Jiyin Commandery ( zh, 濟陰郡) was a

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in historical China from

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, located in what is now southwestern

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province. In 144 BC, the

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of Han dynasty was divided into five states. Jiyin, one of the successor kingdoms, was ruled by

Liu Bushi Liu Bushi (, ''Liú Bùshí''), Prince of Jiyin (, ''Jì Yīnwàng''), was a prince of the Han dynasty. He was the youngest son and heir of Liu Wu, prince of Liang. He did not receive all of his father's inheritance; instead, his uncle the emperor ...

. Bushi died only one year later, and his kingdom was converted to a commandery under direct imperial administration. In 25 BC, Liu Kang (劉康), the second son of Emperor Yuan, was granted title "King of Dingtao", as the territory of Jiyin became the Dingtao Kingdom (定陶國). Kang's son Xin succeeded to the imperial throne in 8 BC as the Emperor Ai, and Dingtao was granted to Liu Jing (劉景), another member of the imperial clan. In 5 BC, Jing's fief was changed to Xindu, and Jiyin Commandery was reestablished. In late Western Han period, the commandery administered 9 counties:

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(定陶), Yuanqu (冤句), Lüdu (呂都), Jiami (葭密), Chengyang (成陽), Juancheng (鄄城), Juyang (句陽), Du (秺), and Chengshi (乘氏).''

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. From 72 to 84 AD, a kingdom under Liu Chang (劉長), a son of Emperor Ming, was established with Jiyin as its territory. It was abolished with the death of Chang. Several counties were exchanged between Jiyin and neighboring commanderies, so that by 140, the commandery had 11 counties, including Dingtao, Yuanqu, Chengyang, Juancheng, Juyang, Lihu (離狐), Linqiu (廪丘), Shanfu (單父), Chengwu (成武) and Jishi (己氏). Juancheng and Linqiu was transferred to

Dong Commandery Dong Commandery ( zh, 東郡) was a commandery in historical China from the Warring States period to Sui dynasty. Its territories were situated in present-day Henan, Hebei and Shandong provinces. The commandery was established by the state of Qin i ...

during the

Jian'an Era Emperor Xian of Han (2 April 181 – 21 April 234), personal name Liu Xie (劉協), courtesy name Bohe, was the 14th and last emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty of China. He reigned from 28 September 189 until his abdication and subsequent e ...

. During the

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, Jiyin was lost during the Yongjia period to the northern states, but later reconquered during Emperor An's reign. Jiyin passed to Jin's successor

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dynasty, and in Emperor Wen's reign, most of it was annexed by

Northern Wei Wei (), known in historiography as the Northern Wei ( zh, c=北魏, p=Běi Wèi), Tuoba Wei ( zh, c=拓跋魏, p=Tuòbá Wèi), Yuan Wei ( zh, c=元魏, p=Yuán Wèi) and Later Wei ( zh, t=後魏, p=Hòu Wèi), was an Dynasties of China, impe ...

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'', Chapter 35. A new commandery, Pei, was split from Jiyin in 540. While 4 counties remained under jurisdiction of Jiyin: Dingtao, Lihu, Yuanqu and Chengshi. The commandery was eventually abolished in early

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. In Sui and successive Tang dynasties, Jiyin Commandery became the alternative name of

Cao Prefecture Caozhou or Cao Prefecture () was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Heze or Cao County in Shandong, China. It existed (intermittently) from the 6th century to 1913. Geography Under the Sui, Cao Prefecture included Y ...

. In 741, it administered 6 counties: Jiyin, Kaocheng (考城), Yuanqu, Chengshi, Nanhua (南華) and Chengwu.''

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