Fujian Circuit, also translated as Fujian Province, was one of the major
circuit
Circuit may refer to:
Science and technology
Electrical engineering
* Electrical circuit, a complete electrical network with a closed-loop giving a return path for current
** Analog circuit, uses continuous signal levels
** Balanced circu ...
s during the
Tang and
Song
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dynasties
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...
of
imperial China. Its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern
Chinese province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
of
Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its c ...
.
History
The Tang-era Fujian Circuit was renamed
Wuwei in 896.
List of governors
Tang
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Chen Yan (884–891)
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Wang Chao (891–896)
Song
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See also
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Qingyuan Jiedushi
''Qingyuan Jiedushi'' () (i.e., the ''Jiedushi'' of Qingyuan Circuit) was a military/governance administrative unit (circuit) late in China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, later renamed to ''Pinghai Jiedushi'' (). It was an office crea ...
, an administrative circuit in the area created under
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 Jinling, Nanjing in present-day Jiangsu ...
that briefly remained nominally independent as well under Song
References
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Circuits of the Song dynasty
985 establishments
10th-century establishments in China
1278 disestablishments in Asia
13th-century disestablishments in China
Former circuits in Fujian
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