Mi Prefecture

Historical administrative division in Shandong, China

Mi Prefecture
Simplified Chinese	密州

Hanyu Pinyin	Mì Zhōu



Population
• 740s or 750s	146,524^[1]
• 1100s	327,340^[2]

History
• Preceded by	Gaomi Commandery
• Created	585 (Sui dynasty) 622 (Tang dynasty) 758 (Tang dynasty)
• Abolished	1368 (Ming dynasty)


Contained within
• Circuit	Henan Circuit Jingdong Circuit (960–1072) Jingdong East Circuit (after 1072) Shandong East Circuit

Mizhou or Mi Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern southeastern Shandong, China. It existed (intermittently) from 585 until 1368 upon the foundation of the Ming dynasty.^[3]

Counties

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

#	Sui dynasty	Tang dynasty	Later Liang	Later Tang	Later Jin Later Han Later Zhou	Song dynasty Jin dynasty Yuan dynasty	Modern location
1	Zhucheng (諸城)						Zhucheng^[4]
2	Anqiu (安丘)	Futang (輔唐)	Anqiu	Futang	Jiaoxi (膠西)	Anqiu	Anqiu^[5]
3	Anqiu (安丘)	Futang (輔唐)	Anqiu	Futang	Jiaoxi (膠西)	Jiaoxi	Jiaozhou City^[6]
4	Gaomi (高密)						Gaomi^[7]
5	Ju (莒)						Ju County^[8]

References

^ Xin Tang Shu, ch. 38.
^ Song Shi, ch. 85.
^ Shi, p. 2465.
^ Shi, p. 2236.
^ Shi, pp. 1107, 2336, 2153.
^ Shi, p. 2153.
^ Shi, p. 2176.
^ Shi, p. 1767.

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].