Yue Prefecture (Zhejiang)

Yue Prefecture
Yue Prefecture
Simplified Chinese	越州
Hanyu Pinyin	Yuè Zhōu
	;
Population
• 740s or 750s	529,589
• 1100s	367,390
History
• Preceded by	Kuaiji Commandery
• Created	605 (Sui dynasty); 621 (Tang dynasty); 758 (Tang dynasty);
• Abolished	1131 (Song dynasty)
• Succeeded by	Shaoxing Prefecture
Contained within
• Circuit	Jiangnan Circuit (621–733); Jiangnan East Circuit (after 733); Zhejiang East Circuit (758–907);
• Kingdom	Wuyue (907–978)
• Circuit	Liangzhe Circuit (978–1074); Liangzhe East Circuit (after 1074);

Yuezhou or Yue Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Zhejiang, China, centering on modern Shaoxing.^[3] It existed (intermittently) from 605 until 1131, when it became Shaoxing Prefecture.

Counties

Yue Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

#	Sui dynasty	Tang dynasty	Wuyue	Song dynasty	Modern location
1	Kuaiji (會稽)				Yuecheng District & Keqiao District, Shaoxing^[4]
2	Shanyin (山陰)				Yuecheng District & Keqiao District, Shaoxing^[4]
3	Shangyu (上虞)				Shangyu District, Shaoxing^[5]
4	Zhuji (諸暨)	Zhuji, 618–880s Jiyang (暨陽), 880s–908	Zhuji		Zhuji^[6]
5	Shan (剡)		Shan (贍)	Shan (剡), 979–1121 Sheng (嵊), after 1121	Shengzhou^[7]
6	Xinchang (新昌)		Xinchang County^[8]
7	Yuyao (餘姚)				Yuyao^[9]
8	Xiaoshan (蕭山)				Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou^[10]

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) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
(in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].

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