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志第二十一地理六
Treatise Twenty-One: Geography, Part Six.
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○福建廣東廣西
▲ Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi
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福建《禹貢》揚州之域。 元置福建道宣慰使司，治福州路。 屬江浙行中書省。 至正十六年正月改宣慰司爲行中書省。 太祖吳元年十二月平陳友定。 洪武二年五月仍置福建等處行中書省。 七年二月置福州都衛。 與行中書省同治。 八年十月改福州都衛爲福建都指揮使司。 九年六月改行中書省爲承宣布政使司。 領府八，直隸州一，屬縣五十七。 爲裏三千七百九十七。 北至嶺，與浙江界。 西至汀州，與江西界。 南至詔安，與廣東界。 東至海。 距南京二千八百七十二里，京師六千一百三十三里。 洪武二十六年編戶八十一萬五千五百二十七，口三百九十一萬六千八百六。 弘治四年，戶五十萬六千三十九，口二百一十萬六千六十。 萬曆六年，戶五十一萬五千三百七，口一百七十三萬八千七百九十三。
Fujian fell within Yang Province as described in the Tribute of Yu. The Yuan established the Fujian Circuit Pacification Commission with its seat at Fuzhou Route. It was subordinate to the Jiangzhe Branch Secretariat. In the first month of Zhizheng 16 the Pacification Commission was converted into a Branch Secretariat. In the twelfth month of the Taizu Wu year Chen Youding was pacified. In the fifth month of Hongwu 2 the Fujian Branch Secretariat was re-established. In the second month of year 7 the Fuzhou Regional Guard was established. It was co-administered with the Branch Secretariat. In the tenth month of year 8 the Fuzhou Regional Guard was renamed the Fujian Regional Military Commission. In the sixth month of year 9 the Branch Secretariat became the Provincial Administration Commission. It governed eight prefectures, one directly administered prefecture, and fifty-seven counties. Its registered area was 3,797 li. To the north it reached the mountain ranges and bordered Zhejiang. To the west it reached Tingzhou and bordered Jiangxi. To the south it reached Zhao'an and bordered Guangdong. To the east it reached the sea. It lay 2,872 li from Nanjing and 6,133 li from the capital. In the Hongwu 26 registration there were 815,527 households and 3,916,806 persons. In Hongzhi 4 there were 506,039 households and 2,106,060 persons. In Wanli 6 there were 515,307 households and 1,738,793 persons.
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福州府元福州路，屬福建道。 太祖吳元年爲府。 領縣九：
Fuzhou Prefecture was the Yuan Fuzhou Route under Fujian Circuit. In the Taizu Wu year it became a prefecture. It governed nine counties:
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閩倚。 南有釣台山，亦曰南臺山。 東南有鼓山。 南有方山，一名甘果山，下有官母嶼，有巡檢司。 東南濱海。 南有閩江，亦曰建江，自南平縣流入府界。 東南納羣川之水，至府西曰洪塘江，分二流，南出曰陶江，東出曰南臺江，至鼓山下復合爲一。 又東南有馬頭江，自永福縣流入，曰西峽江，又東有東峽江流合焉，又東南至五虎門，入於海。 東有閩安鎮巡檢司。
Min (seat-attached county). To the south is Diaotai Mountain, also known as Nantai Mountain. To the southeast is Gushan. To the south is Fang Mountain, also called Ganguo Mountain; below it lies Guanmu Islet, which has a patrol office. The southeast borders the sea. To the south is the Min River, also called the Jian River, which enters the prefecture from Nanping County. In the southeast many streams feed in; west of the prefecture this becomes the Hongtang River, which splits into the Tao River to the south and the Nantai River to the east, then reunites below Gushan. Farther southeast the Matou River enters from Yongfu County as the West Gorge River; the East Gorge River joins it farther east, and together they reach Wuhumen and enter the sea. To the east is the Min'an Town patrol office.
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侯官倚。 西有旗山，有雪峯山，有建江，又有西禪浦。 西南有陽崎、吳山、鳳岡、澤苗、延澤、仙阪等六浦，皆建江支分，仍合正流入海。 西北有懷安縣，洪武十二年移入郭內，與閩、侯官同治，萬曆八年九月省。 西北有竹崎、又有五縣寨二巡檢司。
Houguan (seat-attached county). To the west are Qishan, Xuefeng Mountain, the Jian River, and Xichan Creek. To the southwest are Yangqi, Wushan, Fenggang, Zemiao, Yanze, Xianban, and five other creeks, all branches of the Jian River that rejoin the main stream before reaching the sea. Huai'an County in the northwest was moved inside the city wall in Hongwu 12 and governed jointly with Min and Houguan; it was abolished in the ninth month of Wanli 8. To the northwest are Zhuqi and the Wuxian Stockade, which has two patrol offices.
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長樂府東少南。 東濱海，有海堤。 北有馬頭江。 又東有守禦梅花千戶所，洪武二十一年二月置。 東北有石樑蕉山、東南有松下鎮二巡檢司。 又東有小祉山巡檢司，後移治大祉澳。
Changle lies east and slightly south of the prefecture. To the east it borders the sea and has a sea dike. To the north is the Matou River. Farther east is the Meihua Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in the second month of Hongwu 21. To the northeast is Shiliang Jiao Mountain; to the southeast is Songxia Town—two patrol offices. Farther east is the Xiaozhi Mountain patrol office, later moved to Dazhi Bay.
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福清府南少東。 元福清州。 洪武二年二月降爲縣。 東南際海，有鹽場，海中有海壇山，又有小練山。 南有龍江，又有逕江。 東南有海口，江皆匯流入海。 又東有鎮東衛，東南有守禦萬安千戶所，俱洪武二十一年二月置。 又有澤郎山、有牛頭門、又南有壁頭山三巡檢司。 又東有海口鎮巡檢司，洪武二十年移於長樂縣之松下鎮。
Fuqing lies south and slightly east of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it was Fuqing Prefecture. In the second month of Hongwu 2 it was reduced to a county. The southeast borders the sea and has salt fields; at sea are Haitan Mountain and Xiaolian Mountain. To the south are the Long River and the Jing River. To the southeast is Haikou, where the rivers converge and enter the sea. Farther east is Zhendong Guard; to the southeast is the Wan'an Garrison Defense thousand-household post—both established in the second month of Hongwu 21. It also has Zelang Mountain, Niutou Gate, and Bitou Mountain to the south—three patrol offices. Farther east is the Haikou Town patrol office, moved in Hongwu 20 to Songxia Town in Changle County.
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連江府東北。 東北濱海，海中有北茭鎮巡檢司。 南有連江，東入海。 東北有守禦定海千戶所，洪武二十一年二月置。
Lianjiang lies northeast of the prefecture. The northeast borders the sea; at sea is the Beijiao Town patrol office. To the south is the Lian River, which flows east into the sea. To the northeast is the Dinghai Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in the second month of Hongwu 21.
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羅源府東北。 東濱海。 西有羅川，南流分三派入海。 南有應德鎮。
Luoyuan lies northeast of the prefecture. To the east it borders the sea. To the west is the Luochuan, which flows south in three branches into the sea. To the south is Yingde Town.
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古田府西北。 建江在縣南，自南平縣流入，經城南，有大溪流合焉，謂之水口。 又東南逕模天嶺下，江流至此始出險就平，東入閩清縣界。 東有杉洋鎮，出銀坑，有巡檢司，後廢。 又西南有谷口鎮、西北有西溪鎮二巡檢司，尋廢。
Gutian lies northwest of the prefecture. The Jian River lies south of the county, entering from Nanping County and passing south of the city where the Daxi stream joins it at a place called the Water Mouth. Farther southeast, below Motian Ridge, the river leaves the rapids for level ground and flows east into Minqing County. To the east is Shanyang Town, which produced silver from mines and once had a patrol office, later abolished. Farther southwest is Gukou Town; to the northwest is Xixi Town—two patrol offices, soon abolished.
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閩清府西北。 西南有大帽山。 北有建江，西南有梅溪流合焉。 東有青窯鎮巡檢司，廢。
Minqing lies northwest of the prefecture. To the southwest is Damao Mountain. To the north is the Jian River; from the southwest the Mei stream joins it. To the east was the Qingyao Town patrol office, now abolished.
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永福府西南。 西南有高蓋山，又南有陳山。 東有東溪，匯諸山溪之水，下流會於福清之龍江而入海。 又有漈門巡檢司，後移於嵩口埕，尋復故。
Yongfu lies southwest of the prefecture. To the southwest is Gaogai Mountain; farther south is Chen Mountain. To the east is Dongxi, which gathers mountain streams and flows down to join the Long River at Fuqing before entering the sea. It also had the Jimen patrol office, later moved to Songkouying and soon restored to its former site.
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興化府元興化路，屬福建道宣慰司。 洪武元年爲府。 領縣二。 北距布政司二百八十里。
Xinghua Prefecture was the Yuan Xinghua Route under the Fujian Circuit Pacification Commission. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed two counties. It lay 280 li north of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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莆田倚。 東南濱海，海中有湄洲嶼，又有南日山，俱東與琉球國相望。 又南有木蘭溪，北有延壽溪，東北有荻蘆溪，又有通應港，俱會流入海。 又西北有興化縣，正統十三年四月省。 東有平海衛，東南有守禦莆禧千戶所，俱洪武二十一年二月置。 東有嵌頭、西北有大洋寨、東南有吉了三巡檢。 東有衝沁巡檢司，本治尋陽，後徙興福。 又有青山巡檢司，本治武盛裏南哨，後徙奉國裏。 東南有南日山巡檢司，後徙新安。 東北有迎仙寨巡檢司，後移鼓樓山。 東有峙頭、東南有小峙二巡檢司，後廢。
Putian (seat-attached county). The southeast borders the sea; offshore are Meizhou Islet and Nanri Mountain, both facing the Ryukyu realm to the east across the sea. Farther south is Mulan Creek; to the north is Yanshou Creek; to the northeast is Dili Creek; and Tongying Harbor—all converging to enter the sea. Xinghua County in the northwest was abolished in the fourth month of Zhengtong 13. To the east is Pinghai Guard; to the southeast is the Puxi Garrison Defense thousand-household post—both established in the second month of Hongwu 21. To the east is Qiantou; to the northwest is Dayang Stockade; to the southeast is Jile—three patrol posts. To the east is the Chongqin patrol office, originally at Xunyang and later moved to Xingfu. It also has the Qingshan patrol office, originally at Wushengli Nanshao and later moved to Fengguoli. To the southeast is the Nanri Mountain patrol office, later moved to Xin'an. To the northeast is the Yingxian Stockade patrol office, later moved to Guloushan. To the east was Zhitu; to the southeast was Xiaozhi—two patrol offices, later abolished.
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仙遊府西。 北有二飛山。 東北有何嶺。 南臨九鯉湖，湖在萬山中，下流入莆田縣界，合於延壽溪。 西有三會溪，即木蘭溪上源。 西有白嶺巡檢司，後遷於文殊寨。 南有楓亭市、西有潭邊市二巡檢司，後廢。
Xianyou lies west of the prefecture. To the north is Erfeng Mountain. To the northeast is He Ridge. To the south lies Jiuli Lake amid myriad mountains; its outflow enters Putian County and joins the Yanshou Creek. To the west is Sanhui Creek, the upper source of the Mulan Creek. To the west is the Bailing patrol office, later moved to Wenshu Stockade. To the south was Fengting Market; to the west was Tanbian Market—two patrol offices, later abolished.
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建安倚。 東北有鳳凰山，產茶。 東有東溪，即建江，自浙江慶元縣流經此，又西合於西溪。 又東南有壽嶺巡檢司。
Jian'an (seat-attached county). To the northeast is Fenghuang Mountain, which produces tea. To the east is Dongxi—the Jian River—which flows from Qingyuan County in Zhejiang through this county and joins the West Creek farther west. Farther southeast is the Shouling patrol office.
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甌寧倚。 西有西溪，源出崇安縣，東會諸溪之水，流入縣境，又東合於東溪，南入延平府界。 西北有營頭街巡檢司。
Ouning (seat-attached county). To the west is West Creek, which rises in Chong'an County, gathers tributaries from the east, enters the county, joins East Creek farther east, and flows south into Yanping Prefecture. To the northwest is the Yingtou Street patrol office.
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建陽府西北。 西北有西山。 東南有錦江，亦曰交溪，有二源，合流於縣東東山下，南流達於建溪。
Jianyang lies northwest of the prefecture. To the northwest is West Mountain. To the southeast is the Jin River, also called Jiao Creek, whose two sources unite east of the county below East Mountain and flow south to the Jian Creek.
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崇安府西北。 南有武夷山，中有清溪，九曲流入崇溪。 西北有分水嶺，上有分水關巡檢司。 其水西流者入江西境，東流者入縣境，即崇溪源。 俗謂之大溪，經城西而南出，亦謂之西溪。 其別源出縣東北之岑陽山，亦曰東溪，西南流合於西溪，又南合武夷水而入建陽縣界，即錦江之上源也。 又西北有溫林、岑陽、桐木、焦嶺、谷口、寮竹、觀音等關，與分水關爲崇安入關。
Chong'an lies northwest of the prefecture. To the south is Wuyi Mountain, where Qing Creek winds in nine bends into Chong Creek. To the northwest is Fenling Ridge, with the Fenling Pass patrol office on its summit. Waters flowing west enter Jiangxi; those flowing east enter the county as the source of Chong Creek. Commonly called the Great Creek, it passes west of the city and flows out to the south, also known as West Creek. A separate source rises at Cenyang Mountain in the northeast, also called East Creek, flows southwest to join West Creek, then south to merge with Wuyi waters and enter Jianyang County as the upper source of the Jin River. Farther northwest are the passes of Wenlin, Cenyang, Tongmu, Jiaoling, Gukou, Liaozhu, Guanyin, and others, with Fenling Pass as the main entry into Chong'an.
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浦城府東北。 北有漁梁山，建溪之源出焉。 又有蓋仙山，有黎嶺，又有楓嶺，一名大竿嶺，皆浙、閩通途。 又東北有柘嶺，與浙江麗水縣分界，柘水出焉，流合大溪。 又南有南浦溪，亦曰大溪，即建溪也，下合建陽之交溪。 東有高泉、東北有溪源、西北有盆亭三巡檢司。
Pucheng lies northeast of the prefecture. To the north is Yuliang Mountain, where the Jian Creek rises. It also has Gaixian Mountain, Li Ridge, and Feng Ridge (also called Dagan Ridge)—all routes linking Zhejiang and Fujian. Farther northeast is Zhe Ridge, bordering Lishui County in Zhejiang; the Zhe River rises there and joins the Great Creek. Farther south is Nanpu Creek, also called the Great Creek—the Jian Creek—which flows down to join Jianyang's Jiao Creek. To the east is Gaoquan; to the northeast is Xiyuan; to the northwest is Penting—three patrol offices.
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松溪府東。 東有萬山。 東北有鷲峯山，接浦城及浙江之龍泉界。 南有松溪，源出浙江慶元縣，亦謂之鬆源水，又西有杉溪，下流俱入於建溪。 北有二十四都巡檢司。 南有東關巡檢司，後遷於烏鞍嶺，又遷於鐵嶺，又遷於峽橋。
Songxi lies east of the prefecture. To the east are myriad mountains. To the northeast is Jiufeng Mountain, linking Pucheng with Longquan in Zhejiang. To the south is Song Creek, rising in Qingyuan County, Zhejiang, also called Songyuan Water; farther west is Shan Creek; both flow into the Jian Creek. To the north is the Twenty-Four Districts patrol office. To the south is the Dongguan patrol office, later moved to Wu'an Ridge, then Tieling, then Xiaqiao.
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政和府東。 南有七星溪，源出縣東之銅盤山，下流合於松溪。 又東有丹溪，流經福安縣入海。 又東南有赤巖巡檢司。
Zhenghe lies east of the prefecture. To the south is Qixing Creek, rising at Tongpan Mountain east of the county and joining the Song Creek below. Farther east is Dan Creek, which flows through Fu'an County into the sea. Farther southeast is the Chiyan patrol office.
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壽寧府東。 景泰六年八月以政和縣楊海村置，析福安縣地益之。 東有蟾溪，即福寧州長溪上源也。 東有漁溪巡檢司，後遷縣北之官台山，又遷斜灘鎮。
Shouning lies east of the prefecture. In the eighth month of Jingtai 6 it was established from Yanghai Village in Zhenghe County with territory taken from Fu'an County. To the east is Chan Creek, the upper source of the Chang Creek in Funing Prefecture. To the east is the Yuxi patrol office, later moved to Guantai Mountain north of the county, then to Xietan Town.
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延平府元延平路，屬福建道宣慰司。 洪武元年爲府。 領縣七。 東南距布政司四百五里。
Yanping Prefecture was the Yuan Yanping Route under the Fujian Circuit Pacification Commission. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed seven counties. It lay 405 li southeast of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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南平倚。 南有九峯山。 東北有衍仙山。 城東南有劍溪，即建江也，亦曰東溪，自建寧府流入，南經黯淡灘，又西逕劍津，與西溪合。 西溪出汀、邵二府之境，至縣西，合於沙縣之沙溪，爲沙溪口； 又東至劍津，合於東溪； 又南至尤溪口，合於大溪，亦名南溪； 又東至福州府，入於海； 俗亦謂之三溪。 東南有蒼峽、西北有大曆二巡檢司。
Nanping (seat-attached county). To the south is Jiufeng Mountain. To the northeast is Yanxian Mountain. Southeast of the city is Jian Creek—the Jian River, also called East Creek—which enters from Jianning Prefecture, passes Dandan Shoals to the south, then Jian Ford to the west where it joins West Creek. West Creek comes from the territories of Ting and Shao prefectures; west of the county it joins the Shaxi of Sha County at Shaxikou; farther east it reaches Jian Ford and joins East Creek; farther south it reaches Youxi Ford and joins the Great Creek, also called South Creek; farther east it reaches Fuzhou Prefecture and enters the sea; it is commonly called the Three Creeks. To the southeast is Cangxia; to the northwest is Dali—two patrol offices.
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將樂府西。 南有天階山。 西北有百丈山。 南有將溪，亦曰大溪，即西溪之上源也。 又西北有梅溪，自邵武界流入，合於大溪。 又北有萬安寨巡檢司。
Jiangle lies west of the prefecture. To the south is Tianjie Mountain. To the northwest is Baizhang Mountain. To the south is Jiang Creek, also called the Great Creek—the upper source of West Creek. Farther northwest is Mei Creek, which enters from Shaowu and joins the Great Creek. Farther north is the Wan'an Stockade patrol office.
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沙府西南。 西北有幼山。 縣治南有沙溪，亦名太史溪，自永安縣流入，經縣東，有霹靂等灘，下流合於西溪。 北有北鄉寨巡檢司。
Sha lies southwest of the prefecture. To the northwest is You Mountain. South of the seat is Shaxi, also called Taishi Creek, which enters from Yong'an County, passes east of the county through shoals such as Pili, and joins West Creek below. To the north is the Beixiang Stockade patrol office.
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尤溪府南。 北有丹溪嶺，一名桃木嶺，下有丹溪。 東有尤溪，其上源一出龍巖縣，一出德化縣，合流於縣西南，又北流會湯泉等二十溪，北出尤口，入建溪，亦曰湖頭溪。 西有英果砦、又有高才阪二巡檢司。
Youxi lies south of the prefecture. To the north is Danxi Ridge, also called Taomu Ridge, below which lies Dan Creek. To the east is You Creek, whose upper sources—one from Longyan County and one from Dehua County—unite southwest of the county; it flows north gathering twenty streams including Tangquan, exits at You Ford into the Jian Creek, also called Hutou Creek. To the west are Yingguo Stockade and Gao Cai Slope—two patrol offices.
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順昌府西少北。 南有徘徊嶺。 西北有順陽溪，源出建陽縣，又東經縣南，與將溪合，又東經沙口，合邵武縣之沙溪，又東經縣西，與西溪合，西溪即邵武縣之紫雲溪也，又東入南平縣界，爲南平之西溪。 又西北有仁壽鎮巡檢司。
Shunchang lies west and slightly north of the prefecture. To the south is Paihuai Ridge. To the northwest is Shunyang Creek, rising in Jianyang County, passing south of the county to join Jiang Creek, then east through Shakou to join Shaowu's Shaxi, then west of the county to join West Creek (Shaowu's Ziyun Creek), and east into Nanping as Nanping's West Creek. Farther northwest is the Renshou Town patrol office.
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永安府西南。 本沙縣之浮流巡檢司，正統十四年置永安千戶所於此。 景泰三年改置縣，析尤溪縣地益之。 東北有貢川山。 東南有石羅山。 西有燕溪，四源合流，經城東北，下流爲沙縣之沙溪。 又西有安砂鎮、西南有湖口寨二巡檢司。 又西北有黃楊巡檢司，廢。
Yong'an lies southwest of the prefecture. It was originally the Fuliou patrol office of Sha County; in Zhengtong 14 the Yong'an thousand-household post was established here. In Jingtai 3 it was made a county with territory taken from Youxi County. To the northeast is Gongchuan Mountain. To the southeast is Shiluo Mountain. To the west is Yan Creek, formed by four sources that pass northeast of the city and become Sha County's Shaxi below. Farther west is Ansha Town; to the southwest is Hukou Stockade—two patrol offices. Farther northwest was the Huangyang patrol office, now abolished.
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大田府西南。 嘉靖十五年二月以尤溪縣之大田置，析永安、漳平、德化三縣地益之。 北有五臺山。 南有大仙山。 東有銀瓶山，產銀鐵。 又南有尤溪，自龍巖縣流入，又東入尤溪縣境。 又東南有花橋巡檢司。 又西南有桃源店巡檢司，本屬漳平縣，後來屬。 北有英寨、西南有安仁隘二巡檢司，後廢。
Datian lies southwest of the prefecture. In the second month of Jiajing 15 it was established from Datian in Youxi County with territory taken from Yong'an, Zhangping, and Dehua. To the north is Wutai Mountain. To the south is Daxian Mountain. To the east is Yinping Mountain, which produces silver and iron. Farther south is You Creek, which enters from Longyan County and flows east into Youxi County. Farther southeast is the Huaqiao patrol office. Farther southwest is the Taoyuan Shop patrol office, originally under Zhangping County and later transferred here. To the north was Ying Stockade; to the southwest was Anren Pass—two patrol offices, later abolished.
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汀州府元汀州路，屬福建道宣慰司。 洪武元年爲府。 領縣八。 東距布政司九百七十五里。
Tingzhou Prefecture was the Yuan Tingzhou Route under the Fujian Circuit Pacification Commission. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed eight counties. It lay 975 li east of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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長汀倚。 北有臥龍山。 又北有新樂山，貢水出焉，流入江西界。 西有新路嶺。 東有鄞江，即東溪，亦曰左溪，自寧化縣流入，下流經廣東大埔縣入海，中有五百灘，亦謂之汀水。 又東南有正溪，西有西溪，北有北溪，南有南溪，俱合於東溪。 又西有古城寨巡檢司。
Changting (seat-attached county). To the north is Wolong Mountain. Farther north is Xinle Mountain, where the Gong River rises and flows into Jiangxi. To the west is Xinlu Ridge. To the east is Yin River—the East Creek, also called Left Creek—which enters from Ninghua County, passes through Guangdong's Dapu County into the sea with five hundred shoals along the way, also called Ting Water. Farther southeast is Zheng Creek; to the west is West Creek; to the north is North Creek; to the south is South Creek—all joining East Creek. Farther west is the Gucheng Stockade patrol office.
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寧化府東北。 南有潭飛漈。 又有大溪，源出縣北萬斛泉，分流爲清流縣之清溪，其正流入長汀縣，爲鄞江上流。 北有安遠寨巡檢司。
Ninghua lies northeast of the prefecture. To the south is Tanfei Ji. It also has the Great Creek, rising at Wandou Spring north of the county; a branch becomes Qing Creek in Qingliu County, while the main stream enters Changting as the upper reach of Yin River. To the north is the Anyuan Stockade patrol office.
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上杭府南。 西有金山，上有膽泉，浸鐵能成銅。 西南有羊廚山，產礦。 南有大溪。
Shanghang lies south of the prefecture. To the west is Jin Mountain, atop which is Gall Spring, where iron soaked in the water turns to copper. To the southwest is Yangchu Mountain, which produces ore. To the south is the Great Creek.
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武平府西南。 北有黃公嶺。 南有化龍溪，下流入廣東程鄉縣。 西南有武平城，洪武二十四年正月置武平千戶所於此。 東南有象洞巡檢司，後移於縣西南之懸繩隘。 北有永平寨巡檢司，後移縣西北之貝寨。
Wuping lies southwest of the prefecture. To the north is Huang Gong Ridge. To the south is Hualong Creek, which flows down into Chengxian County in Guangdong. To the southwest is Wuping City, where the Wuping thousand-household post was established in the first month of Hongwu 24. To the southeast is the Xiangdong patrol office, later moved to Xuan Sheng Pass southwest of the county. To the north is the Yongping Stockade patrol office, later moved to Beizai in the northwest of the county.
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清流府東北。 南有豐山，東南有鐵石山，南臨九龍溪，有鐵石磯頭巡檢司。 西南有清溪，自寧化縣流入，東北合半溪，又東南經九龍灘而入永安縣界，亦曰龍溪，即燕溪之上源。
Qingliu lies northeast of the prefecture. To the south is Feng Mountain; to the southeast is Tieshi Mountain, overlooking Jiulong Creek to the south; there is the Tieshi Jitou patrol office. To the southwest is Qing Creek, which enters from Ninghua County, joins Ban Creek to the northeast, then flows southeast through Jiulong Shoals into Yong'an County—also called Long Creek, the upper source of Yan Creek.
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連城府東南。 本曰蓮城，洪武十七年後改「蓮。」 曰：「連」。 東有蓮峯山。 南有文溪，下流達於清流縣之清溪。 西南有北園寨巡檢司，後遷於縣南之朗村隘，後又遷於縣西南之新泉隘。
Liancheng lies southeast of the prefecture. It was originally called Liancheng; after Hongwu 17 the character "the cited text (lotus)" was changed- to "the cited text (linked)". To the east is Lian Peak Mountain. To the south is Wen Creek, which flows down to Qing Creek in Qingliu County. To the southwest is the Beiyuan Stockade patrol office, later moved to Langcun Pass south of the county, then to Xinquan Pass southwest of the county.
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歸化府東北。 成化七年正月以清流縣之明溪鎮置，析將樂、沙縣、寧化三縣地益之。 北有鐵嶺。 南有歸化溪，下流合將樂縣之將溪。 東有夏陽巡檢司。
Guihua lies northeast of the prefecture. In the first month of Chenghua 7 it was established from Mingxi Town in Qingliu County with territory taken from Jiangle, Sha, and Ninghua. To the north is Tie Ridge. To the south is Guihua Creek, which joins Jiang Creek in Jiangle County below. To the east is the Xiayang patrol office.
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永定府南。 成化十四年以上杭縣溪南里之田心地置，析勝運等四里益之。 西有大溪，即汀水，自上杭縣流經此，又東入廣東大埔縣界。 東南有三層嶺巡檢司。 東北有太平巡檢司，後徙高坡。 西南有興化巡檢司，治溪南里古鎮，尋廢，復置，後遷於上杭縣之峯頭。
Yongding lies south of the prefecture. In Chenghua 14 it was established at Tianxindi in Xinan Li, Shanghang County, with territory taken from Sheng Yun and four other li. To the west is the Great Creek—the Ting Water—which flows from Shanghang County through here and east into Dapu County in Guangdong. To the southeast is the Sancengling patrol office. To the northeast is the Taiping patrol office, later moved to Gaopo. To the southwest is the Xinghua patrol office, originally at Gucheng in Xinan Li, briefly abolished and restored, then moved to Fengtou in Shanghang County.
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邵武府元邵武路，屬福建道宣慰司。 太祖吳元年爲府。 領縣四。 東南距布政司六百七十里。
Shaowu Prefecture was the Yuan Shaowu Route under the Fujian Circuit Pacification Commission. In the Taizu Wu year it became a prefecture. It governed four counties. It lay 670 li southeast of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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邵武倚。 東有三臺山。 東南有七臺山，又有道人峯。 又有樵溪，源自樵嵐山，經城內，出北門，合紫雲溪，流至順昌縣爲順陽溪。 又東南有水口巡檢司。 又東有拿口、南有同巡、東北有楊坊三巡檢司，廢。
Shaowu (seat-attached county). To the east is Santai Mountain. To the southeast are Qitai Mountain and Daoren Peak. There is also Qiao Creek, rising at Qiaolan Mountain, running through the city and out the north gate, joining Ziyun Creek, and flowing to Shunchang County as Shunyang Creek. Farther southeast is the Shuikou patrol office. Farther east was Nakou; to the south was Tongxun; to the northeast was Yangfang—three patrol offices, now abolished.
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光澤府西北。 北有云際嶺。 西北有杉嶺，杉關在其上，與江西南城縣接界。 杭川出焉，亦名大溪，下流入紫雲溪。 又有大寺寨巡檢司，在杉關東。 又西北有黃土關。
Guangze lies northwest of the prefecture. To the north is Yunji Ridge. To the northwest is Shan Ridge with Shan Pass on its summit, bordering Nancheng County in Jiangxi. The Hang River rises there, also called the Great Creek, and flows down into Ziyun Creek. There is also the Dasizhai patrol office, east of Shan Pass. Farther northwest is Huangtu Pass.
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泰寧府西南。 西有金饒山。 西北有大杉嶺。 西有二十四溪，南有灘江流合焉，下流會於樵溪。
Taining lies southwest of the prefecture. To the west is Jinrao Mountain. To the northwest is Dashan Ridge. To the west are the Twenty-Four Creeks; the Tan River joins from the south, and together they meet the Qiao Creek below.
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建寧府西南。 北有百丈嶺，藍溪出焉。 南有綏江，源出金饒山，一名濉江，亦名寧溪，至綏城口，合藍溪流入泰寧縣界。 西有西安巡檢司，本治裏心保，後遷丘坊隘，尋廢，後復置，後又遷新安保之黃泥鋪。
Jianning lies southwest of the prefecture. To the north is Baizhang Ridge, where Lan Creek rises. South has Sui River, source from Jinrao Mountain, one name Tui River, also called Ning Creek, reaching Suicheng Mouth, joining Lan Creek flowing into Taining County boundary. To the west is the Xi'an patrol office, originally at Lixin Fort, later moved to Qiufang Pass, briefly abolished and restored, then to Huangnipu in Xin'an Fort.
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泉州府元泉州路，屬福建道宣慰司。 洪武元年爲府。 領縣七。 東距布政司四百十里。
Quanzhou Prefecture was the Yuan Quanzhou Route under the Fujian Circuit Pacification Commission. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed seven counties. It lay 410 li east of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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晉江倚。 東北有泉山，一名清源。 東南有寶蓋山。 南有靈源山。 東南濱海，有鹽場。 海中有彭湖嶼。 南有晉江，自南安縣流入，經城西石塔山下，又東南至岱嶼入海。 東北有洛陽江，南流入海。 又東南有永寧衛，南有守禦福泉千戶所，俱洪武二十一年二月置。 東南有祥芝、又有烏潯、南有深滬、又有圍頭四巡檢司。 西南有安平城，嘉靖中築。 東南有石湖城，萬曆中築。
Jinjiang (seat-attached county). To the northeast is Quan Mountain, also called Qingyuan. To the southeast is Baogai Mountain. To the south is Lingyuan Mountain. The southeast borders the sea and has salt fields. In the sea lies the Penghu Islands. To the south is the Jin River, which enters from Nan'an County, passes below Shita Mountain west of the city, and flows southeast to Dai Islet and the sea. To the northeast is Luoyang River, which flows south into the sea. Farther southeast is Yongning Guard; to the south is the Fuquan Garrison Defense thousand-household post—both established in the second month of Hongwu 21. To the southeast are Xiangzhi and Wuxun; to the south are Shenhu and Weitou—four patrol offices. To the southwest is Anping City, built during the Jiajing reign. To the southeast is Shihu City, built during the Wanli reign.
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南安府西少北。 東南濱海。 南有黃龍溪，即晉江之上流，西有桃林溪流入焉。 南有石井巡檢司。 又西北有澳頭、西南有達河二巡檢司，後廢。
Nan'an lies west and slightly north of the prefecture. The southeast borders the sea. To the south is Huanglong Creek, the upper reach of the Jin River; Taolin Creek enters it from the west. To the south is the Shijing patrol office. Farther northwest was Aotou; to the southwest was Dahe—two patrol offices, later abolished.
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同安府西南。 西有文圃山。 南濱海，有鹽場。 西北有西溪，流合縣東之東溪、縣西之苧溪，又東南注於海。 西南有守禦金門千戶所，西有守禦高浦千戶所，俱洪武二十一年二月置。 又西南有永寧中左千戶所，在嘉禾嶼，即廈門也，洪武二十七年二月置。 西有苧溪、南有塔頭山、東南有田浦、又有陳坑四巡檢司。 又西南有白礁巡檢司，後移於縣西之珝口寨。 東南有烈嶼巡檢司，後移於石潯港口。 又有官澳巡檢司，後移於踏石寨。 又有峯上巡檢司，後移於縣西之下店港口。
Tong'an lies southwest of the prefecture. To the west is Wenpu Mountain. The south borders the sea and has salt fields. To the northwest is West Creek, which joins East Creek east of the county and Zhuxi west of the county, then flows southeast into the sea. To the southwest is the Jinmen Garrison Defense thousand-household post; to the west is the Gaopu Garrison Defense thousand-household post—both established in the second month of Hongwu 21. Farther southwest is the Yongning Central-Left thousand-household post at Jiahe Islet—that is, Xiamen—established in the second month of Hongwu 27. To the west is Zhuxi; to the south is Tatou Mountain; to the southeast are Tianpu and Chenkeng—four patrol offices. Farther southwest is the Baijiao patrol office, later moved to Xukou Stockade west of the county. To the southeast is the Lieyu patrol office, later moved to Shixun Harbor. There is also the Guanao patrol office, later moved to Tashi Stockade. There is also the Fengshang patrol office, later moved to Xiadan Harbor west of the county.
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惠安府東北。 東南濱海，有鹽場。 西有洛陽江。 又東南有守禦崇武千戶所，洪武二十一年二月置，嘉靖中移於縣東北。 城東有黃崎、南有獺窟、東南有小氵乍、東北有峯尾四巡檢司。 又東北有塗嶺、又有沙格、東南有小兜三巡檢司，洪武二十年廢。
Hui'an lies northeast of the prefecture. The southeast borders the sea and has salt fields. To the west is Luoyang River. Farther southeast is the Chongwu Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in the second month of Hongwu 21 and moved northeast of the county during the Jiajing reign. East of the city is Huangqi; to the south is Taxue; to the southeast is Xiaocha; to the northeast is Fengwei—four patrol offices. Farther northeast were Tuling and Shage; to the southeast was Xiaodou—three patrol offices abolished in Hongwu 20.
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安溪府西。 西北有佛耳山。 南有藍溪。 又西北有源口渡巡檢司，後遷白華堡，尋復。
Anxi lies west of the prefecture. To the northwest is Fo'er Mountain. To the south is Lan Creek. Farther northwest is the Yuankou Ferry patrol office, later moved to Baihua Fort and soon restored.
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永春府西北。 西北有雪山，桃林溪出焉，東逕南安縣，北合藍溪，爲雙溪口，又東逕南安縣，南合於黃龍溪。 西有陳巖寨巡檢司，洪武中廢。
Yongchun lies northwest of the prefecture. To the northwest is Xue Mountain, where Taolin Creek rises; it runs east through Nan'an County, joins Lan Creek to the north at Shuang Creek Mouth, then east again through Nan'an County and south into Huanglong Creek. To the west was the Chenyan Stockade patrol office, abolished during the Hongwu reign.
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德化府西北。 西北有戴雲山。 西有太湖山。 南有丁溪，又有滻溪，合而北流，入興化仙遊境。 又西北有高鎮巡檢司，本東西團，後徙治，更名。 東南有虎豹關。
Dehua lies northwest of the prefecture. To the northwest is Daiyun Mountain. To the west is Taihu Mountain. To the south are Ding Creek and Chan Creek, which unite and flow north into Xianyou in Xinghua. Farther northwest is the Gaozhen patrol office, originally Dongxi Tuan; its seat was later moved and it was renamed. To the southeast is Hubao Pass.
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漳州府元漳州路，屬福建道宣慰司。 洪武元年爲府。 領縣十。 東北距布政司七百里。
Zhangzhou Prefecture was the Yuan Zhangzhou Route under the Fujian Circuit Pacification Commission. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed ten counties. It lay 700 li northeast of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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龍溪倚。 東有岐山。 西有天寶山。 北有華封嶺，一名龍頭嶺。 東南濱海，海中有丹霞等嶼。 又東北有九龍江，亦名北溪，其上源出長汀及沙縣，流入縣界，歷龍頭嶺下，謂之峽中，至縣東出峽，爲柳營江，又南有南溪流入焉。 又東南爲鎮門港，入於海。 有柳營江巡檢司。 又南有九龍嶺巡檢司。
Longxi (seat-attached county). To the east is Qi Mountain. To the west is Tianbao Mountain. To the north is Huafeng Ridge, also called Longtou Ridge. The southeast borders the sea, with islets such as Danxia offshore. To the northeast is the Jiulong River, also called North Creek; its upper sources rise in Changting and Sha counties, enter the county, pass below Longtou Ridge through the gorge, emerge east of the county as Liuying River, and farther south the Nan Creek also flows in. Farther southeast is Zhenmen Harbor, which enters the sea. There is the Liuying River patrol office. To the south is the Jiulong Ridge patrol office.
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漳浦府南。 南有梁山，又東南有良山，與梁山相峙。 東北有大武山。 縣東南兩面皆濱海。 南有漳江，亦曰云霄溪，合李澳溪入於海。 又有石塍溪。 東北又有鎮海衛，東有守禦六鰲千戶所。 澳東南有古雷、又有後葛、東有井尾澳、西南有盤陀嶺四巡檢司。 又東南有青山巡檢司，後徙治月峙，又西南有云霄鎮，俱洪武二十一年二月內置。
Zhangpu lies south of the prefecture. To the south is Liang Mountain; to the southeast is Liangshan Mountain, standing opposite Liang Mountain. To the northeast is Dabu Mountain. The county's east and south sides both border the sea. To the south is the Zhang River, also called Yunxiao Creek, which joins Li'ao Creek and enters the sea. There is also Shicheng Creek. To the northeast is Zhenhai Guard; to the east is the Liu'ao Garrison Defense thousand-household post. Off the bay to the southeast are Gulei and Houge; to the east is Jingwei Bay; to the southwest is Pantuo Ridge—four patrol offices. Farther southeast is the Qingshan patrol office, later moved to Yuezhi; to the southwest is Yunxiao Town—all established in the second month of Hongwu 21.
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龍巖府西。 東有龍巖山，又有東寶山，舊產銀鉛。 西有紫金山。 北有九侯山。 又南有龍川，下流入漳平界，爲九龍江上源。 東北有雁石巡檢司，後移於皞林口。
Longyan lies west of the prefecture. To the east is Longyan Mountain; also Dongbao Mountain, which formerly produced silver and lead. To the west is Zijin Mountain. To the north is Jiuhou Mountain. To the south is Longchuan, which flows down into Zhangping as the upper source of the Jiulong River. To the northeast is the Yanshi patrol office, later moved to Haolin Mouth.
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長泰府東。 南有長泰溪，下流入九龍江。 東南有朝天嶺巡檢司，後移於溪口。
Changtai lies east of the prefecture. To the south is Changtai Creek, which flows down into the Jiulong River. To the southeast is the Chaotian Ridge patrol office, later moved to Creek Mouth.
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南靖府西。 舊治在西南，雙溪之北。 嘉靖四十五年北徙大帽山麓。 萬曆二十三年復還舊治。 北有歐寮山。 南有雙溪，入龍溪縣界，爲南溪。 北有永豐、西北有和溪二巡檢司。 又有小溪、寒溪二巡檢司，後廢。
Nanjing lies west of the prefecture. The former seat was in the southwest, north of Shuang Creek. In Jiajing 45 it was moved north to the foot of Damao Mountain. In Wanli 23 it was restored to the former seat. To the north is Ouliao Mountain. To the south is Shuang Creek, which enters Longxi County as the Nan Creek. To the north is Yongfeng; to the northwest is Hexi—two patrol offices. There were also Xiaoxi and Hanxi—two patrol offices, later abolished.
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漳平府西北。 成化六年以龍巖縣九龍鄉置，析居仁等五里地益之。 東南有象湖山。 南有百家畲洞，踞龍巖、安溪、龍溪、南靖、漳平五縣之交。 又有九龍溪，自龍巖縣流經此，下流入龍溪縣。 南有歸化巡檢司，後移於縣東之析溪口。 又東北有溪南巡檢司，後廢。
Zhangping lies northwest of the prefecture. In Chenghua 6 it was established from Jiulong Township in Longyan County, with territory carved from Juren and four other li. To the southeast is Xianghu Mountain. To the south is Baijia She Cave, straddling the junction of Longyan, Anxi, Longxi, Nanjing, and Zhangping. There is also the Jiulong Creek, flowing from Longyan County through here and down into Longxi County. To the south is the Guihua patrol office, later moved to Xixi Mouth east of the county. Farther northeast was the Xinan patrol office, now abolished.
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平和府西南。 正德十四年六月以南靖縣之河頭大洋陂置，析漳浦縣地益之。 東南有三平山。 東有大峯山，河頭溪所出，分數流達海，又西有盧溪流合焉。 有盧溪巡檢司，後遷枋頭板，改名漳汀巡檢司。
Pinghe lies southwest of the prefecture. In the sixth month of Zhengde 14 it was established from Hetou Dayangpi in Nanjing County, with territory taken from Zhangpu County. To the southeast is Sanping Mountain. To the east is Dafeng Mountain, where Hetou Creek rises and divides into several streams reaching the sea; from the west Luxi Creek joins it. There was the Luxi patrol office, later moved to Fangtouban and renamed the Zhangting patrol office.
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詔安府南。 本南詔守禦千戶所，弘治十八年置。 嘉靖九年十二月改爲縣。 南臨海，海濱有川陵山，海中有南澳山。 又東有東溪，爲河頭溪分流，東南流入海。 又南有守禦玄鍾千戶所，東有守禦銅山千戶所，俱洪武二十一年二月置。 東有金石、洪淡二巡檢司。 西南有分水關，漳、潮分界，巡檢司治焉。
Zhao'an lies south of the prefecture. It was originally the Nanzhao Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in Hongzhi 18. In the twelfth month of Jiajing 9 it was converted to a county. To the south it faces the sea; on the coast is Chuanling Mountain, and in the sea is Nan'ao Mountain. To the east is Dong Creek, a branch of Hetou Creek, flowing southeast into the sea. To the south is the Xuanzhong Garrison Defense thousand-household post; to the east is the Tongshan Garrison Defense thousand-household post—both established in the second month of Hongwu 21. To the east are Jinshi and Hongdan—two patrol offices. To the southwest is Fenshui Pass, the boundary between Zhang and Chao, where the patrol office was stationed.
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海澄府東南。 嘉靖四十五年十二月以龍溪縣之靖海館置，析漳浦縣地益之。 東北濱海。 西有南溪，自龍溪縣流入，與柳營江合流入海。 東有海門巡檢司，後遷於青浦社。 東北有濠門巡檢司，本治海滄洋，後遷縣東北之嵩嶼。 東有島尾巡檢司。 又西北有石馬鎮。
Haicheng lies southeast of the prefecture. In the twelfth month of Jiajing 45 it was established from Jinghai Post in Longxi County, with territory taken from Zhangpu County. The northeast borders the sea. To the west is Nan Creek, entering from Longxi County and joining Liuying River to flow into the sea. To the east is the Haimen patrol office, later moved to Qingpu Village. To the northeast is the Haomen patrol office, originally stationed at Haicangyang, later moved to Songyu northeast of the county. To the east is the Daowei patrol office. Farther northwest is Shima Town.
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寧洋府西北。 本龍巖縣之東西洋巡檢司，正統十一年置。 嘉靖四十五年十二月改置縣，又析大田、永安二縣地益之。 南有香寮山。 東南有東洋，溪流所匯也。
Ningyang lies northwest of the prefecture. It was originally the Dongxiyang patrol office of Longyan County, established in Zhengtong 11. In the twelfth month of Jiajing 45 it was converted to a county, with territory taken from Datian and Yong'an. To the south is Xiangliao Mountain. To the southeast is Dongyang, where streams converge.
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福寧州元屬福州路。 洪武二年八月降爲縣，屬福州府。 成化九年三月升爲州，直隸布政司。 北有龍首山。 東有松山，山下有烽火門水寨，正統九年自海中三沙堡移此。 東北有大姥山。 東南濱海，海中有嵛山、台山、官澳山、屏風嶼。 東有白水江。 西有長溪，源出壽寧縣界，至縣西南古鎮門入海。 東有福寧衛，南有守禦大金千戶所，俱洪武二十一年二月置。 西北有柘洋巡檢司，又有蘆門巡檢司，後移桐山堡。 又東北有大篔簹巡檢司，後移秦嶼堡。 又東有清灣巡檢司，後徙牙裏堡。 南有高羅巡檢司，後移閭峽堡。 又有延亭巡檢司，後移下滸堡。 又東北有蔣洋，又有小瀾，西北有小澳、庫溪，西南有藍田，南有西臼六巡檢司，後廢。 領縣二。 西南距布政司五百四十五里。
Funing Subprefecture under the Yuan belonged to Fuzhou Route. In the eighth month of Hongwu 2 it was reduced to a county under Fuzhou Prefecture. In the third month of Chenghua 9 it was raised to a subprefecture directly under the Provincial Administration Commission. To the north is Longshou Mountain. To the east is Song Mountain; below it is the Fenghuomen water fort, moved here from Sansha Stockade at sea in Zhengtong 9. To the northeast is Damao Mountain. The southeast borders the sea, with Yushan, Taishan, Guan'ao Mountain, and Pingfeng Islet offshore. To the east is Baishui River. To the west is Chang Creek, rising on the Shouning county border and reaching the sea at Guzhenmen southwest of the county. To the east is Funing Guard; to the south is the Dajin Garrison Defense thousand-household post—both established in the second month of Hongwu 21. To the northwest is the Zheyang patrol office; there is also the Lumen patrol office, later moved to Tongshan Stockade. Farther northeast is the Dayung patrol office, later moved to Qinyu Stockade. To the east is the Qingwan patrol office, later moved to Yali Stockade. To the south is the Gaoluo patrol office, later moved to Lüxia Stockade. There is also the Yanting patrol office, later moved to Xiahubao Stockade. Farther northeast are Jiangyang and Xiaolan; to the northwest are Xiao'ao and Kuxi; to the southwest is Lantian; to the south is Xijiu—six patrol offices, later abolished. It governed two counties. It lay 545 li southwest of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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寧德州西南。 洪武二年屬福州府。 成化九年來屬。 北有霍童山，有龜嶼。 東南濱海，中有官扈山，下有官井洋。 又東有瑞峯，亦在海中。 西有穹窿溪，西南有赤鑑湖，北有外渺溪，下流俱達於海。 北有東洋麻嶺巡檢司，後徙涵村，又徙縣東北之雲淡門，又徙縣東之黃灣，後還故治。 南有南靖關。 東有長崎鎮。
Ningde lies southwest of the subprefecture. In Hongwu 2 it belonged to Fuzhou Prefecture. In Chenghua 9 it came under Funing's jurisdiction. To the north is Huotong Mountain and Gui Islet. The southeast borders the sea, with Guanhu Mountain in the midst and Guanjing Sea below. Farther east is Ruifeng, also at sea. To the west is Qionglong Creek; to the southwest is Chijian Lake; to the north is Waimiao Creek—all flowing down to the sea. To the north is the Dongyang Maling patrol office, which was moved to Hancun, then to Yundan Gate northeast of the county, then to Huangwan east of the county, before finally returning to its former seat. To the south is Nanjing Pass. To the east is Changqi Town.
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福安州西北。 洪武二年屬福州府。 成化九年來屬。 西南有城山。 海在南。 西北有長溪，東南入福寧州境。 西北有白石巡檢司，後徙於縣東南之黃崎鎮。
Fu'an lies northwest of the subprefecture. In Hongwu 2 it belonged to Fuzhou Prefecture. In Chenghua 9 it came under Funing's jurisdiction. To the southwest is Cheng Mountain. The sea lies to the south. To the northwest is Chang Creek, which flows southeast into Funing Subprefecture. To the northwest is the Baishi patrol office, later moved to Huangqi Town southeast of the county.
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廣東《禹貢》揚州之域及揚州徼外。 元置廣東道宣慰使司，治廣州路。 屬江西行中書省。 又置海北海南道宣慰使司，治雷州路。 屬湖廣行中書省。 洪武二年三月以海北海南道屬廣西行中書省。 四月改廣東道爲廣東等處行中書省。 六月以海南海北道所領並屬焉。 四年十一月置廣東都衛。 與行中書省同治。 八年十月改都衛爲廣東都指揮使司。 九年六月改行中書省爲承宣布政使司。 領府十，直隸州一，屬州七，縣七十五。 爲裏四千二十八。 北至五嶺，與江西界。 東至潮州，與福建界。 西至欽州，與廣西界。 南至瓊海。 距南京四千三百里，京師七千八百三十五里。 洪武二十六年編戶六十七萬五千五百九十九，口三百萬七千九百三十二。 弘治四年，戶四十六萬七千三百九十，口一百八十一萬七千三百八十四。 萬曆六年，戶五十三萬七百一十二，口五百四萬六百五十五。
Guangdong fell within Yang Province—and beyond its outer bounds—as described in the Tribute of Yu. The Yuan established the Guangdong Circuit Pacification Commission with its seat at Guangzhou Route. It was subordinate to the Jiangxi Branch Secretariat. The Yuan also established the Haibei Hainan Circuit Pacification Commission with its seat at Leizhou Route. It was subordinate to the Huguang Branch Secretariat. In the third month of Hongwu 2 the Haibei Hainan Circuit was placed under the Guangxi Branch Secretariat. In the fourth month of Hongwu 2 the Guangdong Circuit became the Guangdong Branch Secretariat. In the sixth month of Hongwu 2 the jurisdictions of the Hainan and Haibei circuits were combined under it. In the eleventh month of Hongwu 4 the Guangdong Regional Guard was established. It was co-administered with the Branch Secretariat. In the tenth month of year 8 the Regional Guard became the Guangdong Regional Military Commission. In the sixth month of year 9 the Branch Secretariat became the Provincial Administration Commission. It governed ten prefectures, one directly administered prefecture, seven subordinate prefectures, and seventy-five counties. Its registered area was 4,028 li. To the north it reached the Five Ridges and bordered Jiangxi. To the east it reached Chaozhou and bordered Fujian. To the west it reached Qinzhou and bordered Guangxi. To the south it reached the Qiong Sea. It lay 4,300 li from Nanjing and 7,835 li from the capital. In the Hongwu 26 registration there were 675,599 households and 3,007,932 persons. In Hongzhi 4 there were 467,390 households and 1,817,384 persons. In Wanli 6 there were 530,712 households and 5,004,655 persons.
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廣州府元廣州路，屬廣東道宣慰司。 洪武元年爲府。 領州一，縣十五：
Guangzhou Prefecture was the Yuan Guangzhou Route under the Guangdong Circuit Pacification Commission. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed one subordinate prefecture and fifteen counties:
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南海倚。 西北有石門山、雙女山。 南濱海。 又南有三江口。 三江者，一曰西江，上流合黔、鬱、桂三水，自廣西梧州府流入； 一曰北江，即湞水； 一曰東江，即龍川水。 俱與西江會，經番禺縣南，入於南海。 西北有三江巡檢司，本治側水村，後遷村堡。 又有金利、西南有神安、又有黃鼎、又有江浦四巡檢司。 又南有五斗口巡檢司，後遷磨刀口，又遷佛山鎮。
Nanhai (seat-attached county). To the northwest are Shimen Mountain and Shuangnü Mountain. The south borders the sea. Farther south is Sanjiang Kou. The three rivers are the Xi River, whose upper course combines the Qian, Yu, and Gui rivers and enters from Wuzhou Prefecture in Guangxi; the Bei River, also called the Zhen River; and the Dong River, also called the Longchuan River. All three join the Xi River, pass south of Panyu County, and enter the South Sea. To the northwest is the Sanjiang patrol office, originally seated at Cesui Village and later moved to Cunbao. There are also Jinli; to the southwest, Shen'an; and Huangding and Jiangpu—four patrol offices. Farther south is the Wudoukou patrol office, later moved to Modaokou and then to Foshan Town.
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番禺倚。 在城有番、禺二山，縣是以名。 東有鹿步、南有沙灣、北有慕德、東南有茭塘、又有獅嶺五巡檢司。
Panyu (seat-attached county). Within the city are Fan and Yu Mountains, from which the county takes its name. To the east is Lubu; to the south, Shawan; to the north, Mude; to the southeast, Jiaotang; and Shiling—five patrol offices.
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順德府西南。 景泰三年，以南海縣大良堡置，析新會縣地益之。 西北有西江，南有馬寧、北有紫泥二巡檢司。 西有江村巡檢司，後遷縣西北查浦。 北有寧都巡檢司，後遷都粘堡。 又東南有馬岡巡檢司，後廢。
Shunde lies southwest of the prefecture. In Jingtai 3 it was established from Daliangbao in Nanhai County, with territory taken from Xinhui County. To the northwest is the Xi River; to the south is Maning and to the north is Zini—two patrol offices. To the west is the Jiangcun patrol office, later moved to Zhapu northwest of the county. To the north is the Ningdu patrol office, later moved to Douzhanbao. Farther southeast was the Magang patrol office, now abolished.
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東莞府東南。 南濱海，海中有三洲，有南頭、屯門、雞棲、佛堂門、十字門、冷水角、老萬山、零丁洋等澳。 北有東江。 西有中堂、西南有白沙、又有缺口鎮三巡檢司。 東北有京山巡檢司，本治茶園，後遷京口村，更名。 又西南有虎頭山關，洪武二十七年置。
Dongguan lies southeast of the prefecture. The south borders the sea, with Sanzhou offshore and bays such as Nantou, Tunmen, Jixi, Fotangmen, Shizimen, Lengshuijiao, Laowanshan, and Lingdingyang. To the north is the Dong River. To the west is Zhongtang; to the southwest, Baisha; and Quekou Town—three patrol offices. To the northeast is the Jingshan patrol office, originally seated at Chayuan, later moved to Jingkou Village and renamed. Farther southwest is Hutoushan Pass, established in Hongwu 27.
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新安府東南。 本東莞守禦千戶所，洪武十四年八月置。 萬曆元年改爲縣。 南濱海。 有大鵬守禦千戶所，亦洪武十四年八月置。 東南有官富、西北有福永二巡檢司。
Xin'an lies southeast of the prefecture. It was originally the Dongguan Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in the eighth month of Hongwu 14. In Wanli 1 it was converted to a county. The south borders the sea. There is the Dapeng Garrison Defense thousand-household post, also established in the eighth month of Hongwu 14. To the southeast is Guanfu; to the northwest is Fuyong—two patrol offices.
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三水府北。 嘉靖五年五月以南海縣之龍鳳岡置，析高安縣地益之。 西江在南，北江在西。 又西南有三江、北有胥江、東有西南鎮三巡檢司。 又南有橫石巡檢司。
Sanshui lies north of the prefecture. In the fifth month of Jiajing 5 it was established from Longfenggang in Nanhai County, with territory taken from Gao'an County. The Xi River lies to the south and the Bei River to the west. To the southwest is Sanjiang; to the north is Xujiang; and to the east is Xinan Town—three patrol offices. Farther south is the Hengshi patrol office.
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增城府東。 東有增江，南有東江。 西南有烏石、西北有茅田二巡檢司。
Zengcheng lies east of the prefecture. To the east is the Zeng River; to the south is the Dong River. To the southwest is Wushi; to the northwest is Maotian—two patrol offices.
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龍門府東。 弘治六年以增城縣七星岡置，析博羅縣地益之。 南有龍門水，亦曰九淋水，流入東江。 東有上龍門巡檢司。
Longmen lies east of the prefecture. In Hongzhi 6 it was established from Qixinggang in Zengcheng County, with territory taken from Boluo County. To the south is Longmen Creek, also called Jiulin Creek, which flows into the Dong River. To the east is the Shanglongmen patrol office.
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香山府南。 南濱海。 東有零丁洋。 北有黃圃巡檢司。 西北有大攬巡檢司，本名香山，後更名。
Xiangshan lies south of the prefecture. The south borders the sea. To the east is Lingdingyang. To the north is the Huangpu patrol office. To the northwest is the Dalan patrol office, originally called Xiangshan and later renamed.
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新會府西南。 南濱海，中有崖山。 東北有西江。 西南有恩平江，一名峴岡水。 東南有潮連、西有牛肚灣二巡檢司。 又西北有樂逕巡檢司，後遷縣北之石螺岡。 又東北有大瓦巡檢司，本治中樂都，後遷鸞臺村。 又南有沙村巡檢司，本治大神岡，後遷仙洞村，又遷長沙村，後復故治。
Xinhui lies southwest of the prefecture. The south borders the sea, with Yamen Mountain offshore. To the northeast is the Xi River. To the southwest is the Enping River, also called Xi'gang Creek. To the southeast is Chaolian; to the west is Niudu Bay—two patrol offices. Farther northwest is the Leyuan patrol office, later moved to Shiluogang north of the county. Farther northeast is the Dawa patrol office, originally seated at Zhongledu and later moved to Luantai Village. Farther south is the Shacun patrol office, originally seated at Dashengang, later moved to Xiandong Village and then to Changsha Village, before finally returning to its former seat.
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新寧府西南。 弘治十一年以新會縣德行都之上坑蓢置，析文章等五都地益之。 南濱海。 北有恩平江，一名長沙河。 又南有廣海衛，洪武二十七年九月置。 西有望高巡檢司，西南有城岡巡檢司，後廢。
Xinning lies southwest of the prefecture. In Hongzhi 11 it was established from Shangkenglang in Dexing du of Xinhui County, with territory taken from Wenzhang and four other du. The south borders the sea. To the north is the Enping River, also called the Changsha River. Farther south is Guanghai Guard, established in the ninth month of Hongwu 27. To the west is the Wanggao patrol office; to the southwest was the Chenggang patrol office, now abolished.
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從化府東北。 弘治二年以番禺縣橫潭村置，析增城縣地益之。 九年遷於流溪馬場曲。 東北有流溪巡檢司，本治縣北石潭村，後遷神岡村。
Conghua lies northeast of the prefecture. In Hongzhi 2 it was established from Hengtancun in Panyu County, with territory taken from Zengcheng County. In Hongzhi 9 the seat was moved to Liuxi Ma'chang Bend. To the northeast is the Liuxi patrol office, originally at Shitan Village north of the county, later moved to Shengang Village.
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清遠府北。 東有中宿峽。 西有大羅山。 又湞水在縣東北，東南有潖水來合焉，謂之潖江口，有潖江巡檢司。 又西南有回岐、西北有濱江二巡檢司。 東北有橫石磯巡檢司，後廢。
Qingyuan lies north of the prefecture. To the east is Zhongsu Gorge. To the west is Daluo Mountain. The Zhen River lies in the northeast of the county; from the southeast the Pan River joins it at Pan River Mouth, where the Pan River patrol office is stationed. To the southwest is the Huiqi patrol office; to the northwest is the Binjiang patrol office. To the northeast was the Hengshi Ji patrol office, later abolished.
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連州元桂陽州，直隸廣東道。 洪武二年三月省入連州。 四月，連州廢，地屬連山。 三年九月，連山廢，地屬陽山。 十四年置連州於此，屬府。 東北有桂水。 西有湟水，亦曰洭水，自湖廣寧遠縣流入，東南合湞水。 西北有硃岡巡檢司。 又有西岸巡檢司，治仁內鄉，後徙陽山縣境。 東南距府五百六十里。 領縣二：
Lianzhou was the Yuan Guiyang Prefecture, directly subordinate to Guangdong Circuit. In the third month of Hongwu 2 it was merged into Lianzhou. In the fourth month Lianzhou was abolished and its territory passed to Lianshan. In the ninth month of Hongwu 3 Lianshan was abolished and its territory passed to Yangshan. In Hongwu 14 Lianzhou was established here, subordinate to the prefecture. To the northeast is the Gui River. To the west is the Huang River, also called the Kui River, which enters from Ningyuan County in Huguang and joins the Zhen River to the southeast. To the northwest is the Zhugang patrol office. There is also the Xi'an patrol office, originally at Rennai Township, later moved into Yangshan County. It lay 560 li southeast of the prefecture. It governed two counties:
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陽山州東北。 元屬桂陽州。 洪武二年三月，桂陽州廢，屬連州。 四月，連州廢，屬韶州府。 十四年四月改爲連州，徙州於桂陽州舊治，復置縣，屬焉。 南有陽溪，即洭水。 西北有星子巡檢司。 東有西岸巡檢司，自連州移此，治青蓮水口。 又北有湟谿、陽山二關。
Yangshan lies northeast of the zhou. Under the Yuan it belonged to Guiyang Prefecture. In the third month of Hongwu 2 Guiyang Prefecture was abolished and Yangshan came under Lianzhou. In the fourth month Lianzhou was abolished and it belonged to Shaozhou Prefecture. In the fourth month of Hongwu 14 it became Lianzhou: the zhou seat was moved to the old Guiyang Prefecture site, the county was restored, and it came under the zhou. To the south is Yang Creek—the Kui River. To the northwest is the Xingzi patrol office. To the east is the Xi'an patrol office, transferred from Lianzhou and stationed at Qinglian Water Mouth. To the north are the Huangxi and Yangshan passes.
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連山州西。 元連州治此，直隸廣東道。 洪武二年四月，州廢，屬韶州府。 三年九月省入陽山。 十三年十一月復置。 十四年四月屬州。 舊治在縣西北鐘山。 永樂元年徙縣西程山下。 天順六年又徙小坪。 南有黃連山。 北有高良水，又名大獲水，東至州界入湟水。 西有宜善巡檢司，即程山下舊縣治。
Lianshan lies west of the zhou. Under the Yuan the Lianzhou seat was here, directly subordinate to Guangdong Circuit. In the fourth month of Hongwu 2 the zhou was abolished and Lianshan belonged to Shaozhou Prefecture. In the ninth month of Hongwu 3 it was merged into Yangshan. In the eleventh month of Hongwu 13 it was restored. In the fourth month of Hongwu 14 it came under the zhou. The former seat was at Zhong Mountain northwest of the county. In Yongle 1 it was moved to the foot of Cheng Mountain west of the county. In Tianshun 6 it was moved again to Xiaoping. To the south is Huanglian Mountain. To the north is the Gaoliang River, also called the Dahuo River, which flows east to the zhou border and enters the Huang River. To the west is the Yishan patrol office, at the old county seat below Cheng Mountain.
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肇慶府元肇慶路，屬廣江道。 洪武元年爲府。 領州一，縣十一。 南距布政司二百三十里。
Zhaoqing Prefecture was the Yuan Zhaoqing Route under Guangjiang Circuit. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed one zhou and eleven counties. It lay 230 li south of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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高要倚。 北有石室山。 南有銅鼓山。 東有高峽山、爛柯山。 城南有西江，又南有新江，東南有蒼梧水，俱流入焉。 東南有古耶巡檢司，治龍池都之馮村，後遷縣東之橫槎下都。 東有祿步巡檢司，初在下村，後遷上村水口。 東有橫槎巡檢司，初治上半都，後遷水口，尋廢。
Gaoyao (seat-attached county). To the north is Shishi Mountain. To the south is Tonggu Mountain. To the east are Gaoxia Mountain and Lanke Mountain. South of the city is the West River; farther south is the Xin River; to the southeast is Cangwu Water—all flowing into it. To the southeast is the Guye patrol office, originally at Feng Village in Longchi District, later moved to Hengcha Lower District east of the county. To the east is the Lubu patrol office, first at Lower Village, later moved to Upper Village Water Mouth. To the east was the Hengcha patrol office, first at Upper Half District, later moved to Water Mouth, then abolished.
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高明府東南。 本高要縣高明鎮巡檢司，成化十一年十二月改爲縣，析清泰等都益之。 南有倉步水，一名滄江，下流入於西江。 東北有太平巡檢司，治太平都，後遷縣東都含海口。 又遷縣西南山臺寺，又遷縣東清溪申石奇海濱。
Gaoming lies southeast of the prefecture. It was originally the Gaoming Town patrol office in Gaoyao County; in the twelfth month of Chenghua 11 it became a county with territory taken from Qingtai and other districts. To the south is Cangbu Water, also called the Cang River, which flows down into the West River. To the northeast is the Taiping patrol office, originally at Taiping District, later moved to Hanhaikou in the county's eastern district. It was later moved to Shantai Temple southwest of the county, then to the Shenshiqi coast east of Qing Creek.
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四會府北。 南有北江。 東有南津巡檢司，治黃岡村，尋遷縣東南南津水口。
Sihui lies north of the prefecture. To the south is the North River. To the east is the Nanjin patrol office, first at Huanggang Village, then moved to Nanjin Water Mouth southeast of the county.
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新興府南。 元新州治，直隸廣東道。 洪武二年四月州廢來屬。 東有新江。 西南有立將巡檢司。 又南有祿緣巡檢司，後廢。
Xinxing lies south of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it was the seat of Xin Prefecture, directly subordinate to Guangdong Circuit. In the fourth month of Hongwu 2 the zhou was abolished and it came under Zhaoqing Prefecture. To the east is the Xin River. To the southwest is the Lijiang patrol office. Farther south was the Luyuan patrol office, later abolished.
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開平府南。 本恩平縣之開平屯。 明末改爲縣，析新興、新會二縣地益之。 南有恩平江，源出舊恩平縣西北平城山，東流合烏石水，下流入廣州新會縣界。 東南有沙岡巡檢司，本治沙岡村，後遷平康都之長沙村。 又南有松柏、北有四合二巡檢司。
Kaiping lies south of the prefecture. It was originally the Kaiping garrison of Enping County. In the late Ming it was made a county with territory taken from Xinxing and Xinhui. To the south is the Enping River, rising at Pingcheng Mountain northwest of old Enping County, flowing east to join Wushi Water and down into Xinhui County in Guangzhou. To the southeast is the Shagang patrol office, originally at Shagang Village, later moved to Changsha Village in Pingkang District. To the south is the Songbai patrol office; to the north is the Sihe patrol office.
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陽春府南。 元屬南恩州。 洪武元年屬新州。 二年四月，新州廢，屬府。 西有漠陽江。 北有古良巡檢司，尋廢，後復置於縣西，又遷南鄉都小水口。 又北有思良巡檢司，後廢。
Yangchun lies south of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to Nan'en Prefecture. In Hongwu 1 it belonged to Xin Prefecture. In the fourth month of Hongwu 2 Xin Prefecture was abolished and it came under Zhaoqing Prefecture. To the west is the Moyang River. To the north was the Guliang patrol office, briefly abolished, later restored west of the county, then moved to Xiaoshuikou in Nanxiang District. Farther north was the Siliang patrol office, later abolished.
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陽江府南。 元南恩州治此，直隸廣東道。 洪武元年，南恩州廢，改屬新州。 二年四月，新州廢，屬府。 南濱海。 中有海陵山，山西北爲鶴州山，海陵巡檢司在焉。 西有漠陽江，源出古銅陵縣北雲浮山下，南流過陽春縣，會諸水，經南恩舊城，直通北津港門，入於海。 東南有海朗守禦千戶所，西南有雙魚守禦千戶所，俱洪武二十七年置。 又東北有蓮塘堡，西有太平堡，俱嘉靖間築。
Yangjiang lies south of the prefecture. Under the Yuan the Nan'en Prefecture seat was here, directly subordinate to Guangdong Circuit. In Hongwu 1 Nan'en Prefecture was abolished and it was placed under Xin Prefecture. In the fourth month of Hongwu 2 Xin Prefecture was abolished and it came under Zhaoqing Prefecture. To the south it borders the sea. Offshore is Hailing Mountain; northwest of it is Hezhou Mountain, where the Hailing patrol office is stationed. To the west is the Moyang River, rising at Yunfu Mountain north of old Tongling County, flowing south through Yangchun County, gathering tributaries, passing the old Nan'en city, and reaching Beijin Harbor Gate before entering the sea. To the southeast is the Hailang Garrison Defense thousand-household post; to the southwest is the Shuangyu Garrison Defense thousand-household post—both established in Hongwu 27. Farther northeast is Liantang Stockade; to the west is Taiping Stockade—both built during the Jiajing reign.
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恩平府南。 本陽江縣之恩平巡檢司，初治縣東北之恩平故縣，後遷恩平堡。 成化十四年六月改堡爲縣，析新興、新會二縣地益之，而遷巡檢司於縣東南之城村，仍故名，後又遷白蒙屯。 縣南有恩平江。
Enping lies south of the prefecture. It was originally the Enping patrol office of Yangjiang County, first at old Enping County northeast of the county seat, later moved to Enping Stockade. In the sixth month of Chenghua 14 the stockade became a county with territory taken from Xinxing and Xinhui; the patrol office was moved to Chengcun southeast of the county under its former name, then later to Baimeng garrison. South of the county is the Enping River.
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廣寧府西北。 嘉靖三十八年十月以四會縣地置。 初治縣東南潭圃山下，後遷大圃村福星山下，即今治也。 北有綏江，又有龍口屯田千戶所，亦嘉靖三十八年置。 西北有金溪巡檢司。 南有扶溪巡檢司，初治東鄉水口，後遷扶溪口，又遷官埠。
Guangning lies northwest of the prefecture. In the tenth month of Jiajing 38 it was established from territory of Sihui County. The seat was first below Tanpu Mountain southeast of the county, later moved to Fuxing Mountain at Dapu Village—the present seat. To the north is the Sui River; there is also the Longkou garrison-farm thousand-household post, likewise established in Jiajing 38. To the northwest is the Jinxi patrol office. To the south is the Fuxi patrol office, first at Dongxiang Water Mouth, later moved to Fuxi Mouth, then to Guanbu.
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德慶州元德慶路，屬廣東道。 洪武元年爲府。 九年四月降爲州，以府治端溪縣省入，來屬。 西有小湘峽，西江經其中，端溪自東北流入焉。 東有悅城鄉巡檢司，治悅城故縣，後遷靈溪水口。 東距府二百十里。 領縣二：
Deqing Prefecture was the Yuan Deqing Route under Guangdong Circuit. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. In the fourth month of Hongwu 9 it was reduced to a subprefecture, with seat-attached Duanxi County abolished and merged in, and came under Zhaoqing Prefecture. To the west is Little Xiang Gorge; the Xi River runs through it, and Duan Stream enters from the northeast. To the east is the Yuecheng Township patrol office, originally at the old Yuecheng county seat, later moved to Lingxi Creek mouth. It lay 210 li east of the prefecture. It governed two counties:
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封川州西。 元封州治此，直隸廣東道。 洪武二年三月，州廢，改屬。 南有西江，西有賀江，西北有東安江，俱流入焉。 北有文德巡檢司，初治縣西北大洲口，後遷縣西賀江口，後又遷於此。
Fengchuan lies west of the subprefecture. Under the Yuan, Feng Prefecture was seated here, directly subordinate to Guangdong Circuit. In the third month of Hongwu 2 the prefecture was abolished and reassigned. To the south is the Xi River; to the west is the He River; to the northwest is the Dong'an River—all flow into the county. To the north is the Wende patrol office, originally at Dazhou Mouth northwest of the county, later moved to the He River mouth west of the county, and then moved here again.
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開建州西北。 元屬封州。 洪武二年三月改屬。 西有開江，一名封溪，即賀江之下流。 北有古令巡檢司，治古令村，後遷縣東北之褥村。
Kaijian lies northwest of the subprefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to Feng Prefecture. In the third month of Hongwu 2 it was reassigned. To the west is the Kai River, also called Feng Stream—the lower reach of the He River. To the north is the Guling patrol office, originally at Guling Village, later moved to Ru Village northeast of the county.
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韶州府元韶州路，屬廣東道宣尉司。 洪武元年爲府。 領縣六。 西距布政司八百里。
Shaozhou Prefecture was the Yuan Shaozhou Route under the Guangdong Circuit Pacification Commission. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed six counties. It lay 800 li west of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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樂昌府西北。 南有昌山。 東北有靈君山。 西有三瀧水，即武水。 北有九峯、西北有黃圃、又有羅家灣三巡檢司。 東有高勝巡檢司，後廢。
Lechang lies northwest of the prefecture. To the south is Chang Mountain. To the northeast is Lingjun Mountain. To the west is Three Rapids Water, namely the Wu Water. To the north is Jiufeng; to the northwest is Huangpu; there is also Luojiawan—three patrol offices. To the east was the Gaosheng patrol office, now abolished.
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英德府西南。 元英德州，直隸廣東道。 洪武二年三月降爲縣，來屬。 南有皋石山，一名湞陽峽。 又湞水在縣東，一名溱水，洭水在縣西，一名洸水，至縣西南合流，謂之洸口，有洸口巡檢司。 又南有瀧頭水，與湞水合。 又東有象岡、北有清溪、西有含洸三巡檢司。 又南有南崖巡檢司，廢。
Yingde lies southwest of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it was Yingde Prefecture, directly subordinate to Guangdong Circuit. In the third month of Hongwu 2 it was reduced to a county and came under Shaozhou Prefecture. To the south is Gaoshi Mountain, also called Zhenyang Gorge. Zhen Water lies east of the county, also called Qin Water; Kuang Water lies west of the county, also called Guang Water; they unite southwest of the county at Guang Mouth, where there is the Guang Mouth patrol office. Farther south is Longtou Water, which joins the Zhen Water. To the east is Xianggang; to the north is Qingxi; to the west is Hangguang—three patrol offices. Farther south was the Nanya patrol office, now abolished.
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仁化府東北。 治水西村，後遷城口村。 西北有吳竹嶺，吳溪水出焉，下流爲潼溪，入湞。 東北有扶溪巡檢司。 又北有恩村巡檢司。
Renhua lies northeast of the prefecture. The seat was originally at Shuixi Village, later moved to Chengkou Village. To the northwest is Wuzhu Ridge, where Wu Stream rises; below it becomes Tong Stream and flows into the Zhen Water. To the northeast is the Fuxi patrol office. Farther north is the Encun patrol office.
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乳源府西。 本治虞塘，洪武元年遷於洲頭津。 西有臈嶺，五嶺之一。 西北有武水，自湖廣宜章縣流入，有武陽巡檢司。
Ruyuan lies west of the prefecture. The seat was originally at Yutang; in Hongwu 1 it was moved to Zhoutou Ford. To the west is La Ridge, one of the Five Ridges. To the northwest is the Wu Water, flowing in from Yizhang County in Huguang; there is the Wuyang patrol office.
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翁源府東南。 元屬英德州。 洪武二年三月改屬。 故城在西北，今治本長安鄉也，洪武初，遷於此。 北有寶山。 東有靈池山，滃溪出焉，即瀧頭水。 東有桂丫山巡檢司，初治茶園鋪，後遷南浦。
Wengyuan lies southeast of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to Yingde Prefecture. In the third month of Hongwu 2 it was reassigned. The old city lay in the northwest; the present seat is at Chang'an Township, to which it was moved in early Hongwu. To the north is Bao Mountain. To the east is Lingchi Mountain, where Weng Stream rises—the Longtou Water. To the east is the Guiyashan patrol office, originally at Chayuan Post, later moved to Nanpu.
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南雄府元南雄路，屬廣東道。 洪武元年爲府。 領縣二。 西距布政司千九十里。
Nanxiong Prefecture was the Yuan Nanxiong Route under Guangdong Circuit. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed two counties. It lay 1,090 li west of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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保昌倚。 大庾嶺在北，亦曰梅嶺，上有梅關，湞水所出。 西北有凌江水，流合焉，南至番禺入海，謂之北江。 又縣東有小庾嶺。 西北有百順、東南有平田二巡檢司。 又東北有紅梅巡檢司，舊治梅關下，後遷於此。
Baochang (seat-attached county). To the north is Dayu Ridge, also called Meiling, with Meiguan Pass on its summit—the source of the Zhen Water. From the northwest the Lingjiang Water joins it; flowing south to Panyu it enters the sea as the North River. Farther east of the county is Little Dayu Ridge. To the northwest is Baishun; to the southeast is Pingtian—two patrol offices. Farther northeast is the Hongmei patrol office, originally below Meiguan Pass, later moved here.
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始興府西。 西有始興江，即湞水。 南有清化徑巡檢司。 又東北有黃塘巡檢司，本治瓔珞鋪，後遷黃塘江口，又遷黃田鋪。
Shixing lies west of the prefecture. To the west is the Shixing River, namely the Zhen Water. To the south is the Qinghua Path patrol office. Farther northeast is the Huangtang patrol office, originally at Yingluo Post, later moved to Huangtang River mouth, then to Huangtian Post.
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惠州府元惠州路，屬廣東道宣慰司。 洪武元年爲府。 領州一，縣十。 西北距布政司三百六十里。
Huizhou Prefecture was the Yuan Huizhou Route under the Guangdong Circuit Pacification Commission. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed one subprefecture and ten counties. It lay 360 li northwest of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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歸善倚。 南濱海。 西江在西南。 東有東江，自江西安遠縣流入府境，亦曰龍川江，西南至番禺縣，會西江入海。 東南有平海守禦千戶所，洪武二十七年九月置。 又有內外管理、又有碧甲二巡檢司。
Guishan (seat-attached county). To the south it borders the sea. The Xi River lies to the southwest. To the east is the East River, entering the prefecture from Anyuan County in Jiangxi—also called the Longchuan River—which flows southwest to Panyu County, joins the Xi River, and enters the sea. To the southeast is the Pinghai Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in the ninth month of Hongwu 27. There are also the Neiwai Guan and Bijia patrol offices.
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博羅府西北。 西北有羅浮山。 南有東江。 西有石灣、又西北有善政裏二巡檢司。
Boluo lies northwest of the prefecture. To the northwest is Luofu Mountain. To the south is the East River. To the west is Shawan; to the northwest is Shanzheng Li—two patrol offices.
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長寧府西。 隆慶三年正月以歸善縣鴻雁洲置，析韶州府英德、翁源二縣地益之。 萬曆元年徙治君子峯下。 南有新豐江，下流入龍江。 西有乍坪巡檢司。 又北有黃峒巡檢司，後廢。
Changning lies west of the prefecture. In the first month of Longqing 3 it was established from Hongyan Islet in Guishan County, with territory taken from Yingde and Wengyuan in Shaozhou Prefecture. In Wanli 1 the seat was moved below Junzi Peak. To the south is the Xinfeng River, which flows down into the Long River. To the west is the Zhaping patrol office. Farther north was the Huangdong patrol office, now abolished.
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永安府東北。 隆慶三年正月以歸善縣安民鎮置，析長樂縣地益之。 西有東江。 西南有寬仁裏巡檢司，治苦竹派，後遷桃子園。 又有馴雉裏巡檢司，治鳳凰岡，後遷縣東烏石屯。 尋俱還故治。
Yong'an lies northeast of the prefecture. In the first month of Longqing 3 it was established from Anmin Town in Guishan County, with territory taken from Changle County. To the west is the East River. To the southwest is the Kuanren Li patrol office, originally at Kuzhu Branch, later moved to Peach Garden. There is also the Xunzhi Li patrol office, originally at Fenghuang Mound, later moved to Wushi Garrison east of the county. Soon both returned to their former seats.
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海豐府東。 北有五坡嶺。 南濱海，一名長沙海。 又東南有碣石衛，東有甲子門守禦千戶所，俱洪武二十七年十月置。 南有捷勝守禦千戶所，洪武二十八年二月置，初名捷徑，三月更名。 有甲子門巡檢司。 又西有鵝埠嶺巡檢司。 又西南有長沙港巡檢司，後遷謝道。
Haifeng lies east of the prefecture. To the north is Wupo Ridge. To the south it borders the sea, also called Changsha Sea. Farther southeast is Jieshi Guard; to the east is the Jiazimen Garrison Defense thousand-household post—both established in the tenth month of Hongwu 27. To the south is the Jiesheng Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in the second month of Hongwu 28; it was originally called Jiejing and renamed in the third month. There is the Jiazimen patrol office. Farther west is the Ebu Ridge patrol office. Farther southwest is the Changsha Harbor patrol office, later moved to Xiedao.
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龍川府東北。 元循州治此，直隸廣東道。 洪武二年四月，州廢來屬。 東有霍山。 南有龍江，即東江上流，自江西安遠縣流入。 東有通衢巡檢司，後遷老龍埠，尋還故治。 東北有十一都巡檢司。
Longchuan lies northeast of the prefecture. Under the Yuan, Xun Prefecture was seated here, directly subordinate to Guangdong Circuit. In the fourth month of Hongwu 2 the prefecture was abolished and it came under Huizhou Prefecture. To the east is Huo Mountain. To the south is Long River, the upper reaches of the East River, flowing in from Anyuan County in Jiangxi. To the east is the Tongqu patrol office, later moved to Laolongbu, soon restored to its former seat. To the northeast is the Eleventh District patrol office.
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長樂府東北。 元屬循州。 洪武四年四月來屬。 舊治在紫金山北。 洪武初，徙於今治。 東南有興寧江。 南有十二都巡檢司。 又西有清溪巡檢司，後廢。
Changle lies northeast of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to Xun Prefecture. In the fourth month of Hongwu 4 it came under [Huizhou's] jurisdiction. The former seat was north of Zijin Mountain. At the beginning of the Hongwu reign it was moved to the present seat. To the southeast is Xingning River. To the south is the Twelfth District patrol office. Farther west was the Qingxi patrol office, later abolished.
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興寧府東北。 元屬循州。 洪武二年四月來屬。 南有興寧江，東入潮州府程鄉縣界。 東南有水口巡檢司，治水口隘，後廢，復置於下岸，尋遷於上岸水東。 又北有十三都巡檢司，後遷白水砦，尋復故。
Xingning lies northeast of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to Xun Prefecture. In the fourth month of Hongwu 2 it came under [Huizhou's] jurisdiction. To the south is Xingning River, which flows east into Chengxian County in Chaozhou Prefecture. To the southeast is the Shuikou patrol office, which guarded Shuikou Pass; it was later abolished, re-established at Xi'an, and soon moved to Shang'an on the east bank. Farther north is the Thirteenth District patrol office, later moved to Baishui Stockade, soon restored to its former seat.
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連平州本連平縣。 崇禎六年以和平縣惠化都置，析長寧、河源二縣及韶州府翁源縣地益之。 尋升爲州。 西有銀梅水，源出楊梅坪，即湞水上源。 南有長吉里、東南有忠信裏二巡檢司。 東北距府百八十里。 領縣二：
Lianping Subprefecture was originally Lianping County. In Chongzhen 6 it was established from Huihua District in Heping County, with territory taken from Changning and Heyuan counties and Wengyuan County in Shaozhou Prefecture. Soon it was raised to subprefecture status. To the west is Yinmei Water, rising at Yangmei Flat as the upper source of the Zhen River. To the south is Changjili; to the southeast is Zhongxinli—two patrol offices. It lay 180 li northeast of the prefecture. It governed two counties:
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河源州北。 舊屬府，崇禎六年改屬州。 故城在西南。 洪武二年徙於壽春市。 萬曆十年遷於今治。 南有槎江，即龍川江，下流爲東江。 又北有新豐江入焉。 又東北有藍口巡檢司。
Heyuan lies north of the subprefecture. Formerly under Huizhou Prefecture, in Chongzhen 6 it was transferred to the subprefecture. The old city was in the southwest. In Hongwu 2 it was moved to Shouchun Market. In Wanli 10 it was moved to the present seat. To the south is Cha River, namely the Longchuan River, whose lower course is the East River. From the north the Xinfeng River also flows into it. Farther northeast is the Lankou patrol office.
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和平州少北。 正德十三年八月以龍川縣之和平司置，析河源縣地益之，屬府。 崇禎六年改屬州。 北有九連山。 西北有浰頭山，三浰水出焉，亦名和平水，有浰頭巡檢司。
Heping lies slightly north of the subprefecture. In the eighth month of Zhengde 13 it was established from the Heping office of Longchuan County, with territory taken from Heyuan County, under Huizhou Prefecture. In Chongzhen 6 it was transferred to the subprefecture. To the north is Jiulian Mountain. To the northwest is Laitou Mountain, where the Sanlai waters rise, also called Heping Water; there is the Laitou patrol office.
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潮州府元潮州路，屬廣東道宣慰司。 洪武二年爲府。 領縣十一。 西距布政司千一百九十里。
Chaozhou Prefecture was the Yuan Chaozhou Route under the Guangdong Circuit Pacification Commission. In Hongwu 2 it became a prefecture. It governed eleven counties. It lay 1,190 li west of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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海陽倚。 南濱海，有急水門。 東有鱷溪，一名惡溪，亦名韓江，又名意溪，東入於海。 西北有潘田巡檢司。 又有楓洋巡檢司，尋遷縣南園頭村。
Haiyang (seat-attached county). The south borders the sea; there is Jishui Gate. To the east is E Creek, also called Evil Creek, also known as the Han River and Yi Creek, which flows east into the sea. To the northwest is the Pantian patrol office. There is also the Fengyang patrol office, soon moved to Yuantou Village south of the county.
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潮陽府南。 東南濱海。 西南有練江。 南有海門守禦千戶所，洪武二十七年置。 東有招寧、西北有門闢、北有桑田三巡檢司。 又有吉安巡檢司，治氵戎水都南山下，後遷貴嶼村。
Chaoyang lies south of the prefecture. The southeast borders the sea. To the southwest is Lian River. To the south is the Haimen Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in Hongwu 27. To the east is Zhaoning; to the northwest is Menpi; to the north is Sangtian—three patrol offices. There is also the Ji'an patrol office, originally at the foot of Nanshan in Rongshui District, later moved to Guiyu Village.
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揭陽府西。 西北有揭嶺。 南有古溪。 東南濱海。 西有南寨巡檢司，本名湖口，治湖口村，後遷棉湖寨，更名。 東有北寨巡檢司，本治縣西北岡頭山，後遷縣東北鳥石山南，尋還舊治，後又遷縣東桃山鋪前。
Jieyang lies west of the prefecture. To the northwest is Jie Ridge. To the south is Gu Creek. The southeast borders the sea. To the west is the Nanzhai patrol office, originally called Hukou and stationed at Hukou Village, later moved to Mianhu Stockade and renamed. To the east is the Beizhai patrol office, originally at Gangtou Mountain northwest of the county, later moved south of Wushi Mountain northeast of the county, soon restored to its former seat, then moved again to before Taoshan Post east of the county.
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程鄉府西北。 元梅州治此，直隸廣東道。 洪武二年四月，州廢來屬。 南有梅溪，即興亭江之下流，一名惡溪，西北有程江合焉。 西有太平鄉巡檢司，治梅塘堡，後遷縣西北石鎮村旁。 東南有豐順鄉巡檢司，本在縣西北平遠縣界，後遷鬆口市。
Chengxian lies northwest of the prefecture. Under the Yuan, Meizhou had its seat here, directly under Guangdong Circuit. In the fourth month of Hongwu 2, when the prefecture was abolished it came under [Chaozhou's] jurisdiction. To the south is Mei Creek, the lower course of Xingting River, also called Evil Creek; from the northwest the Cheng River joins it. To the west is the Taiping Township patrol office, stationed at Meitang Stockade, later moved beside Shizhen Village northwest of the county. To the southeast is the Fengshun Township patrol office, originally on the Pingyuan County border northwest of the county, later moved to Songkou Market.
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饒平府東北。 成化十二年十月以海陽縣三饒地置，治下饒。 東南濱海，海中有南澳山，有大成守禦千戶所，洪武二十七年置。 南有黃岡、西有鳳凰山二巡檢司。 又東南有柘林寨。
Raoping lies northeast of the prefecture. In the tenth month of Chenghua 12 it was established from Sanrao territory in Haiyang County, with its seat at Xiarao. The southeast borders the sea; offshore is Nan'ao Mountain, where the Dacheng Garrison Defense thousand-household post was established in Hongwu 27. To the south is Huanggang; to the west is Fenghuang Mountain—two patrol offices. Farther southeast is Zhelin Stockade.
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惠來府西南。 嘉靖三年十月以潮陽縣惠來都置，析惠州府海豐縣地益之。 南濱海。 西有三河，以大河、小河、清遠河三水交會而名，即韓江之上源。 東南有靖海守禦千戶所，洪武二十七年置。 南有神泉巡檢司，本名北山，治縣西北山村，後遷神泉村，更名。
Huilai lies southwest of the prefecture. In the tenth month of Jiajing 3 it was established from Huilai District in Chaoyang County, with territory taken from Haifeng County in Huizhou Prefecture. The south borders the sea. To the west is Sanhe, named for the confluence of Da River, Xiao River, and Qingyuan River—the upper source of the Han River. To the southeast is the Jinghai Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in Hongwu 27. To the south is the Shenquan patrol office, originally called Beishan and stationed at Shancun northwest of the county, later moved to Shenquan Village and renamed.
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鎮平府北。 本平遠縣石窟巡檢司，崇禎六年改爲縣，析程鄉縣地益之。 西有石窟溪，下流入於程江。 東有藍坊巡檢司，自石窟司遷治，更名。
Zhenping lies north of the prefecture. It was originally the Shiku patrol office of Pingyuan County; in Chongzhen 6 it was converted to a county, with territory taken from Chengxian County. To the west is Shiku Creek, which flows down into the Cheng River. To the east is the Lanfang patrol office, moved from the Shiku office and renamed.
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大埔府東。 嘉靖五年以饒平縣大埔村置，析氵戀洲，清遠二都地益之。 南有神泉河，即福建汀州府之鄞江。 又西有惡溪。 東北有虎頭沙、西有三河鎮二巡檢司。 又南有大產巡檢司，後遷黃沙。 西南有烏槎巡檢司，後遷高陂。
Dapu lies east of the prefecture. In Jiajing 5 it was established from Dapu Village in Raoping County, with territory taken from Lianzhou and Qingyuan districts. To the south is Shenquan River, namely the Yin River of Tingzhou Prefecture in Fujian. Farther west is Evil Creek. To the northeast is Hutousha; to the west is Sanhe Town—two patrol offices. Farther south is the Dachan patrol office, later moved to Huangsha. To the southwest is the Wucha patrol office, later moved to Gaobei.
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平遠府西北。 嘉靖四十一年五月以程鄉縣豪居都之林子營置，析福建之武平、上杭，江西之安遠，惠州府之興寧四縣地益之，屬江西贛州府。 四十二年正月還三縣割地，止以興寧程鄉地置縣，來屬。
Pingyuan lies northwest of the prefecture. In the fifth month of Jiajing 41 it was established from Linziying in Haoju District, Chengxian County, with territory taken from Wuping and Shanghang in Fujian, Anyuan in Jiangxi, and Xingning in Huizhou Prefecture; it belonged to Ganzhou Prefecture in Jiangxi. In the first month of year 42 the ceded territory from three counties was returned; the county was established only from Xingning and Chengxian territory and came under [Chaozhou's] jurisdiction.
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普寧府西南。 嘉靖四十二年正月以潮陽縣氵戎水都置，析洋烏、黃坑二都地益之，寄治貴山都之貴嶼。 萬曆十年移治黃坑，以洋烏、氵戎水二都還潮陽。 西有冬瓜山，冬瓜水出焉，下流爲揭陽縣之古溪，與南、北二溪合，下流至澄海縣入於海。 西南有云落徑巡檢司。
Puning lies southwest of the prefecture. In the first month of Jiajing 42 it was established from Rongshui District in Chaoyang County, with territory taken from Yangwu and Huangkeng districts, provisionally administered from Guiyu in Guishan District. In Wanli 10 the seat was moved to Huangkeng; Yangwu and Rongshui districts were returned to Chaoyang. To the west is Winter Melon Mountain, where Winter Melon Water rises; it flows down as Gu Creek in Jieyang County, joins the South and North creeks, and downstream reaches Chenghai County and enters the sea. To the southwest is the Yunluojing patrol office.
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澄海府東南。 本海陽縣之闢望巡檢司。 嘉靖四十二年正月改爲縣，析揭陽、饒平二縣地益之，而徙闢望巡檢司於縣北之南洋府，仍故名。 南濱海，亦曰鳴洋海。 西南有蓬州守禦千戶所，洪武二十六年四月置。 又有駝浦巡檢司。
Chenghai lies southeast of the prefecture. It was originally the Zhanwang patrol office of Haiyang County. In the first month of Jiajing 42 it was converted to a county, with territory taken from Jieyang and Raoping counties; the Zhanwang patrol office was moved to Nanyangfu north of the county, keeping its former name. The south borders the sea, also called Mingyang Sea. To the southwest is the Pengzhou Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in the fourth month of Hongwu 26. There is also the Tuopu patrol office.
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高州府元高州路，屬海北海南道，治電白。 洪武元年爲府。 七年十一月降爲州。 九年四月復爲府。 後徙治茂名。 領州一，縣五。 東南距布政司一千里。
Gaozhou Prefecture was the Yuan Gaozhou Route under the Haibei-Hainan Circuit, with its seat at Dianbai. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. In the eleventh month of Hongwu 7 it was reduced to a department. In the fourth month of Hongwu 9 it was restored as a prefecture. Later the seat was moved to Maoming. It governed one department and five counties. It lay 1,000 li southeast of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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茂名倚。 洪武七年十一月省，十四年五月復置。 南濱海。 城西有竇江，源出信宜縣，東北流，鑑江入焉，西南流入化州界。 南有赤水巡檢司。 東南有平山巡檢司，治紅花堡，後遷縣東北之電白故縣。 又西南有博茂巡檢司，後廢。
Maoming (seat-attached county). It was abolished in the eleventh month of Hongwu 7 and re-established in the fifth month of Hongwu 14. The south borders the sea. West of the city is Dou River, rising in Xinyi County and flowing northeast; the Jian River joins it and flows southwest into Huazhou. To the south is the Chishui patrol office. To the southeast is the Pingshan patrol office, originally at Honghua Stockade, later moved to old Dianbai County northeast of the present county. Farther southwest was the Boma patrol office, later abolished.
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電白府東。 舊治在西北。 今治本神電衛，洪武二十七年十月置。 成化三年九月遷於此。 東濱海。 西北有立石巡檢司，後廢。
Dianbai lies east of the prefecture. The old seat was in the northwest. The present seat is at Shendian Guard, established in the tenth month of Hongwu 27. In the ninth month of Chenghua 3 it was moved here. The east borders the sea. To the northwest was the Lishi patrol office, later abolished.
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信宜府北。 南有竇江。 東北有中道巡檢司，治在懷德鄉黃僚寨之左，廢，後復置於羅馬村，尋又遷於三橋。
Xinyi lies north of the prefecture. To the south is Dou River. To the northeast is the Zhongdao patrol office, originally at Huangliao Stockade in Huaide Township; it was abolished, re-established at Luoma Village, and soon moved again to Sanqiao.
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化州元化州路，屬海北海南道。 洪武元年爲府。 七年十一月降爲州，以州治石龍縣省入。 九年四月又降爲縣，來屬。 十四年五月復爲州。 北有石城山，又有來安山。 東北有茂名水，竇江之下流。 又有陵水、羅水，俱自廣西北流縣流入，與茂名水合，至吳川縣爲吳川水，南入於海。 北有樑家沙巡檢司。 東南距府九十里。 領縣二：
Huazhou was the Yuan Huazhou Route under the Haibei-Hainan Circuit. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. In the eleventh month of Hongwu 7 it was reduced to a department, with seat-attached Shilong County abolished and merged in. In the fourth month of Hongwu 9 it was reduced to a county and came under Gaozhou Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 14 it was restored as a department. To the north are Shicheng Mountain and Laian Mountain. To the northeast is Maoming Water, the lower course of Dou River. Lingshui and Luoshui also flow in from Beiliu County in Guangxi and join Maoming Water; downstream at Wuchuan County this becomes Wuchuan Water and enters the sea to the south. To the north is the Liangjiasha patrol office. It lay 90 li southeast of the prefecture. It governed two counties:
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吳川州南。 元屬化州路。 洪武九年四月屬高州府。 十四年五月改屬州。 南濱海，中有岡洲。 有岡洲巡檢司，在洲南濱海，後遷洲上。 東南有寧川守禦千戶所，洪武二十七年四月置。 又北有寧村巡檢司，治川氵窖，後遷縣西北之地聚村，又遷於芷皞口。
Wuchuan lies south of the department. Under the Yuan it belonged to Huazhou Route. In the fourth month of Hongwu 9 it came under Gaozhou Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 14 it was transferred to Huazhou. The south borders the sea; offshore is Wiegang Islet. There is the Wiegang Islet patrol office, originally on the islet's south shore, later moved onto the islet itself. To the southeast is the Ningchuan Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in the fourth month of Hongwu 27. Farther north is the Ningcun patrol office, originally at Chuanjiao, later moved to Diju Village northwest of the county, then to Zhikao Pass.
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石城州西。 元屬化州路。 洪武九年四月屬高州府。 十四年五月改屬州。 南濱海。 西有零緣巡檢司。
Shicheng lies west of the department. Under the Yuan it belonged to Huazhou Route. In the fourth month of Hongwu 9 it came under Gaozhou Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 14 it was transferred to Huazhou. The south borders the sea. To the west is the Lingyuan patrol office.
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雷州府元雷州路，屬海北海南道宣慰司。 洪武元年爲府。 領縣三。 東距布政司千四百五十里。
Leizhou Prefecture was the Yuan Leizhou Route under the Haibei-Hainan Circuit Pacification Commission. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed three counties. It lay 1,450 li east of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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海康倚。 東濱海。 南有擎雷水，自擎雷山南流，東入於海。 西有海康守禦千戶所，洪武二十七年十月置。 西南有清道、東南有黑石二巡檢司。
Haikang (seat-attached county). The east borders the sea. To the south is Qinglei Water, flowing south from Qinglei Mountain and entering the sea to the east. To the west is the Haikang Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in the tenth month of Hongwu 27. To the southwest is Qingdao; to the southeast is Heishi—two patrol offices.
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遂溪府北。 東西濱海。 西南有樂民守禦千戶所，洪武二十七年十月置。 西北有湛川巡檢司，治故湛川縣，後遷縣東南故鐵杷縣。 又西南有潿洲巡檢司，治海島中博裏村，後遷蠶村。
Suixi lies north of the prefecture. The east and west border the sea. To the southwest is the Lemin Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in the tenth month of Hongwu 27. To the northwest is the Zhanchuan patrol office, originally at old Zhanchuan County, later moved to old Tieba County southeast of the present county. Farther southwest is the Weizhou patrol office, originally at Bolli Village on the island, later moved to Can Village.
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徐聞府南。 東西南三面濱海。 西有海安守禦千戶所，東有錦囊守禦千戶所，俱洪武二十七年十月置。 西南有東場、東有寧海二巡檢司。 又西北有遇賢巡檢司，廢。
Xuwen lies south of the prefecture. The east, south, and west border the sea. To the west is the Haian Garrison Defense thousand-household post; to the east is the Jinnang Garrison Defense thousand-household post—both established in the tenth month of Hongwu 27. To the southwest is Dongchang; to the east is Ninghai—two patrol offices. Farther northwest was the Yuxian patrol office, later abolished.
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廉州府元廉州路，屬海北海南道宣慰司。 洪武元年爲府。 七年十一月降爲州。 九年四月屬雷州府。 十四年五月復爲府。 領州一，縣二。 東距布政司千二百十里。
Lianzhou Prefecture was the Yuan Lianzhou Route under the Haibei-Hainan Circuit Pacification Commission. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. In the eleventh month of Hongwu 7 it was reduced to a department. In the fourth month of Hongwu 9 it came under Leizhou Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 14 it was restored as a prefecture. It governed one department and two counties. It lay 1,210 li east of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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合浦倚。 洪武七年十一月省，十四年五月復置。 東有大廉山，州以此名。 東南濱海，亦曰珠母海，以海中有珠池也。 又城北有廉江，亦曰合浦江，自廣西容縣流入，逕州，江口分爲五，西南注於海。 又北有石康縣，成化八年省。 東有永安守禦千戶所，洪武二十七年置。 東南有珠場、東北有永平二巡檢司。 又北有高仰巡檢司，治馬欄墟，後遷於縣西南。
Hepu (seat-attached county). It was abolished in the eleventh month of Hongwu 7 and re-established in the fifth month of Hongwu 14. To the east is Dalian Mountain, from which the department takes its name. The southeast borders the sea, also called the Pearl Mother Sea for the pearl beds offshore. North of the city wall is Lian River, also called the Hepu River, which enters from Rong County in Guangxi, passes through the department, splits into five channels at the mouth, and flows southwest into the sea. Farther north was Shikang County, abolished in Chenghua 8. To the east is the Yong'an Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in Hongwu 27. To the southeast is Zhuchang; to the northeast is Yongping—two patrol offices. Farther north is the Gaoyang patrol office, originally at Malan Market, later moved southwest of the county.
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欽州元欽州路，屬海北海南道。 洪武二年爲府。 七年十一月降爲州，以州治安遠縣省入。 九年四月降爲縣，來屬。 十四年五月復爲州。 西南濱海，中有烏雷山，入安南之要道也。 又有分茅嶺，亦與安南分界。 龍門江在城東，又東有欽江，俱入於海。 南有淞海、西南有長墩、西北有管界三巡檢司。 又西有如昔、又有佛淘二巡檢司，與交址接界，宣德二年入於安南，嘉靖二十一年復。 又西南有千金鎮。 東距府百四十里。 領縣一：
Qinzhou was the Yuan Qinzhou Route under the Haibei-Hainan Circuit. In Hongwu 2 it became a prefecture. In the eleventh month of Hongwu 7 it was reduced to a department, with seat-attached Anyuan County abolished and merged in. In the fourth month of Hongwu 9 it was reduced to a county and came under Lianzhou Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 14 it was restored as a department. The southwest borders the sea; offshore is Wulei Mountain, the vital route into Annam. There is also Fenmao Ridge, which marks the border with Annam. Longmen River lies east of the city; farther east the Qin River also flows into the sea. To the south is Songhai; to the southwest is Changdun; to the northwest is Guanjie—three patrol offices. Farther west are the Ruxi and Fotao patrol offices on the Jiaozhi border; in Xuande 2 they passed to Annam and were restored in Jiajing 21. Farther southwest is Qianjin Town. It lay 140 li east of the prefecture. It governed one county:
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靈山州北。 元屬欽州。 洪武九年四月屬廉州。 十四年五月仍屬欽州。 北有洪崖山，洪崖江出焉，經縣東，與羅陽山水合，爲南岸江，南流爲欽江。 又南有林墟、西有西鄉二巡檢司。
Lingshan lies north of the department. Under the Yuan it belonged to Qinzhou. In the fourth month of Hongwu 9 it came under Lianzhou. In the fifth month of Hongwu 14 it again came under Qin Prefecture. To the north is Hongya Mountain, where the Hongya River rises; it passes east of the county, joins the waters of Luoyang Mountain to form the South Bank River, and flows south as the Qin River. Farther south is Linxu; to the west is Xixiang—two patrol offices.
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瓊州府元乾寧軍民安撫司。 元統二年十月改爲乾寧安撫司，屬海北海南道宣慰司。 洪武元年十月改爲瓊州府。 二年降爲州。 三年仍升爲府。 領州三，縣十。 東北距布政司千七百五十里。
Qiongzhou Prefecture was the Yuan Qianning Military-Civilian Pacification Commission. In the tenth month of Zhishun 2 it was renamed the Qianning Pacification Commission under the Haibei-Hainan Circuit Pacification Commission. In the tenth month of Hongwu 1 it became Qiongzhou Prefecture. In Hongwu 2 it was reduced from a prefecture to a zhou. In Hongwu 3 it was again raised to prefecture status. It governed three prefectures and ten counties. It lay 1,750 li northeast of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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瓊山倚。 南有瓊山。 北濱海，有神應港，亦曰海口渡，有海口守禦千戶所，洪武二十年十月置。 又西南有水蕉村，萬曆二十八年置水會守禦千戶所於此。 南有石山。 又有清瀾巡檢司，廢。
Qiongshan (seat-attached county). To the south is Qiong Mountain. The north borders the sea; there is Shenying Port, also called Haikou Crossing, where the Haikou Garrison Defense thousand-household post was established in the tenth month of Hongwu 20. Farther southwest is Shuijiao Village, where the Shuihui Garrison Defense thousand-household post was established in Wanli 28. To the south is Stone Mountain. There was also the Qinglan patrol office, now abolished.
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澄邁府西。 北濱海。 南有黎母江。 東有澄江。 西北有澄邁巡檢司，治石矍都。 南有兔穎巡檢司，治曾家東都，後遷南黎都，廢。 西南有銅鼓巡檢司，治新安都，後遷西黎都，廢。 又有那拖巡檢司，治那拖市，後遷縣西森山市，廢。
Chengmai lies west of the prefecture. The north borders the sea. To the south is the Limu River. To the east is the Cheng River. To the northwest is the Chengmai patrol office, stationed at Shijue District. To the south was the Tuying patrol office, stationed at Zengjia East District, later moved to Nanli District and abolished. To the southwest was the Tonggu patrol office, stationed at Xin'an District, later moved to Xili District and abolished. There was also the Natuo patrol office, stationed at Natuo Market, later moved to Sen Mountain City west of the county and abolished.
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臨高府西。 北濱海。 南有黎母江。 南有田牌巡檢司，後遷墳橫岡。 又東有定南、北有博鋪二巡檢司，廢。
Lingao lies west of the prefecture. The north borders the sea. To the south is the Limu River. To the south is the Tianpai patrol office, later moved to Fenhenggang. Farther east was Dingnan; to the north was Bopu—two patrol offices, now abolished.
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安定府南。 元至元二十九年六月置。 天曆二年十月升爲南建州。 洪武元年十月復爲縣。 南有五指山，亦曰黎母山，黎人環居山下，外爲熟黎，內爲生黎。 北有建江，繞郡境西北流，入南渡江。 東有潭覽屯田千戶所，元置，洪武中因之，永樂四年廢。 西有青寧巡檢司。 又東有寧村巡檢司，治潭覽村，後遷縣東南南資都，仍故名。
Anding lies south of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it was established in the sixth month of Zhiyuan 29. In the tenth month of Tianshi 2 it was raised to Nanjian Prefecture. In the tenth month of Hongwu 1 it was restored to county status. To the south is Wuzhi Mountain, also known as Limu Mountain, around whose foot the Li people dwell in a ring—the acculturated Li outside, the unacculturated Li within. To the north is the Jian River, which flows northwest along the border and enters the Nandu River. To the east is the Tanlan garrison-farm thousand-household post, established under the Yuan and retained in the Hongwu reign until abolished in Yongle 4. To the west is the Qingning patrol office. Farther east is the Ningcun patrol office, stationed at Tanlan Village, later moved to Nanzhi District southeast of the county while keeping its former name.
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文昌府東。 西北有七星山。 南有紫貝山。 東北濱海。 東南有文昌江，入於海。 又東北有清瀾守禦千戶所，洪武二十七年八月置，萬曆九年遷縣東南南毛都陳家村。 西北有鋪前巡檢司。 東北有青藍頭巡檢司，後遷縣東抱凌港。
Wenchang lies east of the prefecture. To the northwest is Seven Stars Mountain. To the south is Zibei Mountain. The northeast borders the sea. To the southeast is the Wenchang River, which flows into the sea. Farther northeast is the Qinglan Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in the eighth month of Hongwu 27 and moved in Wanli 9 to Chen Family Village in Nanmao District southeast of the county. To the northwest is the Puqian patrol office. To the northeast is the Qinglantou patrol office, later moved to Baoling Harbor east of the county.
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會同府東南。 元至元二十九年六月置。 東濱海。 西有黎盆溪，東有調囂巡檢司，治端趙都，尋遷縣東南南滄村。
Huitong lies southeast of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it was established in the sixth month of Zhiyuan 29. The east borders the sea. To the west is Lipen Stream; to the east is the Diaoxiao patrol office, originally at Duanzhao District, soon moved to Nancun Village southeast of the county.
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樂會府東南。 西有白石山。 東濱海。 西北有萬泉河，有黎盆水流入焉。
Lehui lies southeast of the prefecture. To the west is White Stone Mountain. The east borders the sea. To the northwest is the Wanquan River, into which the Lipen Water flows.
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儋州元南寧軍，屬海北海南道宣慰司。 洪武元年十月改爲儋州，屬府。 正統四年六月以州治宜倫縣省入。 西北有龍門嶺。 西濱海。 北有倫江。 西南有鎮南、又有安海二巡檢司。 又東有歸姜巡檢司，廢。 東北距府三百七十里。 領縣一：
Dan Prefecture was the Yuan Nanning Military Commission under the Haibei-Hainan Circuit Pacification Commission. In the tenth month of Hongwu 1 it became Dan Prefecture under Qiongzhou. In the sixth month of Zhengtong 4, seat-attached Yilun County was abolished and merged into the prefecture. To the northwest is Longmen Ridge. The west borders the sea. To the north is the Lun River. To the southwest is Zhennan; there is also Anhai—two patrol offices. Farther east was the Guijiang patrol office, now abolished. It lay 370 li northeast of the prefecture. It governed one county:
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昌化州南。 舊城在東南，今城本昌化守禦千戶所，洪武二十五年置。 正統六年五月徙縣治焉。 西濱海。 南有昌江。
Changhua lies south of the prefecture. The old city was in the southeast; the present seat was originally the Changhua Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in Hongwu 25. In the fifth month of Zhengtong 6 the county seat was moved here. The west borders the sea. To the south is the Chang River.
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萬州元萬安軍，屬海北海南道。 洪武元年十月改爲萬州，屬府。 正統四年六月以州治萬安縣省入。 北有六連山，龍滾河出焉。 東南海中有獨洲山。 東有蓮塘巡檢司，後廢。 西北距府四百七十里。 領縣一：
Wan Prefecture was the Yuan Wan'an Military Commission under the Haibei-Hainan Circuit. In the tenth month of Hongwu 1 it became Wan Prefecture under Qiongzhou. In the sixth month of Zhengtong 4, seat-attached Wan'an County was abolished and merged into the prefecture. To the north is Liulian Mountain, where the Longgun River rises. In the sea to the southeast is Duzhou Island. To the east was the Liantang patrol office, later abolished. It lay 470 li northwest of the prefecture. It governed one county:
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陵水州南。 東北有舊縣城，今治本南山守禦千戶所，洪武二十七年置。 正統間，遷縣於此。 西有小五指山。 東濱海，海中有雙女嶼。 東北有牛嶺巡檢司。
Lingshui lies south of the prefecture. The old county seat was in the northeast; the present seat is the Nanshan Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in Hongwu 27. During the Zhengtong reign the county seat was moved here. To the west is Little Wuzhi Mountain. The east borders the sea; offshore are the Twin Maidens Islets. To the northeast is the Niuling patrol office.
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崖州元吉陽軍，屬海北海南道宣慰司。 洪武元年十月改爲崖州，屬府。 正統四年六月以州治寧遠縣省入。 南有南山。 北有大河，自五指山分流，南入海。 東有滕橋、西有抱歲、又西北有通遠三巡檢司。 北距府千四百一十里。 領縣一：
Ya Prefecture was the Yuan Jiyang Military Commission under the Haibei-Hainan Circuit Pacification Commission. In the tenth month of Hongwu 1 it became Ya Prefecture under Qiongzhou. In the sixth month of Zhengtong 4, seat-attached Ningyuan County was abolished and merged into the prefecture. To the south is South Mountain. To the north is the Great River, branching from Wuzhi Mountain and flowing south into the sea. To the east is Tengqiao; to the west is Baosui; farther northwest is Tongyuan—three patrol offices. It lay 1,410 li north of the prefecture. It governed one county:
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感恩州西北。 舊屬儋州。 正統五年來屬。 西濱海。 南有南湘江，源自黎母山，西南入於海。 東南有延德巡檢司。
Gan'en lies northwest of the prefecture. Formerly it belonged to Dan Prefecture. In Zhengtong 5 it came under Qiongzhou Prefecture. The west borders the sea. To the south is the Nanxiang River, rising on Limu Mountain and flowing southwest into the sea. To the southeast is the Yande patrol office.
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東安州東。 萬曆五年十一月以瀧水縣東山黃姜峒置，析德慶州及高要、新興二縣地益之。 北有西江，西有瀧水流入焉。 東北有南鄉守禦千戶所，西南有富霖守禦千戶所，俱萬曆五年五月置。 東南有羅苛巡檢司。
Dong'an lies east of the prefecture. In the eleventh month of Wanli 5 it was established from Huangjiang Cave in the eastern hills of Longshui County, with territory taken from Deqing Prefecture and from Gaoyao and Xinxing counties. To the north is the Xi River, into which the Longshui flows from the west. To the northeast is the Nanxiang Garrison Defense thousand-household post; to the southwest is the Fulin Garrison Defense thousand-household post—both established in the fifth month of Wanli 5. To the southeast is the Luoke patrol office.
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西寧州西。 萬曆五年十一月以瀧水縣西山大峒置，析德慶州及封川縣地益之。 東北有西江，與德慶州分界。 東南有瀧水。 西南有封門守禦千戶所，萬曆五年五月置。 北有都城鄉巡檢司。 又西南有懷鄉巡檢司，後廢。
Xining lies west of the prefecture. In the eleventh month of Wanli 5 it was established from Xishan Dacave in Luoshui County, with territory taken from Deqing Prefecture and Fengchuan County. To the northeast is the Xi River, which forms the boundary with Deqing Prefecture. To the southeast is Luoshui. To the southwest is the Fengmen Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in the fifth month of Wanli 5. To the north is the Ducheng Township patrol office. Farther southwest was the Huaixiang patrol office, later abolished.
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廣西《禹貢》荊州之域及荊、揚二州之徼外。 元置廣西兩江道宣慰使司，治靜江路。 屬湖廣行中書省。 至正末，改宣慰使司爲廣西等處行中書省。 洪武二年三月因之。 六年四月置廣西都衛。 與行中書省同治。 八年十月改都衛爲都指揮使司。 九年六月改行中書省爲承宣布政使司。 領府十一，州四十有八，縣五十，長官司四。 爲裏一千一百八十三。 北至懷遠，與湖廣、貴州界。 東至梧州，與廣東界。 西至太平，與貴州、雲南界。 南至博白，與廣東界。 距南京四千二百九十五里，京師七千四百六十二里。 洪武二十六年編戶二十一萬一千二百六十三，口一百四十八萬二千六百七十一。 弘治四年，戶四十五萬九千六百四十，口一百六十七萬六千二百七十四。 萬曆六年，戶二十一萬八千七百一十二，口一百一十八萬六千一百七十九。
Guangxi fell within Jing Province in the Tribute of Yu and lay beyond the outer marches of Jing and Yang provinces. The Yuan established the Guangxi Liangjiang Circuit Pacification Commission with its seat at Jingjiang Route. It was subordinate to the Huguang Branch Secretariat. At the end of the Zhizheng era the Pacification Commission was converted into the Guangxi Branch Secretariat. In the third month of Hongwu 2 the arrangement was retained. In the fourth month of Hongwu 6 the Guangxi Regional Guard was established. It was co-administered with the Branch Secretariat. In the tenth month of Hongwu 8 the Regional Guard became the Guangxi Regional Military Commission. In the sixth month of Hongwu 9 the Branch Secretariat became the Provincial Administration Commission. It governed eleven prefectures, forty-eight subprefectures, fifty counties, and four native chieftaincies. Its registered area was 1,183 li. To the north it reached Huaiyuan and bordered Huguang and Guizhou. To the east it reached Wuzhou and bordered Guangdong. To the west it reached Taiping and bordered Guizhou and Yunnan. To the south it reached Bobai and bordered Guangdong. It lay 4,295 li from Nanjing and 7,762 li from the capital. In the Hongwu 26 registration there were 211,263 households and 1,482,671 persons. In Hongzhi 4 there were 459,640 households and 1,676,274 persons. In Wanli 6 there were 218,712 households and 1,186,179 persons.
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桂林府元靜江路。 洪武元年爲府。 五年六月改爲桂林府。 領州二，縣七：
Guilin Prefecture was the Yuan Jingjiang Route. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. In the sixth month of Hongwu 5 it was renamed Guilin Prefecture. It governed two subprefectures and seven counties:
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臨桂倚。 洪武三年七月建靖江王府於獨秀峯前。 東有桂山。 東北有堯山。 又有桂江，亦曰灕江，南有陽江來合焉，至蒼梧縣合於左、右江。 東有蘆田市、西有兩江口二巡檢司。 南有湘山渡巡檢司，後廢。
Lingui (seat-attached county). In the seventh month of Hongwu 3 the Jingjiang princely residence was built before Solitary Beauty Peak. To the east is Gui Mountain. To the northeast is Yao Mountain. There is also the Gui River, also called the Li River; from the south the Yang River flows into it, and at Cangwu County it joins the Left and Right rivers. To the east is the Lutian Market patrol office; to the west is the Liangjiangkou patrol office. To the south was the Xiangshandu patrol office, later abolished.
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興安府北。 南有海陽山，湘水出其北，流入湖廣永州府界，灕水出其南，南入梧州府界。 北有越城嶺，亦曰始安嶠，五嶺之最西嶺，下有始安水流入灕水。 西南有融江六峒、西有鹽砂寨、北有唐家鋪三巡檢司。 又西南有巖關。
Xing'an lies north of the prefecture. To the south is Haiyang Mountain; the Xiang River rises to its north and flows into Yong Prefecture in Huguang, while the Li River rises to its south and flows south into Wuzhou Prefecture. To the north is Yuecheng Ridge, also called Shi'an Pass—the westernmost of the Five Ridges—below which Shi'an Water flows into the Li River. To the southwest is the Rongjiang Liudong patrol office; to the west is the Yansha Stockade patrol office; to the north is the Tangjiapu patrol office. Farther southwest is Yan Pass.
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靈川府北。 北有百丈山。 東北有融江，源出融山二洞中，一名銀江，流經縣境，又南入靈川縣界，合於灕江。 南有白石潭、東北有千秋峽二巡檢司。
Lingchuan lies north of the prefecture. To the north is Baizhang Mountain. To the northeast is the Rong River, rising from twin caves in Rong Mountain—also called the Yin River—which runs through the county and farther south joins the Li River. To the south is the Baishitan patrol office; to the northeast is the Qianqiuxia patrol office.
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陽朔府南。 北有陽朔山。 東有灕江。 東南有伏荔市、南有都樂墟二巡檢司。 西有白竹寨巡檢司，廢。
Yangshuo lies south of the prefecture. To the north is Yangshuo Mountain. To the east is the Li River. To the southeast is the Fulishi Market patrol office; to the south is the Dulexu patrol office. To the west was the Baizhu Stockade patrol office, now abolished.
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全州元全州路，屬湖廣道。 洪武元年爲府。 九年四月降爲州，省州治清湘縣入焉，屬湖廣永州府。 二十七年八月來屬。 西有湘山。 南有湘水，又北有洮水流合焉。 又西有西延、西南有建安、東北有柳浦三巡檢司。 又東北有平塘巡檢司，廢。 南距府二百五十里。 領縣一：
Quan Prefecture was the Yuan Quanzhou Route under Huguang Circuit. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. In the fourth month of Hongwu 9 it was reduced to a subprefecture, with seat-attached Qingxiang County abolished and merged in, and placed under Yong Prefecture in Huguang. In the eighth month of Hongwu 27 it came under [Guilin Prefecture's] jurisdiction. To the west is Xiang Mountain. To the south is the Xiang River, and from the north the Tao River flows into it. Farther west is the Xiyan patrol office; to the southwest is the Jian'an patrol office; to the northeast is the Liupu patrol office. Farther northeast was the Pingtang patrol office, now abolished. It lay 250 li south of the prefecture. It governed one county:
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灌陽州南少東。 南有灌水，經州界，合於湘水。 西南有吉寧鄉崇順裏巡檢司。
Guanyang lies south-southeast of the subprefecture. To the south is the Guan River, which passes through the subprefecture and joins the Xiang River. To the southwest is the Jining Township Chongshunli patrol office.
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永寧州元古縣。 洪武十四年改爲古田縣。 隆慶五年三月升爲永寧州。 縣舊治在今州南三十里。 洪武初，移於今州南八里。 成化十八年又移今治。 又有黃源水，下流入灕江。 南有桐木鎮、又有常安鎮、西南有富椽鎮三土巡檢司。 東距府百五十里。 領縣二：
Yongning Subprefecture was originally Gu County under the Yuan. In Hongwu 14 it was renamed Gutian County. In the third month of Longqing 5 it was elevated to Yongning Subprefecture. The old county seat lay 30 li south of the present subprefecture. At the beginning of the Hongwu reign it was moved to 8 li south of the present subprefecture. In Chenghua 18 it was moved again to the present seat. There is also Huangyuan Water, which flows down into the Li River. To the south is the Tongmu Town native patrol office; there is also the Chang'an Town native patrol office; to the southwest is the Fuchuan Town native patrol office. It lay 150 li east of the prefecture. It governed two counties:
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永福州東南。 舊屬府，隆慶五年三月改屬州。 西南有太和山，太和江環其下，東入柳州府，爲雒清江。 又西南有理定縣，元屬靜江舊路，正統五年九月省。 又有蘭麻鎮、東北有銅鼓市二巡檢司，廢。
Yongfu lies southeast of the subprefecture. Formerly under Guilin Prefecture; in the third month of Longqing 5 it was transferred to the subprefecture. To the southwest is Taihe Mountain; the Taihe River circles its base, flows east into Liuzhou Prefecture, and becomes the Luoqing River. Farther southwest was Liding County, under the Yuan Jingjiang Old Route; it was abolished in the ninth month of Zhengtong 5. There were also the Lanma Town and Tonggu Market patrol offices to the northeast—both abolished.
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義寧州東北，舊屬府，隆慶五年三月改屬州。 北有丁嶺，義江出焉，下流分爲二，東流者爲臨桂縣之相思水，入於灕江，南流者爲永福縣之白石水，即太和江也。 西北有桑江口巡檢司。
Yining lies northeast of the subprefecture; formerly under Guilin Prefecture, in the third month of Longqing 5 it was transferred to the subprefecture. To the north is Ding Ridge, where the Yi River rises; below it divides into two branches—the eastern branch becomes Xiangsi Water in Lingui County and enters the Li River, while the southern branch becomes Baishi Water in Yongfu County, which is the Taihe River. To the northwest is the Sangjiangkou patrol office.
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平樂府元大德五年十一月置。 洪武元年因之。 領州一，縣七。 北距布政司百九十里。
Pingle Prefecture was established in the eleventh month of the Yuan Dade 5. In Hongwu 1 the arrangement was retained. It governed one subprefecture and seven counties. It lay 190 li north of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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平樂倚。 東南有魯溪山。 西北有灕江，又北有樂川水，東經昭潭流合焉。 又東有榕津寨巡檢司，又有水滻營土巡檢司。 又東有龍平寨巡檢司、昭平堡土巡檢司，廢。 又東有團山堡，東南有廣運堡、足灘堡，又南有甑灘堡，俱弘治後置。
Pingle (seat-attached county). To the southeast is Luxi Mountain. To the northwest is the Li River; from the north the Lechuan River flows east through Zhaotan and joins it. Farther east is the Rongjin Stockade patrol office; there is also the Shuichanying native patrol office. Farther east were the Longping Stockade and Zhaoping Fort native patrol offices—both abolished. Farther east is Tuanshan Fort; to the southeast are Guangyun and Zutan forts; farther south is Zengtan Fort—all established after the Hongzhi reign.
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恭城府東北。 南有樂川水，又東有勢江，南有南平江，北有平川江，西南有西水江，俱流合焉。 東北有鎮峽寨、東有勢江源二巡檢司。 又有白麪寨、西嶺寨二土巡檢司。
Gongcheng lies northeast of the prefecture. To the south is the Lechuan River; from the east comes the Shi River; from the south the Nanping River; from the north the Pingchuan River; from the southwest the Xishui River—all unite here. To the northeast is the Zhenxia Stockade patrol office; to the east is the Shijiangyuan patrol office. There are also the Baimian and Xiling stockade native patrol offices.
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富川府東少北。 元屬賀州。 洪武十年五月改屬潯州府，後來屬。 西南有鐘山縣，舊治於此，洪武二十九年十一月移治靄石山下，而置邊蓬寨巡檢司於舊治。 北有秦山，接湖廣道州界。 東北有氓渚嶺，即臨賀嶺，與湖廣江華縣分界。 又東有富江，南合賀水。 西南有白霞寨、西北有寨下市二巡檢司。
Fuchuan lies east-northeast of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to He Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 10 it was transferred to Xun Prefecture, later coming under Ping Prefecture. To the southwest is the old seat of Zhongshan County. In the eleventh month of Hongwu 29 the seat was moved to the foot of Aishi Mountain, and the Bianpeng Stockade patrol office was placed at the former site. To the north is Qin Mountain, on the border with Daozhou in Huguang. To the northeast is Mangzhu Ridge, also called Linhe Ridge, which marks the boundary with Jianghua County in Huguang. Farther east is the Fu River, which is joined from the south by He Water. To the southwest is the Baixia Stockade patrol office; to the northwest is the Zhaixia Market patrol office.
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賀府東南。 元賀州，直隸廣西兩江道。 洪武初，以州治臨賀縣省入，屬潯州府。 十年五月降爲縣，後來屬。 東北有臨賀嶺，亦曰桂嶺，下有桂嶺縣，元末廢。 東有賀江，至廣東封川縣合於西江。 南有信都鄉巡檢司。 北有沙田寨巡檢司，後遷縣西點燈寨，尋廢。 又東北有大寧寨、樊字寨、白花洞三土巡檢司，後廢。
He County lies southeast of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it was He Prefecture, directly subordinate to Guangxi's Liangjiang Circuit. At the beginning of the Hongwu reign the seat-attached Linhe County was abolished and merged in, and the prefecture came under Xun Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 10 it was reduced to a county, later coming under Ping Prefecture. To the northeast is Linhe Ridge, also known as Guiling Ridge; below it once stood Guiling County, abolished at the end of the Yuan. To the east is the He River, which at Fengchuan County in Guangdong joins the Xi River. To the south is the Xindu Township patrol office. To the north is the Shatian Stockade patrol office, later moved to Diandeng Stockade west of the county and soon abolished. Farther northeast were the Daning Stockade, Fanzi Stockade, and Baihuadong indigenous patrol offices, all later abolished.
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荔浦府西少南。 舊屬桂林府，弘治四年來屬。 舊治在今縣西。 景泰七年移於後山，即今治。 東有銅鼓嶺，一名火焰山。 又荔江在南，下流入灕江。 東南有峯門寨巡檢司，後遷中峒。 西北有南原寨巡檢司，後遷縣東南下峒，又遷縣東延濱江。 又西南有華蓋城，萬曆中築。
Lipu lies west and slightly south of the prefecture. Formerly under Guilin Prefecture; in Hongzhi 4 it came under Ping Prefecture. The old seat lay west of the present county. In Jingtai 7 it was moved to Rear Mountain—the present seat. To the east is Tonggu Ridge, also called Flame Mountain. Farther south is the Lijiang, whose lower course flows into the Li River. To the southeast is the Fengmen Stockade patrol office, later moved to Zhongdong. To the northwest is the Nanyuan Stockade patrol office, later moved to Xiadong southeast of the county, then to Yanbinjiang east of the county. Farther southwest is Huagai Fortress, built during the Wanli reign.
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修仁府西少南。 舊屬桂林府，弘治四年來屬。 舊治在今縣西馬浪坪。 景泰初，遷今縣南霸寨村。 成化十五年遷於五福嶺，即今治。 東北有荔江，有麗壁市土巡檢司。 西南有石牆堡，萬曆間築。
Xiuren lies west and slightly south of the prefecture. Formerly under Guilin Prefecture; in Hongzhi 4 it came under Ping Prefecture. The old seat was at Malangping, west of the present county. At the beginning of the Jingtai reign it was moved to Bazhai Village south of the present county. In Chenghua 15 it was moved to Wufu Ridge—the present seat. To the northeast is the Lijiang; there is the Libi Market indigenous patrol office. To the southwest is Shiqiang Fortress, built during the Wanli reign.
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昭平府南少東。 萬曆四年四月析平樂、富川二縣地置。 五年又析賀縣地益之。 東有五指山。 又有灕江。 又有思勤江，下流入於灕江。 東南有龍平縣，元屬府，洪武十八年廢。
Zhaoping lies south and slightly east of the prefecture. In the fourth month of Wanli 4 it was established from territory carved out of Pingl and Fuchuan counties. In Wanli 5 territory from He County was added to it. To the east is Wuzhi Mountain. There is also the Li River. There is also the Siqin River, whose lower course flows into the Li River. To the southeast is the former site of Longping County, which under the Yuan belonged to the prefecture and was abolished in Hongwu 18.
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永安州元立山縣，屬府。 洪武十八年廢爲立山鄉，屬荔浦縣。 成化十三年二月置州，曰永安，屬桂林府。 弘治三年九月改爲長官司。 五年復爲州，來屬。 東有蒙山，下有蒙水。 南有古眉寨土巡檢司。 北有羣峯寨土巡檢司，後遷州西北杜莫寨，又遷州北貓兒堡。 東南有仙回營，萬曆中置。 東北距府百二十里。
Yong'an Subprefecture was Lishan County under the Yuan, belonging to the prefecture. In Hongwu 18 it was abolished and made Lishan Township, subordinate to Lipu County. In the second month of Chenghua 13 a subprefecture called Yong'an was established, under Guilin Prefecture. In the ninth month of Hongzhi 3 it was converted to a native official office. In Hongzhi 5 it was restored as a subprefecture and came under Ping Prefecture. To the east is Meng Mountain, at whose foot flows Meng Water. To the south is the Gumei Stockade indigenous patrol office. To the north is the Qunfeng Stockade indigenous patrol office, later moved to Dumo Stockade northwest of the subprefecture, then to Mao'er Fort north of the subprefecture. To the southeast is Xianhui Camp, established during the Wanli reign. It lay 120 li northeast of the prefecture.
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梧州府元梧州路。 洪武元年爲府。 領州一，縣九。 北距布政司五百八十里。
Wuzhou Prefecture was the Yuan Wuzhou Route. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed one subprefecture and nine counties. It lay 580 li north of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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蒼梧倚。 城西南有大江，江即黔、鬱二水，合流於潯州府城東，爲潯江； 入府界，東經立山下，又東經此，與桂江合，謂之三江口，下流爲廣東之西江。 東有長行、西有安平、北有東安、西南有羅粒四巡檢司。
Cangwu (seat-attached county). Southwest of the city is the Great River—the Qian and Yu waters, which join east of Xun Prefecture to form the Xun River; entering the prefectural boundary it runs east past Lishan, then east past here to join the Gui River at Three Rivers Mouth; downstream it becomes the Xi River of Guangdong. To the east is Changxing; to the west is Anping; to the north is Dong'an; to the southwest is Luoli—four patrol offices.
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藤府西。 元藤州。 直隸廣西兩江道。 洪武二年九月省州治鐔津縣入焉。 十月來屬。 十年五月降爲縣。 北有藤江，亦曰鐔江，即潯江也。 東南有繡江，西有幕僚江，俱流入焉。 又西北有五屯守禦千戶所，嘉靖初置。 西有白石寨、南有竇家寨、東北有赤水鎮三巡檢司。 又東有溻洲、南有周村、西南有驛面、又南有思羅四巡檢司，廢。
Teng County lies west of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it was Teng Prefecture. It was directly subordinate to Guangxi's Liangjiang Circuit. In the ninth month of Hongwu 2 the seat-attached Tanjin County was abolished and merged in. In the tenth month it came under Wuzhou Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 10 it was reduced to a county. To the north is the Teng River, also called the Tan River—it is the Xun River. From the southeast the Xiujiang flows in; from the west the Muliao River flows in. Farther northwest is the Wutun Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established at the beginning of the Jiajing reign. To the west is the Baishi Stockade patrol office; to the south is the Doujia Stockade patrol office; to the northeast is the Chishui Town patrol office. Farther east was Tayu; to the south was Zhou Village; to the southwest was Yimian; farther south was Siluo—four patrol offices, all abolished.
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容府西南。 元容州，直隸廣西兩江道。 洪武二年十月來屬。 十年五月降爲縣，省州治普寧縣入焉。 西北有容山。 南有容江，亦名繡江。 又東有波羅裏大洞、西南有粉壁寨二巡檢司。
Rong County lies southwest of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it was Rong Prefecture, directly subordinate to Guangxi's Liangjiang Circuit. In the tenth month of Hongwu 2 it came under Wuzhou Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 10 it was reduced to a county, with seat-attached Puning County abolished and merged in. To the northwest is Rong Mountain. To the south is the Rong River, also known as the Xiujiang. Farther east is the Boluoli Great Cave patrol office; to the southwest is the Fenbi Stockade patrol office.
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岑溪府南少西。 元屬藤州。 洪武十年五月改屬府。 東北有烏峽山。 西有繡江。 東南有上裏平河村、西南有南渡二巡檢司。 又東南有連城鄉義平巡檢司，廢。
Cenxi lies south and slightly west of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to Teng Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 10 it was transferred to Wuzhou Prefecture. To the northeast is Wuxia Mountain. To the west is the Xiujiang. To the southeast is the Shangli Pinghe Village patrol office; to the southwest is the Nandu patrol office. Farther southeast was the Liancheng Township Yiping patrol office, now abolished.
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懷集府東北。 元屬賀州。 洪武初，屬平樂府。 十年五月來屬。 西南有懷溪水。 東有武城鄉、西有慈樂寨、西北有蘭峒寨三巡檢司。
Huaiji lies northeast of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to He Prefecture. At the beginning of the Hongwu reign it belonged to Ping Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 10 it came under Wuzhou Prefecture. To the southwest is Huaiji Stream. To the east is the Wucheng Township patrol office; to the west is the Cile Stockade patrol office; to the northwest is the Landong Stockade patrol office.
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鬱林州元直隸廣西兩江道。 洪武二年九月以州治南流縣省入。 十月來屬。 南有南流江，至廣東合浦縣入海。 有橫嶺、文俊二巡檢司，廢。 東北距府三百三十里。 領縣四：
Yulin Subprefecture was directly subordinate to Guangxi's Liangjiang Circuit under the Yuan. In the ninth month of Hongwu 2 the seat-attached Nanliu County was abolished and merged in. In the tenth month it came under Wuzhou Prefecture. To the south is the Nanliu River, which at Hepu County in Guangdong enters the sea. There were the Hengling and Wenjun patrol offices, both abolished. It lay 330 li northeast of the prefecture. It governed four counties:
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博白州西南。 西有雙角山，綠珠江出其下，流合縣南飲馬水，下流入南流江。 南有周羅、西南有沙河二巡檢司。 又有安定、春臺、平山、兆常四土巡檢司，尋廢。 又東南有海門鎮，舊爲入安南之道。
Bobai lies southwest of the subprefecture. To the west is Shuangjiao Mountain; the Lüzhu River rises at its foot, joins Yinma Water south of the county, and flows down into the Nanliu River. To the south is the Zhouluo patrol office; to the southwest is the Shahe patrol office. There were also the Anding, Chuntai, Pingshan, and Zhaochang indigenous patrol offices, soon abolished. Farther southeast is Haimen Town, once the route into Annam.
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北流州北。 元屬容州。 洪武十年五月來屬。 東北有勾漏山。 東有銅石山，產水銀、硃砂。 又南有扶來山，陵水出焉，西南有峨石山，羅水出焉，俱流入廣東化州界。 又北有綠藍山，綠藍水出焉，分爲二。 東流者經城東登龍橋，與廣東高州府流入之繡江合，又東經容縣，爲容江。 西流者入鬱林州，爲南流江。 南有雙威寨巡檢司。 西有都隴、又有中山、又有清灣三巡檢司，廢。 又西有天門關，本名鬼門關，洪武初，改爲桂門關； 宣德中，更今名。
Beiliu lies north of the subprefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to Rong Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 10 it came under Wuzhou Prefecture. To the northeast is Gouluo Mountain. To the east is Tongshi Mountain, which yields mercury and cinnabar. Farther south is Fulai Mountain, source of the Ling River; to the southwest is Eshi Mountain, where the Luo River begins. Both streams flow into the territory of Huazhou in Guangdong. Farther north is Lülan Mountain; the Lülan River rises there and splits in two. The eastern branch passes Denglong Bridge east of the city, joins the Xiujiang flowing in from Gaozhou Prefecture in Guangdong, then runs east through Rong County as the Rong River. The western branch enters Yulin Prefecture and becomes the Nanliu River. To the south is the Shuangwei Stockade patrol office. To the west were the Dulong, Zhongshan, and Qingwan patrol offices, all abolished. Farther west is Tianmen Pass, originally called Guimen Pass; at the beginning of the Hongwu reign it was renamed Gui Gate Pass; during the Xuande reign it received its present name.
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陸川州南少東。 元屬容州。 洪武十年五月來屬。 舊爲入安南之道。 東有龍化江，下流合容江。 南有溫水寨巡檢司。
Luchuan lies south and slightly east of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to Rong Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 10 it came under Wuzhou Prefecture. It was formerly the route into Annam. To the east is the Longhua River, whose lower course joins the Rong River. To the south is the Wenshui Stockade patrol office.
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興業州西少北。 南有鐵城山。 北有翻車嶺，龍母江出焉，下流入南流江。 南有趙家寨、西有長寧寨、北有平安寨、又有棠木寨四巡檢司，後俱廢。
Xingye lies west and slightly north of the prefecture. To the south is Tiecheng Mountain. To the north is Fanche Ridge; the Longmu River rises there and flows down into the Nanliu River. To the south was the Zhaojia Stockade patrol office; to the west was the Changning Stockade patrol office; to the north was the Ping'an Stockade patrol office; there was also the Tangmu Stockade patrol office—four patrol offices, all later abolished.
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潯州府元潯州路。 洪武元年爲府。 領縣三。 東北距布政司九百八十里。
Xunzhou Prefecture was the Yuan Xunzhou Route. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed three counties. It lay 980 li northeast of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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桂平倚。 南有白石山。 西北有大藤峽。 北有黔江，一名北江，亦曰右江，南有鬱江，一名南江，亦曰左江，至城東匯爲潯江。 東北有武靖州，成化三年置，萬曆末廢。 又東有大黃江口、北有靖寧鄉、東北有大宣鄉、又有思隆鄉、又有木盤浦、西南有常林鄉六巡檢司。 又南有羅秀土巡檢司，又北有碧灘堡、鎮峽堡，俱成化中置。 東有牛屎灣堡，西有淹衝堡、秀江堡，俱嘉靖中置。
Guiping (seat-attached county). To the south is Baishi Mountain. To the northwest is the Great Vine Gorge. To the north is the Qian River, also called the Beijiang and the You River; to the south is the Yu River, also called the Nanjiang and the Zuo River—they converge east of the city to form the Xun River. To the northeast was Wujing Subprefecture, established in Chenghua 3 and abolished at the end of the Wanli reign. Farther east is the Dahuangjiangkou patrol office; to the north is the Jingning Township patrol office; to the northeast is the Daxuan Township patrol office; there are also the Silong Township, Mupanpu, and Changlin Township patrol offices—six in all. Farther south is the Luoxiu indigenous patrol office; to the north are Bitian Fort and Zhenxia Fort, both established during the Chenghua reign. To the east is Niushiwai Fort; to the west are Yanchong Fort and Xiujiang Fort—all established during the Jiajing reign.
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平南府東。 東南有龔江，即潯江也，東有白馬江流入焉。 又有奉議衛，洪武二十八年八月置於奉議州，正統六年五月遷於此。 東北有大同、西北有泰川、西南有武林三巡檢司。 又南有峒心、東南有三堆、東北有大峽、西北有平嶺四土巡檢司。
Pingnan lies east of the prefecture. To the southeast is the Gong River—that is, the Xun River; from the east the Baima River flows into it. There is also the Fengyi Guard, established in the eighth month of Hongwu 28 at Fengyi Subprefecture and relocated here in the fifth month of Zhengtong 6. To the northeast is the Datong patrol office; to the northwest is the Taichuan patrol office; to the southwest is the Wulin patrol office. Farther south is the Dongxin indigenous patrol office; to the southeast is the Sandui indigenous patrol office; to the northeast is the Daxia indigenous patrol office; to the northwest is the Pingling indigenous patrol office.
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貴府西。 元貴州，直隸廣西兩江道，洪武二年十月降爲縣，來屬。 南山在南。 又有東、西、北三山。 南有鬱江，亦曰南江，羣川悉流入焉。 有向武軍民千戶所，本向武守禦千戶所，洪武十八年十月置於向武州，三十年三月升軍民所，正統六年五月來遷縣北門外，萬曆二十三年又遷縣西北謝村鎮。 東南有新安寨、北有北山寨二巡檢司。 又南有橋頭墟、西有瓦塘渡、又有五州寨、又有東鋋渡、又有郭東里五巡檢司，廢。 又東南有三江城，萬曆中築。
Gui County lies west of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it was Gui Prefecture, directly subordinate to Guangxi's Liangjiang Circuit; in the tenth month of Hongwu 2 it was reduced to a county and came under Xunzhou Prefecture. Nanshan Mountain lies to the south. There are also mountains to the east, west, and north. To the south is the Yu River, also called the Nanjiang—all the streams flow into it. There is the Xiangwu Military-Civilian thousand-household post, originally the Xiangwu Garrison Defense thousand-household post, established in the tenth month of Hongwu 18 at Xiangwu Subprefecture; in the third month of Hongwu 30 it was promoted to a military-civilian post; in the fifth month of Zhengtong 6 it was relocated outside the county's north gate; in Wanli 23 it was moved again to Xiecun Town northwest of the county. To the southeast is the Xin'an Stockade patrol office; to the north is the Beishan Stockade patrol office. Farther south was the Qiaotou Market patrol office; to the west was the Watang Ferry patrol office; there were also the Wuzhou Stockade, Dongting Ferry, and Guodongli patrol offices—five patrol offices, all abolished. Farther southeast is Sanjiang City, built during the Wanli reign.
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柳州府元柳州路。 洪武元年爲府。 領州二，縣十。 東北距布政司四百里。
Liuzhou Prefecture was the Yuan Liuzhou Route. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed two subprefectures and ten counties. It lay 400 li northeast of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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馬平倚。 元爲府屬，洪武元年徙府治於此。 南有柳江，亦曰潯水，亦曰黔江，上流自貴州黎平府流入府境，下流至桂平縣合於鬱江，亦曰右江。 南有新興鎮、都博鎮二巡檢司。 又有歸化鎮巡檢司，廢。
Maping (seat-attached county). Under the Yuan it belonged to the prefecture; in Hongwu 1 the prefectural seat was moved here. To the south is the Liujiang, also called the Xun Water and the Qian River; its upper course enters the prefecture from Liping Prefecture in Guizhou; downstream at Guiping County it joins the Yu River, also called the You River. To the south are the Xinxing Town and Dubo Town patrol offices. There was also the Guihua Town patrol office, now abolished.
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洛容府東北。 舊治白龍巖，天順中，徙於硃峒。 正德時，爲瑤、僮所據，嘉靖三年十一月復，萬曆四年正月遷於靈塘，以硃峒舊治爲平樂鎮，留兵百名守之。 城南有洛清江，至馬平縣入於柳江。 西南有江口鎮、又有運江二巡檢司。 東有平樂鎮巡檢司，治石榴江，後遷縣東北中渡。 又西南有章洛鎮巡檢司，廢。
Luorong lies northeast of the prefecture. The old seat was at Bailong Rock; during the Tianshun reign it was moved to Zhudong. During the Zhengde reign it was seized by Yao and Zhuang peoples; it was recovered in the eleventh month of Jiajing 3; in the first month of Wanli 4 the seat was moved to Lingtang, the former site at Zhudong was made Pingle Town, and a garrison of one hundred troops was left to hold it. South of the city is the Luoqing River, which at Maping County enters the Liujiang. To the southwest are the Jiangkou Town and Yunjiang patrol offices. To the east is the Pingle Town patrol office, originally at Shiliu River, later moved to Zhongdu northeast of the county. Farther southwest was the Zhangluo Town patrol office, now abolished.
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柳城府西北。 舊治龍江南，元爲府治。 洪武元年遷治龍江東，而府徙治馬平縣。 龍江自天河縣流入，合於融江，即柳江上流。 東有東泉鎮巡檢司。 北有古枿鎮巡檢司，初治融江東岸，後遷馬頭驛。 又東北有古清鎮、西有洛好鎮、又有廖洞鎮三巡檢司。
Liucheng lies northwest of the prefecture. The old seat was south of the Longjiang; under the Yuan it was the prefectural seat. In Hongwu 1 the seat was moved to the east bank of the Longjiang, while the prefectural seat was transferred to Maping County. The Longjiang flows in from Tianhe County, joins the Rong River, and forms the upper course of the Liujiang. To the east is the Dongquan Town patrol office. To the north is the Guzhe Town patrol office, originally on the east bank of the Rong River, later moved to Matou Post. Farther northeast is the Guqing Town patrol office; to the west is the Luohao Town patrol office; there is also the Liaodong Town patrol office.
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羅城府西北。 洪武二年十月以羅城鄉置，屬融州。 十年五月來屬。 北有武陽江，下流合於融江。 北有武陽鎮、又有莫離鎮、又有通道鎮三巡檢司。 又舊有安湘鎮、樂善鎮、中峒鎮三巡檢司，廢。
Luocheng lies northwest of the prefecture. In the tenth month of Hongwu 2 it was established from Luocheng Township, subordinate to Rong Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 10 it came under Liuzhou Prefecture. To the north is the Wuyang River, whose lower course joins the Rong River. To the north are the Wuyang Town, Moli Town, and Tongdao Town patrol offices. Formerly there were also the Anxiang Town, Leshan Town, and Zhongdong Town patrol offices, all abolished.
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懷遠府北。 元屬融州。 洪武十年廢，置三江鎮巡檢司。 十三年十一月復置縣，來屬，治大融江、潯江之匯。 萬曆十九年移治丹陽鎮。 西北有九曲山，山南爲石門山，兩山夾峙。 福祿江自貴州永從縣流逕其中，至融縣爲融江，至柳城縣爲柳江。 又東北有潯江，自湖廣靖州流合焉，有潯江鎮巡檢司。 又西北有萬石鎮，又有宜良鎮、丹陽鎮三巡檢司。
Huaiyuan lies north of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to Rong Prefecture. It was abolished in Hongwu 10 and the Sanjiang Town patrol office was established in its place. In the eleventh month of Hongwu 13 the county was restored and came under Liuzhou Prefecture, seated at the confluence of the Darong River and Xun River. In Wanli 19 the seat was moved to Danyang Town. To the northwest are Jiujiu Mountain and, south of it, Shimen Mountain—the two peaks face each other across a narrow gap. The Fulu River flows through the gap from Yongcong County in Guizhou; at Rong County it becomes the Rong River, and at Liucheng County the Liujiang. Farther northeast is the Xun River, which flows in from Jing Prefecture in Huguang and joins there; there is the Xunjiang Town patrol office. Farther northwest is Wanshi Town; there are also the Yiliang Town and Danyang Town patrol offices.
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融府西北。 元融州，直隸廣西兩江道。 洪武二年十月以州治融水縣省入，來屬。 十年五月降爲縣。 東南有靈巖山。 北有云際山。 其西曰上石門，以兩山夾峙，融江中流也。 又東有寶積山，產鐵。 東北有思管鎮、東南有清流鎮、西南有鵝頭隘三巡檢司。 又北有長安鎮巡檢司，本在融江東岸，後遷西岸。 又有大約鎮土巡檢司。 又有保江鎮、理源鎮、西峒鎮三巡檢司，廢。
Rong County lies northwest of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it was Rong Prefecture, directly subordinate to Guangxi's Liangjiang Circuit. In the tenth month of Hongwu 2 the seat-attached Rongshui County was abolished and merged in, and it came under Liuzhou Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 10 it was reduced to a county. To the southeast is Lingyan Mountain. To the north is Yunji Mountain. To its west is Upper Shimen, where two mountains face each other and the Rong River runs between them. Farther east is Baoji Mountain, which produces iron. To the northeast is the Siguan Town patrol office; to the southeast is the Qingliu Town patrol office; to the southwest is the Etou Pass patrol office. Farther north is the Chang'an Town patrol office, originally on the east bank of the Rong River, later moved to the west bank. There is also the Dayue Town indigenous patrol office. There were also the Baojiang Town, Liyuan Town, and Xidong Town patrol offices, all abolished.
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來賓府南。 元屬象州。 洪武十年五月來屬。 西南有白牛洞。 北有白雲洞。 南有大江，亦曰都泥江。 西有界牌鎮巡檢司，後遷縣南之南岡。
Laibin lies south of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to Xiang Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 10 it came under Liuzhou Prefecture. To the southwest is White Ox Cave. To the north is White Cloud Cave. To the south is the Great River, also called the Duni River. To the west is the Jiepai Town patrol office, later moved to Nangang south of the county.
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象州元直隸廣西兩江道。 洪武二年十月來屬，以州治陽壽縣省入。 西有象山。 東有雷山。 南有象江，即柳江。 東北有龍門寨巡檢司。 又有鵝頸鎮、尖山鎮二巡檢司，廢。 西北距府百十三里，領縣一：
Xiang Prefecture: Under the Yuan it was directly subordinate to Guangxi's Liangjiang Circuit. In the tenth month of Hongwu 2 it came under Liuzhou Prefecture, and seat-attached Yangshou County was abolished and merged in. To the west is Elephant Mountain. To the east is Lei Mountain. To the south is the Xiang River, which is the Liu River. To the northeast is the Longmen Stockade patrol office. There were also the E'jing Town and Jianshan Town patrol offices, both later abolished. It lay 113 li northwest of the prefecture and governed one county:
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武宣州南。 元曰武仙。 宣德六年更名。 舊治陰江。 宣德六年三月徙於高立。 東南有大藤峽，後名永通峽。 西有柳江，又有都泥江，亦謂之橫水江，來入焉，下流爲潯州府之右江，亦入於柳江。 西北有安永鎮、西南有縣郭鎮二巡檢司。 又東有東鄉、又有周衝、又有閒得三巡檢司，廢。
Wuxuan lies south of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it was called Wuxian. It was renamed in Xuande 6. The old seat was at Yinjiang. In the third month of Xuande 6 it was moved to Gaoli. To the southeast is the Great Rattan Gorge, later renamed Yongtong Gorge. To the west is the Liu River; the Duni River, also called the Hengshui River, flows in here, and downstream becomes the You River of Xun Prefecture before rejoining the Liu River. To the northwest is the Anyong Town patrol office; to the southwest is the Xianguo Town patrol office. Farther east were the Dongxiang, Zhouchong, and Xiande patrol offices, all later abolished.
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賓州元直隸廣西兩江道。 洪武二年九月以州治領方縣省入。 十月來屬。 東南有鎮龍山。 西南有燈臺山。 西有古漏山，下有古漏關，古漏水出焉，入於賓水。 賓水在南，即都泥江也。 東有安城鎮巡檢司。 又東有樑村巡檢司，後廢。 北距府三百里。 領縣二：
Bin Prefecture: Under the Yuan it was directly subordinate to Guangxi's Liangjiang Circuit. In the ninth month of Hongwu 2 seat-attached Lingfang County was abolished and merged in. In the tenth month it came under Liuzhou Prefecture. To the southeast is Zhenlong Mountain. To the southwest is Lamp Stand Mountain. To the west is Gulu Mountain, below which lies Gulu Pass; Gulu Water rises there and flows into Bin Water. Bin Water lies to the south—it is the Duni River. To the east is the Ancheng Town patrol office. Farther east was the Liangcun patrol office, later abolished. It lay 300 li north of the prefecture. It governed two counties:
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遷江州北。 西有古黨山，有峒。 東北有大江，即都泥江。 東有遷江屯田千戶所，洪武二十五年九月置。 東南有清水鎮巡檢司，又有羅目鎮、李廣鎮二巡檢司，廢。 又東有石零堡，北有都歷堡，俱正德中築。
Qianjiang lies north of the prefecture. To the west is Gudang Mountain, with cave settlements. To the northeast is the Great River, which is the Duni River. To the east is the Qianjiang garrison-farm thousand-household post, established in the ninth month of Hongwu 25. To the southeast is the Qingshui Town patrol office; the Luomu Town and Liguang Town patrol offices were later abolished. Farther east is Shiling Fort; to the north is Dulie Fort—both built during the Zhengde reign.
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上林州西少北。 西有大明山，澄江出焉，亦名南江，東合北江，又東入遷江縣之大江。 西北有三里營，南丹衛在焉。 衛舊在南丹州，洪武二十八年八月置，二十九年正月升軍民指揮使司，尋罷軍民，止爲衛。 永樂二年十二月徙上林縣東，正統六年五月徙賓州城，與賓州千戶所同治，萬曆八年徙於此。 西南有周安堡，在八寨中，舊爲瑤、僮所據，嘉靖三年討平之，萬曆七年改屬南丹衛。 西北有三畔鎮巡檢司。 又東北有琴水橋、東南有思龍鎮、又有三門灘鎮三巡檢司。
Shanglin lies west and slightly north of the prefecture. To the west is Daming Mountain, whence the Cheng River rises—it is also called the South River; flowing east it joins the North River, then farther east enters the Great River in Qianjiang County. To the northwest is Sanli Camp, where Nandan Guard is stationed. The guard was originally at Nandan Prefecture, established in the eighth month of Hongwu 28; in the first month of Hongwu 29 it was promoted to a joint military-civilian command, but the civilian component was soon abolished and it remained a guard only. In the twelfth month of Yongle 2 it was moved east of Shanglin County; in the fifth month of Zhengtong 6 it was moved to Bin Prefecture city, sharing administration with the Bin thousand-household post; in Wanli 8 it was moved here. To the southwest is Zhou'an Fort, among the Eight Stockades, formerly held by Yao and Zhuang peoples; pacified in Jiajing 3 and transferred to Nandan Guard in Wanli 7. To the northwest is the Sanpan Town patrol office. Farther northeast is the Qinshui Bridge patrol office; to the southeast is the Silong Town patrol office; there is also the Sanmentan Town patrol office.
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慶遠府元慶遠路。 洪武元年爲府。 二年正月改慶遠南丹軍民安撫司。 三年六月復曰慶遠府。 領州四，縣五，長官司三。 東北距布政司五百七十里。
Qingyuan Prefecture was the Yuan Qingyuan Route. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. In the first month of Hongwu 2 it was changed to the Qingyuan-Nandan Joint Military-Civilian Pacification Commission. In the sixth month of Hongwu 3 it was restored as Qingyuan Prefecture. It governed four prefectures, five counties, and three native chieftaincies. It lay 570 li northeast of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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宜山倚。 北有龍江，東流入融縣，合於融江。 西有河池守禦千戶所，洪武二十八年十月置於河池縣，永樂六年徙於此。 東有大曹鎮、西有懷遠鎮、又有德勝鎮、又有東江鎮四巡檢司。
Yishan (seat-attached county). To the north is the Long River, which flows east into Rong County and joins the Rong River. To the west is the Hechi garrison defense thousand-household post, established in Hechi County in the tenth month of Hongwu 28 and moved here in Yongle 6. To the east is the Dacao Town patrol office; to the west is the Huaiyuan Town patrol office; there are also the Desheng and Dongjiang town patrol offices.
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天河府北少東。 舊縣在高寨。 洪武二年遷於蘭石。 正統七年又遷甘場。 嘉靖十三年又遷福祿鎮。 萬曆十九年始移今治。 西南有龍江，自貴州獨山州流入。 北有東禪鎮巡檢司，又有思農鎮、歸仁鎮二土巡檢司。
Tianhe lies north and slightly east of the prefecture. The old county seat was at Gaozhai. In Hongwu 2 it was moved to Lanshi. In Zhengtong 7 it was moved again to Ganchang. In Jiajing 13 it was moved again to Fulu Town. In Wanli 19 it was moved to the present seat. To the southwest is the Long River, flowing in from Dushan Prefecture in Guizhou. To the north is the Dongchan Town patrol office; there are also the Sinong Town and Guiren Town indigenous patrol offices.
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忻城府南少東。 西有烏泥江，即都泥江。 北有三寨堡土巡檢司。
Xin lies south and slightly east of the prefecture. To the west is the Wuni River, which is the Duni River. To the north is the San Zhaibao indigenous patrol office.
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河池州元河池縣。 弘治十七年五月升爲州。 縣舊治在州北懷德故城。 天順六年遷屏風山。 成化十三年還治懷德。 嘉靖四年又遷鳳儀山南。 西有智州山。 東有金城江，下流合於都泥江。 江北有金城鎮巡檢司。 又東有都銘鎮、土堡鎮二巡檢司，後廢。 東距府二百五十里。 領縣二：
Hechi Prefecture was Hechi County under the Yuan. In the fifth month of Hongzhi 17 it was promoted to a prefecture. The old county seat was at the former Huai'en city north of the prefecture. In Tianshun 6 it was moved to Pingfeng Mountain. In Chenghua 13 it returned to Huai'en. In Jiajing 4 it was moved again to the south of Fengyi Mountain. To the west is Zhizhou Mountain. To the east is the Jincheng River, whose lower course joins the Duni River. North of the river is the Jincheng Town patrol office. Farther east were the Duming Town and Tubao Town patrol offices, later abolished. It lay 250 li east of the prefecture. It governed two counties:
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思恩州東北。 舊屬府，正德元年二月改屬州。 舊治在環江洲。 永樂末，遷於清潭村。 宣德三年十一月遷於白山寨。 成化八年遷於歐家山。 南有環江，北有帶溪，皆合流於龍江。 有安化鎮、歸思鎮二巡檢司。 又有普義鎮、吉安鎮、北蘭鎮三巡檢司，廢。
Si'en lies northeast of the prefecture. Formerly subordinate to the prefecture; in the second month of Zhengde 1 it was transferred to Hechi Prefecture. The old seat was at Huanjiang Isle. At the end of the Yongle reign it was moved to Qingtan Village. In the eleventh month of Xuande 3 it was moved to Baishan Stockade. In Chenghua 8 it was moved to Oujia Mountain. To the south is the Huan River; to the north is the Dai Stream—both unite in the Long River. There are the Anhua Town and Guisi Town patrol offices. There were also the Puyi, Ji'an, and Beilan town patrol offices, all later abolished.
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南丹州洪武七年七月置。 二十八年廢，尋復置。 西有孟英山，舊產銀。 南有都泥江，自貴州定番州流入。 東距府二百四十里。
Nandan Prefecture was established in the seventh month of Hongwu 7. It was abolished in Hongwu 28 but soon restored. To the west is Mengying Mountain, which once produced silver. To the south is the Duni River, flowing in from Dingfan Prefecture in Guizhou. It lay 240 li east of the prefecture.
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東蘭州洪武十二年置。 以西蘭州省入，又省安習、忠、文三州入焉。 東南有隘洞江，一名都泥江，又名紅水河，又名烏泥江。 東北距府四百二十里。
Donglan Prefecture was established in Hongwu 12. Xilan Prefecture was abolished and merged in, as were the three prefectures of Anxi, Zhong, and Wen. To the southeast is the Aidong River, also called the Duni River, the Red Water River, and the Wuni River. It lay 420 li northeast of the prefecture.
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那地州元地州。 洪武元年改置。 北有都泥江，有布柳水流合焉。 南有那州，洪武元年省。 東北距府二百四十里。
Nadi Prefecture was Di Prefecture under the Yuan. It was reestablished in Hongwu 1. To the north is the Duni River, into which the Buliu Stream flows. To the south once stood Na Prefecture, abolished in Hongwu 1. It lay 240 li northeast of the prefecture.
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永順長官司府西南。
Yongshun Native Chieftaincy lies southwest of the prefecture.
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永定長官司府南。 二司皆弘治五年析宜山縣地置。
Yongding Native Chieftaincy lies south of the prefecture. Both offices were established in Hongzhi 5 from territory carved out of Yishan County.
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永安長官司弘治九年九月析天河縣十八里地置。
Yong'an Native Chieftaincy was established in the ninth month of Hongzhi 9 from eighteen li of territory carved out of Tianhe County.
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南寧府元南寧路。 洪武元年爲府。 領州七，縣三。 東北距布政司千二百里。
Nanning Prefecture was the Yuan Nanning Route. In Hongwu 1 it became a prefecture. It governed seven prefectures and three counties. It lay 1,200 li northeast of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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宣化倚。 東有崑崙山，上有崑崙關。 又有橫山，又有思玉山。 北有馬退山。 東南有望仙坡，與青、羅二山相對。 城西南有大江，即鬱江，一曰夜郎豚水。 其上流有二：一爲南盤江，經府城南，曰右江； 一爲麗江，經府城西南，曰左江。 合流處謂之合江鎮，下流爲潯州府之左江。 東有金城寨、西有那南寨、又有那龍寨、又有遷隆寨、南有八尺寨五巡檢司。
Xuanhua (seat-attached county). To the east is Kunlun Mountain, atop which stands Kunlun Pass. There is also Heng Mountain and Siyu Mountain. To the north is Matui Mountain. To the southeast is Wangxian Slope, facing the two mountains Qing and Luo across the way. Southwest of the city is the Great River—the Yu River, also known as Yelang Tun Water. Its upper course divides in two: one is the Nanpan River, which passes south of the prefectural city and is called the Right River; the other is the Lijiang, which passes southwest of the prefectural city and is called the Left River. Where they meet is called Hejiang Town; downstream it becomes the Left River of Xun Prefecture. To the east is Jincheng Stockade; to the west is Nanan Stockade; there is also Nalong Stockade and Qianlong Stockade; to the south is Bachai Stockade—five patrol offices.
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隆安府西北。 嘉靖十二年四月析宣化縣那久地置。 東有火焰山。 城北有盤江，亦曰右江。 西南有那樓寨、西北有馱演寨二巡檢司。
Long'an Prefecture lies northwest of the prefecture. In the fourth month of Jiajing 12 it was established from the Najiu district of Xuanhua County. To the east is Flame Mountain. North of the city is the Pan River, also called the Right River. To the southwest is the Nalou Stockade patrol office; to the northwest is the Tuoyan Stockade patrol office.
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橫州元直隸廣西兩江道。 洪武二年九月以州治寧浦縣省入，屬潯州府。 十年五月降爲縣，來屬。 十三年十一月復爲州，仍置寧浦縣爲州治，縣尋廢。 東有烏蠻山。 南有鬱江，又東南有武流江，源自廣東靈山縣，流入境合焉。 東有古江口、西有南鄉二巡檢司。 又南有太平關，成化四年置。 西北距府二百四十里。 領縣一：
Heng Prefecture was directly subordinate to Guangxi's Liangjiang Circuit under the Yuan. In the ninth month of Hongwu 2 the seat-attached Ningpu County was abolished and merged in, and the prefecture came under Xun Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 10 it was reduced to a county and came under Nanning Prefecture. In the eleventh month of Hongwu 13 it was restored as a prefecture, with Ningpu County again established as the seat county; the county was soon abolished. To the east is Wuman Mountain. To the south is the Yu River; from the southeast the Wuliu River, rising in Lingshan County in Guangdong, flows into the prefecture and joins it. To the east is the Gujiangkou patrol office; to the west is the Nanxiang patrol office. Farther south is Taiping Pass, established in Chenghua 4. It lay 240 li northwest of the prefecture. It governed one county:
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永淳州西。 元屬橫州。 洪武十年五月省入橫縣。 十三年十一月復置，屬州。 西臨鬱江。 南有南里鄉、北有武羅鄉二巡檢司。 又東北有修德鄉巡檢司，景泰間遷於縣西，後廢。
Yongchun Prefecture lies west of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to Heng Prefecture. In the fifth month of Hongwu 10 it was abolished and merged into Heng County. In the eleventh month of Hongwu 13 it was restored and placed under the prefecture. Its western border lies on the Yu River. To the south is the Nanli Township patrol office; to the north is the Wuluo Township patrol office. Farther northeast was the Xiude Township patrol office, moved west of the county during the Jingtai reign and later abolished.
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新寧州隆慶六年二月以宣化縣定祿洞地置。 北有三峯山。 城西有麗江，一名定祿江，又名文字水。 東南有渠樂寨巡檢司。 東距府二百里。
Xinning Prefecture was established in the second month of Longqing 6 from the Dinglu Cave district of Xuanhua County. To the north is Sanfeng Mountain. West of the city is the Lijiang, also called the Dinglu River and also known as Wenzishui. To the southeast is the Qule Stockade patrol office. It lay 200 li east of the prefecture.
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上思州元屬思明路。 洪武初廢。 二十一年正月復置，屬思明府。 弘治十八年來屬。 南有十萬山，上思江出焉，東流合西小江，西即交址所出之左江也。 又有明江，亦出十萬山，西流入思明府界。 又西有遷隆峒土巡檢司。 東南距府三百里。
Shangsi Prefecture was subordinate to Siming Route under the Yuan. It was abolished at the beginning of the Hongwu reign. In the first month of Hongwu 21 it was restored and placed under Siming Prefecture. In Hongzhi 18 it came under Nanning Prefecture. To the south is Shiwan Mountain, from which the Shangsi River rises; flowing east it joins the West Little River—the western branch being the Left River that issues from Annam. There is also the Ming River, which likewise rises from Shiwan Mountain and flows west into Siming Prefecture. Farther west is the Qianlong Cave indigenous patrol office. It lay 300 li southeast of the prefecture.
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歸德州元屬田州路。 洪武二年屬田州府。 弘治十八年來屬。 鬱江在西南。 東南距府三百五十里。
Guide Prefecture belonged to Tian Prefecture Route under the Yuan. In Hongwu 2 it belonged to Tian Prefecture. In Hongzhi 18 it came under Nanning Prefecture. The Yu River lies to the southwest. It lay 350 li southeast of the prefecture.
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果化州元屬田州路。 洪武二年屬田州府。 嘉靖九年十二月來屬。 南盤江在西。 東南距府三百二十里。
Guohua Prefecture belonged to Tian Prefecture Route under the Yuan. In Hongwu 2 it belonged to Tian Prefecture. In the twelfth month of Jiajing 9 it came under Nanning Prefecture. The Nanpan River lies to the west. It lay 320 li southeast of the prefecture.
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忠州元屬思明路。 洪武初廢。 二十一年正月復置，屬思明府。 萬曆三年九月來屬。 東北距府四百餘里。
Zhong Prefecture was subordinate to Siming Route under the Yuan. It was abolished at the beginning of the Hongwu reign. In the first month of Hongwu 21 it was restored and placed under Siming Prefecture. In the ninth month of Wanli 3 it came under Nanning Prefecture. It lay over 400 li northeast of the prefecture.
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下雷州元下雷峒。 洪武初，屬鎮安府。 嘉靖四十三年來屬。 萬曆十八年升爲州。 南有邏水，自鎮安府流入，南寧府左江之別源也。 東距府五百八十里。
Xialei Prefecture was Xialei Cave under the Yuan. At the beginning of the Hongwu reign it belonged to Zhen'an Prefecture. In Jiajing 43 it came under Nanning Prefecture. In Wanli 18 it was promoted to prefecture status. To the south is the Luo Water, flowing in from Zhen'an Prefecture—a separate source of Nanning Prefecture's Left River. It lay 580 li east of the prefecture.
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思恩軍民府元思恩州，屬田州路。 洪武二年屬田州府，後屬雲南廣西府。 永樂二年八月直隸廣西布政司。 正統四年十月升爲府。 六年十一月升軍民府。 舊治在府西北。 正統七年遷府東北之喬利。 嘉靖七年七月又遷武緣縣止戈裏之荒田驛，因割止戈二里屬之。 西北有都陽山。 東南有靖遠峯。 北有紅水江，又有馱蒙江，一名清水江，流合焉。 又有大攬江，出城東北大名山，下流俱入於鬱江。 東有鳳化縣，正德六年七月置，嘉靖八年十月廢。 東有古零，西有定羅、那馬、下旺，北有興隆，東北有白山、安定，西北有舊城、都陽九土巡檢司。 領州二，縣二。 東北距布政司千二百里。
Si'en Military-Civilian Prefecture was Si'en Prefecture under the Yuan, belonging to Tian Prefecture Route. In Hongwu 2 it belonged to Tian Prefecture; later it was transferred to Yunnan's Guangxi Prefecture. In the eighth month of Yongle 2 it was placed directly under the Guangxi Provincial Administration Commission. In the tenth month of Zhengtong 4 it was promoted to prefecture status. In the eleventh month of Zhengtong 6 it was elevated to a military-civilian prefecture. The old seat lay northwest of the prefecture. In Zhengtong 7 the seat was moved to Qiaoli, northeast of the former location. In the seventh month of Jiajing 7 it was moved again to Huangtian Post in Zhige Village, Wuyuan County, with two li of Zhige carved out and placed under it. To the northwest is Duyang Mountain. To the southeast is Jingyuan Peak. To the north is the Hongshui River; the Tuomeng River, also called the Qingshui River, flows into it here. There is also the Dalan River, rising from Daming Mountain northeast of the city; all flow down into the Yu River. To the east was Fenghua County, established in the seventh month of Zhengde 6 and abolished in the tenth month of Jiajing 8. To the east is Guling; to the west are Dingluo, Nama, and Xiwang; to the north is Xinglong; to the northeast are Baishan and Anding; to the northwest are Jiucheng and Duyang—nine indigenous patrol offices. It governed two prefectures and two counties. It lay 1,200 li northeast of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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奉議州元直隸廣西兩江道。 洪武五年省入來安府。 七年二月復置，直隸行省。 二十八年復廢，尋復置，直隸布政司。 嘉靖六年二月來屬。 東有舊城。 今治本砦林村也，洪武初，遷於此。 北濱南盤江，有州門渡。 距府百十里。
Fengyi Prefecture was directly subordinate to Guangxi's Liangjiang Circuit under the Yuan. In Hongwu 5 it was abolished and merged into Lai'an Prefecture. In the second month of Hongwu 7 it was restored and placed directly under the Branch Secretariat. In Hongwu 28 it was abolished again, soon restored, and placed directly under the Provincial Administration Commission. In the second month of Jiajing 6 it came under Si'en Military-Civilian Prefecture. To the east is the Old City. The present seat is at Zhaiblin Village; at the beginning of the Hongwu reign it was moved here. To the north it borders the Nanpan River; there is the Zhoumen Ford. It lay 110 li from the prefecture.
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上映州元屬鎮安路。 洪武五年廢爲洞。 萬曆三十二年復置，來屬。 東北距府四百七十里。
Shangying Prefecture under the Yuan belonged to Zhen'an Route. In Hongwu 5 it was abolished and reduced to a native domain. In Wanli 32 it was restored and came under Si'en Prefecture. It lay 470 li northeast of the prefecture.
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上林府西南。 元屬田州路。 洪武二年屬田州府。 嘉靖七年七月來屬。 北有南盤江，南有大羅溪，東流合焉，即枯榕江之下流也。
Shanglin lies southwest of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to Tianzhou Route. In Hongwu 2 it came under Tianzhou Prefecture. In the seventh month of Jiajing 7 it came under Si'en Prefecture. To the north is the Nanpan River; to the south is the Daluo Creek, which flows east to join it—the lower course of the Kurong River.
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武緣府南。 元屬南寧路。 萬曆五年十月來屬。 西有西江，即大欖江也，東南有南流江合焉。 東有鏌鎁寨、又有博澀寨、西有高井寨、西北有西舍寨四巡檢司。 又南有橫山寨巡檢司，廢。
Wuyuan lies south of the prefecture. Under the Yuan it belonged to Nanning Route. In the tenth month of Wanli 5 it came under Si'en Prefecture. To the west is the Xi River, which is the Dalang River; from the southeast the Nanliu River joins it. To the east is the Moyu Stockade patrol office; there is also the Bose Stockade patrol office; to the west is the Gaojing Stockade patrol office; to the northwest is the Xishe Stockade patrol office—four patrol offices in all. Farther south was the Hengshan Stockade patrol office—now abolished.
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太平府元太平路，至元二十九年閏六月置。 洪武二年七月爲府。 領州十七，縣三。 東北距布政司二千五十里。
Taiping Prefecture was the Yuan Taiping Route, established in the intercalary sixth month of Zhiyuan 29. In the seventh month of Hongwu 2 it became a prefecture. It governed seventeen prefectures and three counties. It lay 2,050 li northeast of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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崇善倚。 府治馱盧村，洪武二年徙治麗江。 舊縣治在府西北，嘉靖十九年遷入郭內。 北有青連山。 東有將軍山，下有威震關，一名伏波關。 南有府前江，即麗江，又西有邏水流入焉。 北有壺關，正德三年置。 又東北有保障關。
Chongshan (seat-attached county). The prefectural seat was at Tuolu Village; in Hongwu 2 it was moved to Lijiang. The old county seat lay northwest of the prefecture; in Jiajing 19 it was moved inside the walled city. To the north is Qinglian Mountain. To the east is General Mountain; below it is Weizhen Pass, also called Fubo Pass. To the south is the river before the prefectural seat—the Lijiang; from the west the Luo River also flows in. To the north is Hu Pass, established in Zhengde 3. Farther northeast is Baozhang Pass.
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陀陵府東北。 東有淥空山，淥空江出焉，亦名綠甕江。 又南有麗江。
Tuoling lies northeast of the prefecture. To the east is Lukong Mountain, where the Lukong River rises—also called the Lüweng River. Farther south is the Lijiang.
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羅陽府東北。 南有麗江。 西有馱排江，源出永康縣，下流入於麗江。 以上三縣，元俱屬太平路。
Luoyang lies northeast of the prefecture. To the south is the Lijiang. To the west is the Tuopai River, which rises in Yongkang County and flows down into the Lijiang. All three counties above under the Yuan belonged to Taiping Route.
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左州東有舊治。 成化十三年遷於思崖村。 正德十五年遷於今治，本古攬村也。 西北有金山。 南有麗江。 西南距府百里。
Zuozhou had its old seat to the east. In Chenghua 13 it was moved to Siya Village. In Zhengde 15 it was moved to the present seat—the former Gulian Village. To the northwest is Jin Mountain. To the south is the Lijiang. It lay 100 li southwest of the prefecture.
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養利州有舊州三，一在州北，一在西北，一在東北。 又西北有養水。 北有通利江，至崇善縣注於麗江。 以上二州，元屬太平路。 南距府百五十里。
Yangli Prefecture had three former seats—one north of the prefecture, one to the northwest, and one to the northeast. Farther northwest is Yang Water. To the north is the Tongli River, which at Chongshan County empties into the Lijiang. Both prefectures above under the Yuan belonged to Taiping Route. It lay 150 li south of the prefecture.
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永康州元永康縣，屬太平路。 萬曆二十八年六月升爲州。 北有故城。 萬曆中遷於今治。 西有綠甕江，下流亦合麗江焉。 西南有思同州，舊屬府。 萬曆二十八年六月省。 西南距府二百里。
Yongkang Prefecture was Yongkang County under the Yuan, belonging to Taiping Route. In the sixth month of Wanli 28 it was elevated to a prefecture. To the north is the old walled city. During the Wanli reign it was moved to the present seat. To the west is the Lüweng River, whose lower course also joins the Lijiang. To the southwest is Sitong Prefecture, formerly belonging to the prefecture. In the sixth month of Wanli 28 it was abolished. It lay 200 li southwest of the prefecture.
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上石西州元屬思明路。 洪武末省。 永樂二年復置。 萬曆三十八年來屬。 東有明江，西北流入麗江。 東北距府三百三十里。
Shangshixi Prefecture under the Yuan belonged to Siming Route. It was abolished at the end of the Hongwu reign. It was restored in Yongle 2. In Wanli 38 it came under Taiping Prefecture. To the east is the Ming River, which flows northwest into the Lijiang. It lay 330 li northeast of the prefecture.
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太平州自此以下十一州，元屬太平路。 邏水在西，下流入麗江。 東南距府八十里。
From Taiping Prefecture below, the eleven prefectures under the Yuan belonged to Taiping Route. The Luo River lies to the west; its lower course flows into the Lijiang. It lay 80 li southeast of the prefecture.
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思城州南有教水，下流合於隴水。 東南距府五百里。
Sicheng Prefecture has Jiao Water to the south; its lower course joins Long Water. It lay 500 li southeast of the prefecture.
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安平州南有隴水，下流合於邏水。 東南距府百十里。
Anping Prefecture has Long Water to the south; its lower course joins the Luo River. It lay 110 li southeast of the prefecture.
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萬承州西南有綠降水，亦名玉帶水。 西南距府五十里。
Wancheng Prefecture has Lüjiang Water to the southwest, also called Yudai Water. It lay 50 li southwest of the prefecture.
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全茗州西有通利江，一名大利江。 南距府百六十里。
Quanming Prefecture has the Tongli River to the west, also called the Dali River. It lay 160 li south of the prefecture.
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鎮遠州北有楊山。 南有巖磨水。 西南距府二百八十里。
Zhenyuan Prefecture has Yang Mountain to the north. To the south is Yanmo Water. It lay 280 li southwest of the prefecture.
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茗盈州南有觀音巖，澗水出焉，下流入於麗江。 西南距府六十里。
Mingying Prefecture has Guanyin Cliff to the south; a stream rises there and flows down into the Lijiang. It lay 60 li southwest of the prefecture.
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龍英州南有通利江，有三源，下流入於麗江。 南距府二百十里。
Longying Prefecture has the Tongli River to the south with three sources; it flows down into the Lijiang. It lay 210 li south of the prefecture.
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結安州西有堰水，下流入麗江。 西南距府二百二十里。
Jie'an Prefecture has Yan Water to the west; its lower course flows into the Lijiang. It lay 220 li southwest of the prefecture.
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結倫州南有咘畢水。 即堰水之上流。 西南距府三百三十里。
Jielun Prefecture has Bubi Water to the south. It is the upper course of Yan Water. It lay 330 li southwest of the prefecture.
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都結州南有咘畢水。 西南距府三百三十里。
Dujie Prefecture has Bubi Water to the south. It lay 330 li southwest of the prefecture.
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上下凍州元屬龍州萬戶府。 洪武初來屬。 西有八峯山，太源水出焉。 又北有青連山。 南有拱天嶺。 東距府二百二十里。
Shangxiadong Prefecture under the Yuan belonged to Longzhou Wanhu Command. At the beginning of the Hongwu reign it came under Taiping Prefecture. To the west is Bafeng Mountain, where Taiyuan Water rises. Farther north is Qinglian Mountain. To the south is Gongtian Ridge. It lay 220 li east of the prefecture.
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思明州元屬思明路。 洪武二年屬思明府。 萬曆十六年三月來屬。 東有逐象山。 東北有明江，自思明府流入。 東北距府二百十里。
Siming Prefecture under the Yuan belonged to Siming Route. In Hongwu 2 it came under Siming Prefecture. In the third month of Wanli 16 it came under Taiping Prefecture. To the east is Zhuxiang Mountain. To the northeast is the Ming River, flowing in from Siming Prefecture. It lay 210 li northeast of the prefecture.
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思明府元思明路。 洪武二年七月爲府，直隸行省。 九年直隸布政司。 南有明江，有永平寨巡檢司。 領州三。 北距布政司二千二百里。
Siming Prefecture was the Yuan Siming Route. In the seventh month of Hongwu 2 it became a prefecture, directly subordinate to the provincial administration. In Hongwu 9 it came under the Provincial Administration Commission directly. To the south is the Ming River; there is the Yongping Stockade patrol office. It governed three prefectures. It lay 2,200 li north of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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下石西州元屬思明路。 洪武二年屬府。 舊治在東南。 萬曆間，始遷今治。 西距府百四十里。
Xiashixi Prefecture under the Yuan belonged to Siming Route. In Hongwu 2 it came under Siming Prefecture. The former seat was in the southeast. During the Wanli reign it was first moved to the present seat. It lay 140 li west of the prefecture.
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西平州元屬思明路。 洪武三年省。 永樂二年復置。 宣德元年與安南。
Xiping Prefecture under the Yuan belonged to Siming Route. It was abolished in Hongwu 3. It was restored in Yongle 2. In Xuande 1 it passed to Annam.
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祿州元屬思明府。 洪武三年省。 二十一年正月復置，尋沒於交址。 永樂三年收復。 宣德元年與安南。
Lu Prefecture under the Yuan belonged to Siming Prefecture. It was abolished in Hongwu 3. In the first month of Hongwu 21 it was restored, but was soon lost to Jiaozhi. It was recovered in Yongle 3. In Xuande 1 it passed to Annam.
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鎮安府元鎮安路。 洪武二年爲府。 西有鎮安舊城。 洪武二年徙於廢凍州，即今治也。 南有馱命江，下流合鬱江。 又有邏水，發源府北土山峽中，下流至胡潤寨，與歸順州之邏水合，有湖潤寨巡檢司。 距布政司二千二百里。
Zhen'an Prefecture was the Yuan Zhen'an Route. In Hongwu 2 it became a prefecture. To the west is the old walled city of Zhen'an. In Hongwu 2 it was moved to the abandoned Dong Prefecture—the present seat. To the south is the Tuoming River, whose lower course joins the Yu River. There is also the Luo River, rising in a gorge among the earthen hills north of the prefecture; flowing down to Hurun Stockade it joins the Luo River of Guishun Prefecture, where the Hurun Stockade patrol office stands. It lay 2,200 li from the Provincial Administration Commission.
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田州元田州路。 洪武二年七月爲府。 嘉靖七年六月降爲州，徙治八甲，而置田寧府於府城。 八年十月，府廢，州復還故治，直隸布政司。 東南有南盤江。 西有來安路，元屬廣西兩江道，洪武二年七月爲府，領歸仁州、羅博州、田州，十七年復廢。 北有上隆州，元屬田州路，洪武二年屬府，成化三年徙治潯州府東北，更名武靖州。 又有恩城州，元屬路，洪武初屬府，弘治五年廢。 東有牀甲、拱甲、婪鳳，西有武隆、累彩，北有岜馬甲、篆甲，東北有下隆，東南有砦桑，西北有凌時，西南有萬岡陽院，又有大甲、子甲，又有縣甲、怕河、怕牙、思郎、思幼、候周十九土巡檢司。 距布政司千六百里。
Tian Prefecture was the Yuan Tianzhou Route. In the seventh month of Hongwu 2 it became a prefecture. In the sixth month of Jiajing 7 it was reduced to a prefecture and its seat moved to Bajia, while Tianning Prefecture was established in the former prefectural city. In the tenth month of Jiajing 8 Tianning Prefecture was abolished; Tian Prefecture returned to its former seat and came directly under the Provincial Administration Commission. To the southeast is the Nanpan River. To the west is Laian Route, which under the Yuan belonged to Guangxi's Liangjiang Circuit; in the seventh month of Hongwu 2 it became a prefecture governing Guiren, Luobo, and Tian prefectures, and was abolished again in Hongwu 17. To the north is Shanglong Prefecture, which under the Yuan belonged to Tianzhou Route; in Hongwu 2 it came under Tian Prefecture, and in Chenghua 3 its seat was moved to the northeast of Xun Prefecture and it was renamed Wujing Prefecture. There was also Encheng Prefecture, which under the Yuan belonged to the route and in the early Hongwu reign came under Tian Prefecture; it was abolished in Hongzhi 5. To the east are the Chuangjia, Gongjia, and Lanfeng native districts; to the west are Wulong and Leicai; to the north are Bamajia and Zhuanjia; to the northeast is Xialong; to the southeast is Zhaisang; to the northwest is Lingshi; to the southwest is the Wangangyang Stockade; there are also Dajia and Zijia, and nineteen native patrol offices at Xianjia, Pahe, Payai, Silang, Siyou, and Houzhou. It lay 1,600 li from the Provincial Administration Commission.
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歸順州元屬鎮安路。 洪武初，廢爲洞。 弘治九年八月復置，屬鎮安府。 嘉靖初，直隸布政司。 東北有龍潭水，南入交址高平府界。 又南有邏水，發源西北鵝槽隘界。 距布政司二千三百二十里。
Guishun Prefecture under the Yuan belonged to Zhen'an Route. At the beginning of the Hongwu reign it was abolished and reduced to a native domain. In the eighth month of Hongzhi 9 it was restored and placed under Zhen'an Prefecture. At the beginning of the Jiajing reign it came directly under the Provincial Administration Commission. To the northeast is Longtan Water, which flows south into the border of Gaoping Prefecture in Jiaozhi. Farther south is the Luo River, which rises on the border at Goose Trough Pass to the northwest. It lay 2,320 li from the Provincial Administration Commission.
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泗城州元屬田州路。 洪武七年直隸行中書省。 九年直隸布政司。 舊州在西南，洪武六年移於古勘洞。 西有南盤江，自貴州慕役長官司流入，下流爲南寧府之右江。 又北有紅水江。 東北有程縣，洪武二十一年以泗城州之程醜莊置，屬州，尋屬慶遠府，宣德初，還屬州，嘉靖元年廢。 西南有利州，元屬田州路，洪武七年十一月直隸布政司，正統六年五月徙治泗城州古那甲，嘉靖二年廢。 又西有上林長官司，永樂七年以州之上林洞置，直隸布政司，萬曆中，省入州，崇禎六年分司西地入雲南廣南府。 有羅博關巡檢司。 北距布政司一千八百一十五里。
Sicheng Prefecture under the Yuan belonged to Tianzhou Route. In Hongwu 7 it came directly under the Branch Secretariat. In Hongwu 9 it came directly under the Provincial Administration Commission. The former seat lay in the southwest; in Hongwu 6 it was moved to Gukan Cave. To the west is the Nanpan River, flowing in from the Muyi Native Official Office in Guizhou; its lower course becomes the You River of Nanning Prefecture. Farther north is the Red Water River. To the northeast is Cheng County, established in Hongwu 21 from Chengchou Manor in Sicheng Prefecture and first attached to the prefecture, then transferred to Qingyuan Prefecture, returned to Sicheng in the Xuande reign, and abolished in Jiajing 1. To the southwest is Lizhou, which under the Yuan belonged to Tianzhou Route; in the eleventh month of Hongwu 7 it came directly under the Provincial Administration Commission, in the fifth month of Zhengtong 6 its seat was moved to Guna Stockade in Sicheng Prefecture, and it was abolished in Jiajing 2. Farther west is the Shanglin Native Official Office, established in Yongle 7 from Shanglin Cave in the prefecture and placed directly under the Provincial Administration Commission; during the Wanli reign it was merged into the prefecture, and in Chongzhen 6 its western territory was divided off into Yunnan's Guangnan Prefecture. There is the Luobo Pass patrol office. It lay 1,815 li north of the Provincial Administration Commission.
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向武州元屬田州路。 洪武二年七月屬田州府。 二十八年廢。 建文二年復置，直隸布政司。 舊州在東。 萬曆四十五年遷於乃甲。 南有枯榕江，下流入於右江。 北有富勞縣，元屬田州路，洪武二年屬田州府，尋爲夷僚所據，建文四年復置，後廢。 東有武林縣，元亦屬田州路，洪武二年屬田州府，永樂初省入富勞縣。 距布政司二千四百里。
Xiangwu Prefecture under the Yuan belonged to Tianzhou Route. In the seventh month of Hongwu 2 it came under Tian Prefecture. It was abolished in Hongwu 28. It was restored in Jianwen 2 and came directly under the Provincial Administration Commission. The former seat lay in the east. In Wanli 45 it was moved to Naijia. To the south is the Kurong River, whose lower course flows into the You River. To the north is Fulao County, which under the Yuan belonged to Tianzhou Route and in Hongwu 2 came under Tian Prefecture; it was soon seized by tribal peoples, restored in Jianwen 4, and later abolished. To the east is Wulin County, which likewise under the Yuan belonged to Tianzhou Route and in Hongwu 2 came under Tian Prefecture; at the beginning of the Yongle reign it was merged into Fulao County. It lay 2,400 li from the Provincial Administration Commission.
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都康州元屬田州路。 洪武二年屬田州府，後爲夷僚所據。 建文元年復置，直隸布政司。 西有岜爐江，下流合於通利江。 距布政司二千五百四十里。
Dukang Prefecture under the Yuan belonged to Tianzhou Route. In Hongwu 2 it came under Tian Prefecture, but was later seized by tribal peoples. It was restored in Jianwen 1 and came directly under the Provincial Administration Commission. To the west is the Balu River, whose lower course joins the Tongli River. It lay 2,540 li from the Provincial Administration Commission.
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龍州元龍州萬戶府。 洪武二年七月仍爲州，屬太平府。 九年六月直隸布政司。 南有龍江，自交址廣源州流入，即麗江也，有明江流入焉，下流爲南寧府之左江。 距布政司二千三百里。
Long Prefecture was the Yuan Longzhou Wanhu Command. In the seventh month of Hongwu 2 it remained a prefecture and came under Taiping Prefecture. In the sixth month of Hongwu 9 it came directly under the Provincial Administration Commission. To the south is the Long River, flowing in from Guangyuan Prefecture in Jiaozhi—it is the Lijiang; the Ming River also flows into it, and its lower course becomes the Zuo River of Nanning Prefecture. It lay 2,300 li from the Provincial Administration Commission.
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江州元屬思明路。 洪武二十年直隸布政司。 東有歸安水，西有綠眉水，下流俱合於麗江。 領縣一。 距布政司二千一百十里。
Jiang Prefecture under the Yuan belonged to Siming Route. In Hongwu 20 it came directly under the Provincial Administration Commission. To the east is Gui'an Water; to the west is Lümei Water; both flow down to join the Lijiang. It governed one county. It lay 2,110 li from the Provincial Administration Commission.
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羅白州東北。 洪武三年置，屬思明府，後來屬。 南有隴冬水，下流入於麗江。
Luobai Prefecture lies to the northeast. Established in Hongwu 3, it belonged to Siming Prefecture and later came under Jiang Prefecture. To the south is Longdong Water, which flows down into the Lijiang.
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思陵州元屬思明路。 洪武三年省入思明府。 二十一年正月復置，直隸布政司。 南有角硬山，角硬水出焉，又有淰削水合之，下流入思明府界。 距布政司二千一百二十里。
Siling Prefecture under the Yuan belonged to Siming Route. In Hongwu 3 it was merged into Siming Prefecture. In the first month of Hongwu 21 it was restored and came directly under the Provincial Administration Commission. To the south is Jiaoying Mountain, where Jiaoying Water rises; Nixiao Water joins it, and the stream flows down into Siming Prefecture. It lay 2,120 li from the Provincial Administration Commission.
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憑祥州本憑祥縣。 永樂二年五月以思明府之憑祥鎮置，屬思明府。 成化十八年升爲州，直隸布政司。 西北有麗江，自交址廣源州流入。 又南有鎮南關，一名大南關，即界首關也。 距布政司二千四十里。
Pingxiang Prefecture was originally Pingxiang County. In the fifth month of Yongle 2 it was established from Pingxiang Town in Siming Prefecture and placed under that prefecture. In Chenghua 18 it was elevated to a prefecture and came directly under the Provincial Administration Commission. To the northwest is the Lijiang, flowing in from Guangyuan Prefecture in Jiaozhi. Farther south is Zhennan Pass, also called Danan Pass—the pass at the border head. It lay 2,040 li from the Provincial Administration Commission.
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安隆長官司元致和元年三月置安隆州，屬雲南行省。 後廢爲寨，屬泗城州。 洪武三十五年十二月置安隆長官司，仍屬泗城州，後直隸布政司。 西有壩達山，渾水河經其下，即紅水江也，東入泗城州界。 又西南有同舍河。 距布政司裏。
The Anlong Native Official Office: under the Yuan, Anlong Prefecture was established in the third month of Zhihe 1 and placed under the Yunnan Branch Secretariat. It was later abolished and reduced to a stockade under Sicheng Prefecture. In the twelfth month of Hongwu 35 the Anlong Native Official Office was established, still under Sicheng Prefecture and later coming directly under the Provincial Administration Commission. To the west is Bada Mountain; the Hunshui River runs beneath it as the Red Water River and flows east into Sicheng Prefecture. Farther southwest is the Tongshe River. The distance from the Provincial Administration Commission is given only as li—the numeral is lost in the received text.