''Qingyuan Jiedushi'' () (i.e., the ''

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'' of Qingyuan Circuit) was a military/governance administrative unit ( circuit) late in China's

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, later renamed to ''Pinghai Jiedushi'' (). It was an office created in 949 by

Southern Tang Southern Tang () was a state in Southern China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, which proclaimed itself to be the successor of the former Tang dynasty. The capital was located at Nanjing in present-day Jiangsu Province. ...

's second emperor Li Jing for the warlord Liu Congxiao, who nominally submitted to him but controlled Quan (泉州, in modern

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) and Zhang (漳州, in modern

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) Prefectures in ''de facto'' independence from the Southern Tang state.''

Zizhi Tongjian ''Zizhi Tongjian'' () is a pioneering reference work in Chinese historiography, published in 1084 AD during the Northern Song dynasty in the form of a chronicle recording Chinese history from 403 BC to 959 AD, covering 16 dynast ...

'', vol. 288. (Zhang Prefecture was, at times during the circuit's existence, also known as Nan Prefecture ()'' History of Song'', vol. 483. Starting in 960, in addition to being nominally submissive to Southern Tang, the Qingyuan Circuit was also nominally submissive to the

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, which had itself become Southern Tang's nominal overlord.'' Xu Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 1. Later Zhou

After Liu's death, the circuit was briefly ruled by his biological nephew/adoptive son

Liu Shaozi Liu Shaozi () was a nephew of Liu Congxiao, a warlord late in the History of China, Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. Under some traditional accounts, he briefly controlled Qingyuan Jiedushi, Qingyuan Circuit (headquartered in modern ...

, who was then overthrown by the officers

Zhang Hansi Zhang Hansi (張漢思) was a military officer of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Min (Ten Kingdoms), Min. After Min's fall, he served under Liu Congxiao, who controlled Qingyuan Jiedushi, Qingyuan Circuit (headquartered in ...

and Chen Hongjin. Zhang then ruled the circuit briefly, before Chen deposed him and took over. In 978, with Song's determination to unify Chinese lands in full order, Chen decided that he could not stay ''de facto'' independent, and offered the control of the circuit to Song's Emperor Taizong, ending Qingyuan Circuit as a ''de facto'' independent entity.''Xu Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 9.

Rulers

* Liu Congxiao 949–962 (in control of Quan since 946, in ''de facto'' independence since 947) *

962 *

962–963 * Chen Hongjin 963–978

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A universal guide for China studies from ''Chinaknowledge''
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms * {{China-hist-stub

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