Jiuzhen (Vietnamese: Cửu Chân, Chinese: 九真) was a Chinese commandery within Jiaozhou. It is located in present-day Thanh Hóa Province,

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(2012) and Frédéric Pain (2020) propose that 九真

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*''kuˀ-cin'' transcribed *''k.cin'', a local autonym which is reflected in Puoc ''ksiːŋ muːl'' & Thavung ''ktiːŋ²'' meaning "human being, people". Both ''ksiːŋ'' and ''ktiːŋ²'' are from Proto-Vietic *''kciːŋ'', which consists of prefix *''k-'' and

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*''ciɲ'' (“leg, foot”); thus, "human beings" are "(those who are) on foot", "those who stand on their feet." Pain further suggests that " Cửu Chân might therefore have been inhabited by some ancestors of the Southern Vietic Thavung - Aheu."

History

In 111 BC, Jiuzhen was formed after the

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. In 157, Chu Đạt rebelled in Jiuzhen and was defeated. In 377, Li Xun seized Jiuzhen.

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* * * * * Former commanderies of China in Vietnam Commanderies of the Han dynasty {{Vietnam-hist-stub