Guangnan East Circuit

Former imperial circuit of Song China

Guangnan East Circuit
Traditional Chinese	廣南東路

Hanyu Pinyin	Guǎngnán Dōng Lù


Guangnan East Circuit within Song dynasty territory, c. 1100
Population
• 1162	784,774^[1]

History
• Preceded by	Guangnan Circuit
• Created	988 (Song dynasty)
• Abolished	1278 (Yuan dynasty)


• HQ	Guǎng Prefecture

Guangnan East Circuit or Guangnan East Province was one of the major circuits during the Song dynasty. Its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern Chinese province of Guangdong (minus Leizhou Peninsula) and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.^[2]

Guangnan East Circuit and Guangnan West Circuit were split from Guangnan Circuit in 988.

References

^ Song Shi, ch. 89.
^ Shi, p. 227.

Shi Weile, ed. (2005). 中国历史地名大词典 Zhōngguó Lìshǐ Dìmíng Dà Cídiǎn [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese) (1st ed.). Beijing: China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1. OCLC 61167815.
(in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].

Administrative divisions of the Song dynasty

Jingji (京畿)

Upper	Kāifēng (開封)

Jingdong East (京東東)

Upper	Jǐ'nán (濟南)
Lower	Qīngzhōu (青州) \| Mìzhōu (密州) \| Yízhōu (沂州) \| Dēngzhōu (登州) \| Láizhōu (萊州) \| Wéizhōu (濰州) \| Zīzhōu (淄州)
Armies	Huáiyáng (淮陽)

Jingdong West (京東西)

Upper	Yīngtiān (應天)
Lower	Yǎnzhōu (兗州) \| Xúzhōu (徐州) \| Cáozhōu (曹州) \| Yùnzhōu (鄆州) \| Jìzhōu (濟州) \| Shànzhōu (單州) \| Púzhōu (濮州)

Jingxi South (京西南)

Lower	Xiāngzhōu (襄州) \| Suízhōu (隨州) \| Tángzhōu (唐州) \| Dèngzhōu (鄧州) \| Jūnzhōu (均州) \| Fángzhōu (房州) \| Jīnzhou (金州) \| Yǐngzhōu (郢州)
Armies	Guānghuà (光化)

Jingxi North (京西北)

Upper	Hénán (河南) \| Yǐngchāng (潁昌)
Lower	Zhèngzhōu (鄭州) \| Huázhōu (滑州) \| Mèngzhōu (孟州) \| Càizhōu (蔡州) \| Chénzhōu (陳州) \| Yǐngzhōu (穎州) \| Rǔzhōu (汝州)
Armies	Xìnyáng (信陽)

Hebei East (河北東)

Upper	Dàmíng (大名)
Lower	Chánzhōu (澶州) \| Cāngzhōu (滄州) \| Jìzhōu (冀州) \| Yíngzhōu (瀛州) \| Bózhōu (博州) \| Dìzhōu (棣州) \| Mòzhōu (莫州) \| Xióngzhōu (雄州) \| Bàzhōu (霸州) \| Dézhōu (德州) \| Bīnzhōu (濱州) \| Ēnzhōu (恩州)
Armies	Qiánníng (乾寧) \| Yǒngjìng (永靜) \| Bǎodìng (保定) \| Xìn'ān (信安)

Hebei West (河北西)

Upper	Zhēndìng (真定)
Lower	Xiāngzhōu (相州) \| Dìngzhōu (定州) \| Xíngzhōu (邢州) \| Huáizhōu (懷州) \| Wèizhōu (衛州) \| Míngzhōu (洺州) \| Shēnzhōu (深州) \| Cízhōu (磁州) \| Qízhōu (祁州) \| Zhàozhōu (趙州) \| Bǎozhōu (保州)
Armies	Ānsù (安肅) \| Yǒngníng (永寧) \| Guǎngxìn (廣信) \| Shùn'ān (順安)

Hedong (河東)

Upper	Tàiyuán (太原)
Lower	Lùzhōu (潞州) \| Jìnzhōu (晉州) \| Jiàngzhōu (絳州) \| Zézhōu (澤州) \| Dàizhōu (代州) \| Xīnzhōu (忻州) \| Fénzhōu (汾州) \| Liáozhōu (遼州) \| Xiànzhōu (憲州) \| Lánzhōu (嵐州) \| Shízhōu (石州) \| Xízhōu (隰州) \| Línzhōu (麟州) \| Fǔzhōu (府州) \| Fēngzhōu (豐州)
Armies	Wēishèng (威勝) \| Píngdìng (平定) \| Kělán (岢嵐) \| Nínghuà (寧化) \| Huǒshān (火山) \| Bǎodé (保德)

Yongxing Army (永興軍)

Upper	Jīngzhào (京兆) \| Hézhōng (河中)
Lower	Xìezhōu (解州) \| Shǎnzhōu (陝州) \| Shāngzhōu (商州) \| Guózhōu (虢州) \| Tóngzhōu (同州) \| Huázhōu (華州) \| Yàozhōu (耀州) \|Yánzhōu (延州) \| Fūzhōu (鄜州) \| Fāngzhōu (坊州) \| Qìngzhōu (慶州) \| Huánzhōu (環州) \| Bīnzhōu (邠州) \| Níngzhōu (寧州) \| Dānzhōu (丹州)
Armies	Bǎoān (保安)

Qinfeng (秦鳳)

Upper	Fèngxiáng (鳳翔)
Lower	Qínzhōu (秦州) \| Lǒngzhōu (隴州) \| Chéngzhōu (成州) \| Fèngzhōu (鳳州) \| Jīngzhōu (涇州) \| Wèizhōu (渭州) \| Yuánzhōu (原州) \| Xīzhōu (熙州) \| Hézhōu (河州) \| Mínzhōu (岷州) \| Lánzhōu (蘭州) \| Jiēzhōu (階州)
Armies	Déshùn (德順) \| Zhènróng (鎮戎) \| Tōngyuǎn (通遠)

Liangzhe (兩浙)

Lower	Hángzhōu (杭州) \| Yuèzhōu (越州) \| Sūzhōu (蘇州) \| Rùnzhōu (潤州) \| Húzhōu (湖州) \| Wùzhōu (婺州) \| Míngzhōu (明州) \| Wēnzhōu (溫州) \| Táizhōu (台州) \| Chǔzhōu (處州) \| Qúzhōu (衢州) \| Mùzhōu (睦州) \| Xiùzhōu (秀州) \| Chángzhōu (常州)

Huainan East (淮南東)

Lower	Yángzhōu (揚州) \| Bózhōu (亳州) \| Sùzhōu (宿州) \| Chǔzhōu (楚州) \| Hǎizhōu (海州) \| Tàizhōu (泰州) \| Sìzhōu (泗州) \| Chúzhōu (滁州) \| Zhēnzhōu (真州) \| Tōngzhōu (通州)

Huainan West (淮南西)

Upper	Shòuchūn (壽春)
Lower	Lúzhōu (廬州) \| Qízhōu (蘄州) \| Hézhōu (和州) \| Shūzhōu (舒州) \| Háozhōu (濠州) \| Guāngzhōu(光州) \| Huángzhōu (黃州)
Armies	Wúwéi (無為)

Jiangnan East (江南東)

Upper	Jiāngníng (江寧)
Lower	Xuánzhōu (宣州) \| Shèzhōu (歙州) \| Chízhōu (池州) \| Jiāngzhōu (江州) \| Rāozhou (饒州) \| Xìnzhōu (信州) \| Tàipíngzhōu (太平州)
Armies	Guǎngdé (廣德) \| Nánkāng (南康)

Jiangnan West (江南西)

Lower	Hóngzhōu (洪州) \| Qiánzhōu (虔州) \| Jízhōu (吉州) \| Yuánzhōu (袁州) \| Fǔzhōu (撫州) \| Yúnzhōu (筠州)
Armies	Xīngguó (興國) \| Ānnán (南安) \| Línjiāng (臨江) \| Jiànchāng (建昌)

Jinghu North (荊湖北)

Upper	Jiānglín (江陵)
Lower	Èzhōu (鄂州) \| Ānzhōu (安州) \| Fùzhōu (復州) \| Dǐngzhōu (鼎州) \| Lǐzhōu (澧州) \| Xiázhōu (峽州) \| Yuèzhōu (岳州) \| Guīzhōu (歸州) \| Chénzhōu (辰州) \| Yuánzhōu (沅州) \| Chéngzhōu (誠州)

Jinghu South (荊湖南)

Lower	Tánzhōu (潭州) \| Héngzhōu (衡州) \| Dàozhōu (道州) \| Yǒngzhōu (永州) \| Chēnzhōu (郴州) \| Shàozhōu (邵州) \| Quánzhōu (全州)
Inspectorate	Guìyáng (桂陽)

Fujian (福建)

Lower	Fúzhōu (福州) \| Jiànzhōu (建州) \| Quánzhōu (泉州) \| Nánjiànzhōu (南劍州) \| Zhāngzhōu (漳州) \| Tīngzhōu (汀州)
Army	Shàowǔ (邵武) \| Xīnghuà (興化)

Chengdu (成都)

Upper	Chéngdū (成都)
Lower	Qióngzhōu (邛州) \| Méizhōu (眉州) \| Shǔzhōu (蜀州) \| Péngzhōu (彭州) \| Miánzhōu (綿州) \| Hànzhōu (漢州) \| Jiāzhōu (嘉州) \| Jiǎnzhōu (簡州) \| Lízhōu (黎州) \| Yǎzhōu (雅州) \| Màozhōu (茂州) \| Wēizhōu (威州)
Army	Yǒngkāng (永康) \| Shíquán (石泉)
Inspectorate	Língjǐng (陵井)

Zizhou (梓州)

Lower	Zǐzhōu (梓州) \| Suìzhōu (遂州) \| Guǒzhōu (果州) \| Zīzhōu (資州) \| Pǔzhōu (普州) \| Chāngzhōu (昌州) \|Róngzhōu (戎州) \| Lúzhōu (瀘州) \| Hézhōu (合州) \| Róngzhōu (榮州) \| Qúzhōu (渠州)
Army	Huáiān (懷安) \| Guǎng'ān (廣安)
Inspectorate	Fùshùn (富順)

Lizhou (利州)

Upper	Xīngyuán (興元)
Lower	Lìzhōu (利州) \| Yángzhōu (洋州) \| Làngzhōu (閬州) \| Jiànzhōu (劍州) \| Bāzhōu (巴州) \| Wénzhōu (文州) \| Xīngzhōu (興州) \| Péngzhōu (蓬州) \| Lóngzhōu (龍州)

Kuizhou (夔州)

Lower	Kuízhōu (夔州) \| Qiánzhōu (黔州) \| Shīzhōu (施州) \| Zhōngzhōu (忠州) \| Wànzhōu (萬州) \| Dázhōu (達州) \| Fúzhōu (涪州) \| Yúzhōu (渝州) \| Kāizhōu (開州)
Army	Yún'ān (雲安) \| Liángshān (梁山) \| Nánpíng (南平)
Inspectorate	Dàníng (大寧)

Guangnan East (廣南東)

Lower	Guǎngzhōu (廣州) \| Sháozhōu (韶州) \| Xúnzhōu (循州) \| Cháozhōu (潮州) \| Liánzhōu (連州) \| Méizhōu (梅州) \| Xióngzhōu (雄州) \| Yīngzhōu (英州) \| Hèzhōu (賀州) \| Fēngzhōu (封州) \| Duānzhōu (端州) \| Xīnzhōu (新州) \| Kāngzhōu (康州) \| Nán'ēnzhōu (南恩州) \| Huìzhōu (惠州)

Guangnan West

Lower	Guìzhōu (桂州) \| Róngzhōu (容州) \| Yōngzhōu (邕州) \| Róngzhōu (融州) \| Xiàngzhōu (象州) \| Zhāozhōu (昭州) \| Téngzhōu (藤州) \| Gōngzhōu (龔州) \| Xúnzhōu (潯州) \| Liǔzhōu (柳州) \| Guìzhōu (貴州) \| Yízhōu (宜州) \| Bīnzhōu (賓州) \| Héngzhōu (橫州) \| Huàzhōu (化州) \| Gāozhōu (高州) \| Léizhōu (雷州) \| Qīnzhōu (欽州) \| Báizhōu (白州) \| Yùlínzhōu (鬱林州) \| Liánzhōu (廉州) \| Qióngzhōu (瓊州)
Army	Chānghuà (昌化) \| Wàn'ān (萬安) \| Zhūyái (朱崖)

Lower