 1,200 states in the Spring and Autumn period; it is not known where this comes from. Ban Gu says that at the beginning of Zhou there were five ranks of nobility and three grades of territory, amounting to about 1,800 states. They swallowed and destroyed one another, and over several hundred years the arrayed states were exhausted; by Spring and Autumn times, only several dozen remained.
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◎ Henan (Administrator's jurisdiction): Qin's Three Rivers Commandery, renamed under Emperor Gaozu. After Guangwu fixed his capital at Luoyang, Jianwu 15 elevated the office to Administrator of Henan. Twenty-one county seats; the Yonghe 5 census recorded 208,486 households and 1,012,027 people.
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西西西 西
Luoyang: Zhi Yu says, “The ancient Zhounan is today’s Luoyang.” The Wei shi chunqiu says, “There was Weisu Mountain, in Yinxiang, which in Wei times was leveled to make the Round Mound.” The Huanglan says, “On a mountain northeast of the county was Chang Hong’s tomb, and north of the county, west of the road on Mang Mountain, was Lu Buwei’s tomb.” Zhou documents called the city Chengzhou. The Gongyang Tradition says, “What is Chengzhou? It is Eastern Zhou.” He Xiu explains, “The Zhou Way first came to completion there; it was where the king made his capital.” The Diwang shiji says, “The city was six li and eleven paces east to west and nine li and one hundred paces north to south.” The Jin Yuankang didao ji says, “Inside the city it was nine li and seventy paces north to south and six li and ten paces east to west, making an area of three hundred qing, twelve mu, and thirty-six paces. In the northeast corner of the city was the tomb of King Weilie of Zhou.” Di Spring lies within the city. It includes the settlement of Tang. It includes the settlement of Shangcheng. It includes the settlement of Shixiang. It includes the Chu surname settlement. It includes the Rongqi Gorge. It includes Front Pavilion. It includes Yu township. It includes Great Xie city. In Duke Zhao 23 of the Zuo Tradition, the Jin army halted at Xie; Du Yu places Great Xie and Little Xie southwest of the county.
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西使西 西西西 西西
Henan: the Diwang shiji says, “West of the city was Jiaru Road; Taikang hunted on the plain of Youluo, today south of the Yellow River.” This biography records Mount Fudu. This was Luoyi, fortified by the Duke of Zhou; Spring and Autumn sources call it the royal city. Zheng Xuan’s Poetry Prefaces says, “In the fifth year of the Duke of Zhou’s regency, King Cheng dwelt at Luoyi and had the Duke of Shao first inspect the site. When it was completed, it was called the royal city.” The Bowu ji says, “The royal city was 10,720 zhang, and the outer wall was ten li square, looking south to the Luo River and reaching north to Shan Mountain.” The Didiao ji says it was forty li from Luo city. In Duke Ding 8 of the Zuo Tradition, “Danzi attacked Gucheng”; Du Yu places it west of the county. The east gate was Ding Gate. The Diwang shiji says, “The southeast gate was where the Nine Tripods entered,” and also, “King Wu settled the tripods southwest of Luoyang; north of the Luo River, Dingzhong Guan is this place.” The north gate was Ganji. In Duke Zhao 24 of the Zuo Tradition, “Shi Bo stood at Ganji.” The Huanglan says, “On Western Zhou Mountain west of Baiting southwest of the city was the tomb of King Ling of Zhou; the people’s sacrifices to it did not cease.” It also held Gan city; Du Yu places Gan Spring southwest of the county. Kuai Township was here as well. In Duke Zhao 23 of the Zuo Tradition, Yin Xin attacked Kuai. The Jin didao ji says, “It was southwest of the county, and there was Kuai Pavilion.”
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〖Liang〗 Ancient polity, traditionally the line of Boyi. Huoyang Mountain lies within its borders. It includes Zhu city.
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〖Yingyang〗 The Honggou Canal runs here. It includes Guangwu city. Guo pavilion marks the domain associated with Guo Shu. It includes Long city. It includes Bo pavilion. It includes Ao pavilion. It includes Ying Marsh.
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〖Juan〗 The Long Wall runs through here, from Yangwu toward Mi. Yuanyong city—identified by some as ancient Hengyong—stands here. It had Hucheng Pavilion. The Zuo Tradition says, “They covenanted at Hu,” in Duke Zhuang 23; Du Yu places it northwest of the county.
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Yuanwu County.
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Yangwu had Wuqiang City. The Records of the Historian says Cao Can attacked Wuqiang. When the First Emperor of Qin traveled east and reached Bolang Sands in Yangwu, he was startled by bandits.
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Zhongmou: in Duke Xuan 1, when the lords rescued Zheng, the Zuo Tradition says they met at Beilin; Du Yu places Lin Pavilion southwest of the county, north of Zheng. It had Putian Marsh, called Yuanpu in the Zuo Tradition. Among the Erya’s ten marshes, Zheng had Putian. The mouth of the Qingshui River is here. It includes Guan city. It includes Quyu settlement. It includes Cai pavilion.
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Kaifeng: the Zuo Tradition says, “At Feng Marsh there was a great elk,” in Duke Ai 14. Du Yu places it northeast of the county, though that is far away and seems doubtful; Xu Guang says it was Feng Pond.
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Wanling had Feilin. The Zuo Tradition says the lords met at Feilin in Duke Xuan 1, and Du Yu places Lin Township southeast of the county. Xu Qimin’s Beizheng ji says, “Southeast of the county is Dasui Ravine, which Duke Zhuang of Zheng cut through. Also, the great city borders the Pu River on the east; east of the river, the Zhen River flows into the Wei, and the city borders the Wei River on the west.” It includes Zhi Marsh. It includes Suohou pavilion.
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〖Pingyin County〗
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〖Gucheng〗 The Chan River rises here. Hangu Pass stands here. The Xizheng ji says: "At Hangu, sheer cliffs ten zhang high rise on both sides, with only enough room between them for a carriage."
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〖Goushi〗 In the Zuo Tradition, when Lü Xiang breaks with the Earl of Qin, he says, "You annihilated our Fei and Hua"; Du Yu explains that Hua’s capital was at Fei, the present Goushi county. The Basic Annals record Mount Baihuai in this county. Gan Bao’s Soushen ji says: "The county has Yanshou city." Wu settlement lay within the county. The Zuo Tradition says the king took Wu and Liu; Du Yu places Wu southwest of the county. Huanyuan Pass is here. Zan says, “It was the name of a perilous road, southeast of the county.”
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Gong: the old state of the Earl of Gong. The Zuo Tradition says, “Shang Tang had the mandate at Jingbo”; Du Yu places Tang Pavilion southwest of the county. The Diwang shiji says, “Tang Pavilion was at Yanshi,” and also, “Taikang’s five younger brothers of Xia awaited him at the Luo bend, thirty li northeast of the county.” Xungu River flowed through the county. In Duke Zhao 23 of the Zuo Tradition, the royal army and the Jin army besieged Xunzhong. In the Records of the Historian, Zhang Yi said, “Send troops down into Sanchuan and block the mouth of Shigu”; Xu Guang says the county had Xun Mouth. Dongzi settlement—now known as Zi city—is recorded here. Kanxian settlement lay within the county. It includes Huang pavilion. The Huang River runs here. Mingxi Spring is found here. In Duke Zhao 22 of the Zuo Tradition, “Jia Xin camped at Xiquan.”
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Chenggao: the Records of the Historian says Chenggao’s northern gate was named Jade Gate. The Zuo Tradition says, “They broke the Yan army at Northern Zhi.” Du Yu explains, “Northern Zhi, also called Hulao,” identifying it with this county. The Mu Tianzi zhuan says, “Men of the Seven Elite seized a tiger alive and presented it to the Son of Heaven. He ordered a cage made for it and kept it in Eastern Guo; this was called Hulao.” The Zuo Tradition says Zichan of Zheng feasted Han Xuanzi of Jin at Suo; Du Yu places Great Suo city east of the county. The Yu Tribute in the Book of Documents says, “as far as Great Pi”; Zhang Yi says this was a mountain in Chenggao county. Xuanmen Slope was also ten li southwest of the county; see the Rhapsody on the Eastern Capital. The Zhanran River flows here. In Duke Xiang 18 of the Zuo Tradition, Chu attacked Zheng and halted at Zhanran. It includes Pingqiu settlement. The Man River runs here. The Si River runs here. The Zuo Tradition says King Xiang of Zhou settled the Zheng lands at Si.
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Jing: Gongshu of Zheng lived here. The Zuo Tradition says, “He was called the great uncle of Jing city.” Ying Shao says, “It had Suo Pavilion. Chu and Han fought at Jing and Suo.” The Beizheng ji also records Suo River.
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Mi: in Spring and Autumn times it was called Xincheng, and the Tradition calls it Xinmi. In Duke Xi 6, the lords besieged Xincheng; Du Yu says it was also called Mi county. Great Gui Mountain rises here. The Classic of Mountains and Seas says, “On Great Gui Mountain, the northern slope has much iron and fine white clay. A plant grows there, shaped like yarrow and hairy, with blue flowers and white fruit; its name is wang, and those who eat it do not die young.” Mei Mountain lies within the county. Xing Mountain lies within the county. The Records of the Historian says that in the sixth year of King Xiang of Wei, Wei attacked Chu and defeated it at Xing Mountain. Qin’s defeat of Wei at Huayang also took place in this county. Du Yu’s final instructions say, “On the mountain there is a tomb; some say it is Zichan’s, slanting northeast toward the city of Xinzheng, not forgetting his origin.”
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Xincheng: the Zuo Tradition says that in Duke Wen 17, Zhou defeated the Rong at Shenchui; Du Yu places Chui Pavilion north of the county. The Records of the Historian says Qin moved the Duke of Western Zhou to Danxinhu; Xu Guang says, “It was near Yangren settlement, 150 li south of Luoyang, between Liang and Xincheng.” Gaodu city stood here. The Records of the Historian notes Su Dai persuading the chancellor of Han by citing the transfer of Gaodu to Zhou. It includes Guangcheng settlement and Guangcheng Marsh. Man settlement, seat of the ancient Man clan, is today called Manzhong. In Duke Zhao 16 of the Zuo Tradition, Chu killed the Viscount of Man; Du Yu places Man city southeast of the county. Ji Zun also captured Zhang Man there.
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Yanshi: the Diwang shiji says, “This was where Emperor Ku made his capital; Pan Geng of Yin again made Nanbo his capital, and this was Western Bo.” The Huanglan says, “To the north was a shrine to Gaoyao,” and also, “There was Tang Pavilion and Tang Shrine.” Shi Township was here. The Diwang shiji says, “Shi Township was twenty li west of the county.” In Spring and Autumn times it was called the Shi clan. In Duke Zhao 26 of the Zuo Tradition, the men of Liu defeated Prince Chao’s army at Shi. The Former Han places Tian Heng’s suicide here.
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〖Xinzheng〗 Zheng of the Odes; the ruined mound of Zhurong.
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Huangfu Mi says: "In antiquity there was the state of Youxiong, where the Yellow Emperor had his capital."
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Ping county was founded by Emperor Gaozu. It lies one hundred twenty li north of Luoyang. Eighteen counties; the registers show 159,770 households and 801,558 people.
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Huai contained Xicheng. The Zuo Tradition says the king took Xicheng from Zheng; Du Yu places it southwest of the county. The Tradition also says Xi Zhi disputed Hou fields with Zhou; Du Yu places Houren Pavilion southwest of the county.
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Heyang: the Zuo Tradition says the king made a covenant with Zheng; Du Yu places Meng Ford south of the county. Zhan city stood here.
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Zhi: the Zuo Tradition says the king gave Zheng Su Fensheng’s field at Xiang; Du Yu identifies Xiangshang as a place northwest of the county. Yuan Township lay here. The Zuo Tradition says the king gave Zheng Yuan; Du Yu places Yuan city northwest of Qinshui. Jueliang stood here. The Zuo Tradition says that in Duke Xiang 16 the lords met at Jueliang.
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Bo contained Chicheng. The Zuo Tradition says the king gave Zheng Chi; Du Yu places it southwest of Yewang county.
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Qinshui: the Classic of Mountains and Seas says the Qin River rises east of Jingxing.
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〖Yewang〗 Mount Taihang dominates the county. Shequan settlement lies here. Another city name survives only as a lacuna in the sources.
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〖Wen〗 Ancient seat of the Su lineage. The Ji River rises here; Wang Mang's drought years left its channel dry.
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〖Zhou County〗
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〖Pinggao〗 Xingqiu preserves the old Xing polity enfeoffed to a son of the Duke of Zhou. Li city lies within the county.
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〖Shanyang〗 Classed administratively as a town (yi). It includes Yong city. It includes Cai city.
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The note suggests Cai Shu’s fief lay here, comparable to Zheng’s Guancheng.
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Wude; Huojia was held as a marquisate.
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〖Xiuwu〗 Once called Nanyang until Qin Shi Huang rechristened it. Sites include Nanyang city, Yangfan, and the Zanmao fields. Little Xiuwu settlement is recorded here. It includes Tui city.
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〖Gong〗 Territory of the ancient Gong polity. The Qi River has its source here. The commentary to the Former Treatise says the water comes from the northern mountains. The Bowu ji says, “There is the Ao River, which flows into the Qi River, and there is green bamboo grass.” Fan Pavilion stood here, the settlement of Earl Fan.
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Ji: the Jin didao ji records Copper Pass here.
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Zhaoge: Mount Lufu was here. This was King Zhou’s capital. The Diwang shiji says Zhou’s Dregs Hill, Wine Pool, and Meat Forest were west of the city, and the commentary to the Former Han says Deer Terrace was inside the city. Muye lay seventeen li to the south; Bei was to the north, and Ning Township to the south. In the Records of the Historian, Wuji tells King Anxi of Wei, “Open Han’s Shangdang through Gongning”; Xu Guang says Ning Township was here. The Zuo Tradition says that in Duke Xiang 23, “they rescued Jin and halted at Yongyu”; Du Yu identifies this with Yong city east of the county.
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Dangyin contained Youli city. Wei Zhao says, “You is pronounced like you. It was the place where King Wen was detained.”
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〖Linlu〗 Once Longlu until Emperor Shang rechristened it. Iron ore is mined here.
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Xu Guang says: "The Huan River rises here. It is where Su Qin brought the feudal lords together in covenant." Ban Shupi’s "Rhapsody on Roaming and Dwelling" also says, "I water my horse at Huan Spring and sigh for the Earl of the West at You city."
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◎ Hedong Commandery: a Qin foundation lying five hundred li northwest of Luoyang. The Bowu ji says: "Its mountains and marshes lie near salt deposits. The people of this fertile land lack talent; since Han rose, it has produced few famous men, and its great capped-and-gowned families have all declined and died out within three generations." Twenty counties; registers record 93,543 households and 570,803 people.
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Anyi: According to the Diwang shiji, “West of the county was Mingtiao Road. Tang attacked Jie and fought at Kunwu Pavilion. The Zuo Tradition says Kunwu and Jie perished on the same day.” The Didiao ji places Mount Wuxian to the south. The county had iron and the Salt Pond. The Former Treatise says the pond lay southwest of the county, and the commentary to the Rhapsody on the Wei Capital says it was sixty-four li from Yishi. Yang Quanqi’s Luoyang ji says, “The Hedong Salt Pond is seventy li long and seven li wide, and its vapors are purple. There is a separate imperial salt, carved on all four sides with patterns like seal teeth; the subtlety of its characters cannot be fully described.”
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〖Yang〗 Gaoliang pavilion stands within the county.
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〖Pingyang〗 Held as a marquisate. Iron deposits occur here. Tradition places Emperor Yao's capital here. The Jin Didiao ji says there was Yaocheng.
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Linfen: The Bowu ji records Jia Township, the settlement of Earl Jia. It had Dong Pavilion. The Zuo Tradition says Jin moved its grand hunt to Dong; Du Yu places Dong Pavilion in this county.
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Fenyin: The Bowu ji says, “Ancient Lun was Shaokang’s settlement.” It had Mount Jie, and northwest of the county was Hugu Pavilion. Guo Pu’s commentary to the Erya says, “The county has a water mouth about as large as a cartwheel; it gushes and boils forth, and its depth has no limit. It is named Fen.”
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〖Puban〗 Leishou Mountain dominates the landscape. Shasha pavilion is recorded here.
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〖Dayang〗 Wu Mountain carries the ruins of Yu city on its summit. Xiayang city lies within the county. The Maojin crossing is here. The Dianling escarpment runs through the county. The Zuo Tradition says, "entered from Dianling." The Bowu ji says it lay east of the county salt pond and north of Wu city, at today’s Wu slope. Du Yu places it northeast of the county.
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〖Xie〗 The Zuo Tradition says Jiufan covenanted at Xun with Qin and Jin grandees; Du Yu places Xun city northwest of the county. The Bowu ji records Zhi settlement here. Sangquan city stood here. The Zuo Tradition records Duke Wen of Jin entering Sangquan in Duke Xi 24; Du Yu places it twenty li west of the county. Jiu city is recorded. Xie city is recorded. Xia city is recorded.
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〖Pishi〗 Geng township lies within the borders. Iron is produced here. Ji Pavilion stood here. In Duke Xi 2 of the Zuo Tradition, Xun Xi of Jin says, “Ji has behaved without the Way”; Du Yu explains that Ji was a state northeast of the county. In the Records of the Historian, Su Dai tells the King of Yan, “Go down to Nanyang and enfeoff Ji.”
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Wenxi: a town. The Bowu ji says the county seat lay in the Su River valley. The Records of the Historian says that an attack on Han reached Qianhe. Guo Pu says, “Northeast of the county is the mouth of the Qianhe, but there is only the place of an old channel, and no water remains.” The Zuo Tradition says that in Duke Xi 31 “Jin hunted at Qingyuan”; Du Yu places Qingyuan north of the county. This was originally Quwo. Quwo lay several li northeast of the county and six or seven hundred li from Jin; see the annotations to the Mao Poetry Prefaces. Dong Pool preserves the old Dong marsh. Jishan pavilion is recorded. The Su River flows here. The Tao River flows here.
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〖Jiang〗 Classed as a town. Yicheng lies within the county.
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〖Yong'an〗 Formerly Zhi; renamed in Emperor Shun's Yangjia 2. Great Huo Mountain rises here.
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〖Hebei〗 The Wei polity celebrated in the 《Classic of Poetry》. Han pavilion is recorded.
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〖Yishi County〗
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〖Yuan〗 Wangwu Mountain; the Yan River has its source here. Huqiu pavilion lies within the county. Shao pavilion lies within the county. The Bowu ji says: "Ninety li east of the county is the pass of Pishao; Jia Ji welcomed Prince Le at Chen, and Zhao Meng killed them at Pishao."
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〖Xiangling County〗 The Jin Record of Earthways says Duke Wu of Jin moved here from Quwo.
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〖Beiqu〗 The Zuo Tradition reads "Erqu"; Du Yu says "er" should be "bei." The Tradition speaks of "teams produced at Qu"; fine horses were found there. Hukou Mountain stood here. The Tribute of Yu says: "At Hukou he regulated Liang and Qi." The Caisang crossing is recorded.
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〖Puzi County〗
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〖Huoze〗 Held as a marquisate. The Xicheng gate—city landmark—is noted.
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〖Duanshi County〗
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◎ Hongnong Commandery, founded under Emperor Wu. Two of its counties were transferred in under Jianwu 15. It lies four hundred fifty li southwest of Luoyang. Nine counties; 46,815 households and 199,113 people.
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〖Hongnong〗 Site of Qin's Hangu Pass; the Zhu River rises here. Kucong Mountain lies within the county. Taoqiu preserves the ground of the Peach Grove. Wu township is recorded. Caoyang pavilion marks the locality. The Shiji says Zhang Han killed Zhou Zhang at Caoyang; Jin Zhuo places it thirteen li east of the county. It was also where Emperor Xian was defeated on his eastward return; Lord Cao renamed it Haoyang.
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〖Shan〗 The Shiji says: "From Shan westward, the Duke of Shao governed; from Shan eastward, the Duke of Zhou governed." It was originally the state of Guo Zhong. Du Yu says Guo’s capital, Shangyang, lay southeast of the county. Guo city stood here. Jiao city stands here. The Shan mo divide is here.
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〖Mianci〗 The Gu River rises here. The Two Xiaos defiles lie here.
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〖Xin'an〗 The Jian River rises here.
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〖Yiyang County〗
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〖Luhun〗 Western reaches absorbed from Guo.
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〖Lushi〗 The Xiong’er Gate stood here. The Classic of Mountains and Seas says: "The mountain has much lacquer and many palms. The Fuhao River rises there, flows northwest into the Luo, and contains much fine jade and many merfolk." The Yi and Qing rivers also rise there. The Jin Record of Earthways says: "The Yi enters the Luo to the northeast."
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〖Hu〗 Previously under Jingzhao. Wen township lies here.
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〖Huayin〗 Previously listed under Jingzhao. Mount Taihua—the great Hua peak—dominates the county. The Zuo Tradition says Jin bribed Qin with territory reaching south to Mount Hua. The Classic of Mountains and Seas says: "Mount Taihua is sheer-cut and square on four sides, five thousand ren high and ten li wide; no birds or beasts live there. There is a snake there named Feiyi, with six feet and four wings; when it appears, a great drought strikes all under Heaven." King Wu released the horses and cattle at the ruins of Taolin; Kong Anguo places this east of Mount Hua. The Jin Record of Earthways places the mountain southwest of the county.
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◎ Jingzhao (capital intendancy): Qin's Inner Historian circuit, rechristened under Emperor Wu. Four counties joined the intendancy in Jianwu 15. Nine hundred fifty li west of Luoyang. Ten counties; 53,299 households and 285,574 people.
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〖Chang'an〗 Western Han capital founded by Emperor Gaozu. The site of Hao lies inside the imperial Shanglin Park. Xiliu settlement is recorded. It had Lanchi. The Records of the Historian says the First Emperor of Qin went out incognito at night and encountered bandits there. The Sanqin ji says, “The First Emperor drew the Wei River into a long pond, two hundred li east to west and thirty li north to south, and carved a stone whale two hundred zhang long.” It had Quyou; the Former Han says Zhang Liang escorted Emperor Gao as far as Quyou when Gao campaigned against Qing Bu. It also had Duyou, which the Records of the Historian identifies as the place where Bai Qi died. The Sanqin ji says, “West of Chang’an city is Mount Jiuzong, and west of it is Mount Du.” Du Yu says, “The state of Bi was to the northwest.”
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〖Baling〗 Zhidao pavilion marks the road. Changmen Pavilion stands here. The Former Han says Emperor Wen went out through Changmen and seemed to see five men north of the road, so he established the Five Emperors altar.
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Duling: Du Yu identifies it with the ancient Tang-Du clan. Feng lay to the southwest. Du Yu says, “It was east of Hu county.” The commentary to the Juelu says, “Hao was east of the Feng River, and Feng was west of Hao; they were twenty-five li apart.”
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Zheng: the Records of the Historian says Lord Shang was killed at Zheng Mianchi. Duke Huan of Zheng was enfeoffed here. The Huangtu says, “Xiagui county annexed Zheng; when Emperor Huan made his western tour, he restored it.”
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Xinfeng: Li Mountain was here. Du Yu says, “It was the ancient Li Rong state.” Wei Zhao says, “The Rong came and dwelt on this mountain, so they were called the Li Rong.” The Sanqin ji says, “The First Emperor’s tomb is north of the mountain, and there is a shrine to the First Emperor. If one goes there without fasting and purification, there are violent winds and driving rain. When people intend to go up, it becomes dark and they lose the way. West of the county is White Deer Plain, where a white deer appeared in the time of King Ping of Zhou.” Note: according to the Guanzhong tu, Xinfeng Plain lay south of the county, while White Deer was in Baling. Eastward was Hongmen Pavilion, where the Former Han says Emperor Gao met Xiang Yu; Meng Kang says, “It was seventy li east of the county, the name of a lower slope-mouth north of the old main road.” The Guanzhong ji says Xie settlement was more than ten li north of the First Emperor’s mausoleum. Xi Pavilion, where King You of Zhou died, was also here; Su Lin says it was forty li southeast of the county. A walled settlement whose name is incomplete in the received text.
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〖Lantian〗 Celebrated source of luminous jade.
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〖Changling〗 Previously under Fengyi.
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〖Shang〗 Previously under Hongnong.
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〖Shangluo〗 Held as a marquisate. Zhongling Mountain; the Luo River rises here. It used to fall under Hongnong. Tuhe Mountain lies within the county. Cangye settlement is recorded.
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〖Yangling〗 Previously under Fengyi.
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◎ Zuo Fengyi: carved from Qin's Inner Historian territory under Emperor Wu. Six hundred eighty-eight li west of Luoyang. Thirteen counties; 37,090 households and 145,195 people. Pan Yue’s Guanzhong ji says, “The old offices of the Three Metropolitan commanderies were inside Chang’an, while their senior officials governed the people from their county seats. After Guangwu established the eastern capital, Fufeng moved its seat out to Huaili, and Fengyi moved its seat out to Gaoling.”
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〖Gaoling County〗
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Chiyang: the Erya lists ten great marshes, and Zhou’s was Jiaohuo; Guo Pu identifies it with Huzhong in this county. The Didiao ji says, “There was Mount Jienie to the north. There was Ghost Valley, where the three Suo clans arose.” Note: the Records of the Historian puts Ghost Valley in Yangcheng, Yingchuan, which differs from this geographical record.
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Yunyang: Mount Jing was here. The Diwang shiji says, “Yu cast the tripods at Mount Jing, south of Huaide in Fengyi; today Jing Canal is below it.”
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〖Duyu〗 Gazetted in the summer of Yongyuan 9. The exemplar preserves only the stray numerals “1111,” evidently a pagination or scribal artifact.
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〖Pinyang County〗
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〖Wannian County〗
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〖Lianshao County〗
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〖Zhongquan County〗
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〖Linjin〗 Ancient seat of Dali. A cult site for the Yellow River god stands here. Rui township lies within the county. Wang city is recorded.
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〖Heyang〗 Established in the summer of Yongping 2.
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〖Xiayang〗 Liang Mountain and Longmen Mountain dominate the relief.
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〖Ya County〗
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〖Suyi〗 Gazetted in the summer of Yongyuan 9.
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◎ You Fufeng: territory split from Qin's Inner Historian circuit under Emperor Wu. Fifteen counties; 17,352 households and 93,091 people.
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〖Huaili〗 Zhou documents call it Daqiu until Emperor Gaozu rechristened it.
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〖Anling County〗
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〖Pingling County〗
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〖Maoling County〗
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〖Hu〗 The Feng River rises here. Gan pavilion marks the locality.
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〖Mei〗 Tai pavilion—the ancient Zhou hearth—is noted.
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〖Wugong〗 Gazetted in the summer of Yongping 8. Mount Taiyi preserves the old name Zhongnan. Chui Mountain—listed in classical glosses as Guowu—stands here. Xie Valley—the famous Qin-Han pass road—runs here.
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〖Chencang County〗
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〖Qian〗 Wu Yue Mountain bore the old name Qian; the Qian River rises here. Hui city—locally Huizhong—is recorded.
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〖Yumi〗 Held as a marquisate.
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〖Yong〗 Iron works lie within the county.
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〖Xunyi〗 Bin township recalls the Bin homeland.
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〖Meiyang〗 Qi Mountain and Zhou city mark Zhou royal geography.
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〖Qi〗 The Qi River flows here. Iron is extracted here.
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〖Duyang〗 Gazetted in the summer of Yonghe 2.
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Above concludes the Metropolitan region: seven commanderies and 106 county-level seats under the Colonel of Sili.
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