Jiangnan Circuit
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Chinese | 江南道 or 江南路 | ||||||
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Jiangnan Circuit or Jiangnan Province was one of the major circuits during the Tang dynasty, Five Dynasties period, and early Song dynasty. During the Tang dynasty it was known as Jiangnan Dao (江南道), and during the Song dynasty Jiangnan Lu (江南路), but both dao and lu can be translated as "circuit". In 1020 it was divided into 2 circuits: Jiangnan East Circuit and .
During the Tang dynasty, its administrative area included Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, as well as some parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou, with its capital in Suzhou.
Its name – "South of the River" – refers to its location south of the Yangtze.
West Jiangnan, the future eponym of modern Jiangxi, was later separated from it.
See also[]
- Tang dynasty
- Administrative divisions of the Tang dynasty
- History of the administrative divisions of China
Categories:
- Circuits of the Tang dynasty
- Circuits of the Song dynasty
- Former circuits in Zhejiang
- Former circuits in Fujian
- Former circuits in Jiangxi
- Former circuits in Jiangsu
- Former circuits in Anhui
- Former circuits in Hubei
- Former circuits in Sichuan
- Former circuits in Guizhou
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