Fujian Circuit

Fujian Circuit
Simplified Chinese	福建路
Hanyu Pinyin	Fújiàn Lù
Fujian Circuit within Song dynasty territory, c. 1100
Population
• 1162	2,828,852[1]
History
• Created	985 (Song dynasty)
• Abolished	1278 (Yuan dynasty)
• HQ	Fu Prefecture

Fujian Circuit, also translated as Fujian Province, was one of the major circuits during the Song dynasty of imperial China. Its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern Chinese province of Fujian.^[2]

History

The Tang-era Fujian Circuit was renamed Wuwei in 896.

List of governors

Tang

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• Chen Yan (884–891)
• Wang Chao (893–896)

Song

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See also

• Qingyuan Jiedushi, an administrative circuit in the area created under Southern Tang that briefly remained nominally independent as well under Song

References

Bibliography

• Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
• (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].

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