Besides Mingzhou, the Liangzhe coast has smaller trade offices: Wenzhou (shipbuilding, lacquer and coasters to Fujian and Goryeo), the capital's own customs post at Lin'an for the ships that come up to the Qiantang (its date is not pinned), Qinglong in Huating county (the outport of the Songjiang estuary, already fighting the silt) and Jiangyin jun at the Yangtze mouth (a superintendency since 1146 according to the campaign board).
Ganpu on the bay is a large port by 1200, but its own customs office is dated to the 13th century in the accounts we know (not pinned). Their incomes and heads are not known for the winter.
Who he is
- Title
- Officers of the maritime customs (shibo wu), under the Liangzhe superintendent and the prefects
- Since
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
Institutional knowledge; not re-checked.
Overlord
The superintendent at Mingzhou and the Ministry of Revenue.
What it holds
- Customs sheds at Wenzhou, Lin'an, Qinglong and Jiangyin
How it was acquired
Dates vary: Wenzhou 1130s, Jiangyin 1146.
Allies and rivals
Competes with Mingzhou for foreign ships.
How things stand that morning
In operation.
Wealth
No figures.
Threats
- Silting of the Songjiang at Qinglong
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 13th century (date not pinned)A customs office is set up at Ganpu.Depends on: The growth of the bay ports.
Places of note
- Wenzhou harbour: Customs and shipyards
- Qinglong zhen: Outport of the Songjiang
- Jiangyin river mouth: Customs and ferry
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Dates of foundation are from general knowledge and the campaign board (not re-checked).
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
On the map: Markers.
Primary sources for Southern Song
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government, Bi Yuan (畢沅), completed by Feng Jiwu after his death (late eighteenth century, finished after 1801, from Song and Yuan sources). A Qing scholar's continuous month-by-month chronicle of the Song and Yuan centuries, compiled from the Song shi, the Liao, Jin and Yuan histories, Li Tao, Li Xinchuan and other Song sources. Read online
- Outline and Details of Two Reigns (thirteenth century, after 1224). A Song outline-and-detail chronicle of exactly the two reigns around 1200, drawn from the court's daily records. Read online
- Annals of the Western Xia, Wu Guangcheng (吳廣成) (1825 to 1827, compiled from Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan sources). A Qing scholar's year-by-year reconstruction of Tangut history from the Chinese histories, since the Xia left no surviving annals of their own in Chinese. Read online
- History of the Song, Toqto'a (脫脫) and the Yuan history office (1343 to 1345, from the Song veritable records, state histories and the Huiyao). The official history of the Southern Song, which ruled from Lin'an (Hangzhou) in 1200. Read online
- History of Song, chapters 488 and 489: Jiaozhi, Dali, Champa, Zhenla, Pagan, Srivijaya, Java, Brunei, Chola and Tambralinga, Toqto'a (Tuotuo) and the Yuan history office, from the Song court records (1343 to 1345, from Song veritable records and court diaries). The Chinese court's record of its southern neighbours, compiled from Song archives. Read online
- History of the Jin, Toqto'a (脫脫) and the Yuan history office, with Ouyang Xuan among the chief compilers (1343 to 1344, from the Jin veritable records and the Jin national history). The official history of the Jurchen empire that ruled north China and Manchuria in 1200. Read online
- History of the Song, the chapters on Xia and on foreign states, Toqto'a (脫脫) and the Yuan history office (1343 to 1345). The Song court's accounts of its neighbours, each arranged as an annal of embassies and wars. Read online
- Record of the Great Jin State, Attributed to Yuwen Maozhao (宇文懋昭); the attribution is doubtful (preface dated 1234; probably assembled in the Southern Song from Song and Jin material, with later accretions). A Song-side history of the Jin, with annals for each emperor and chapters on institutions, customs, the capitals and the Jurchen way of life. Read online
12 more in the sources library for South China.
Sources and studies
- General knowledge of Song administrative and economic history (Hartwell, Von Glahn, Smith and Twitchett eds., Cambridge History of China vol. 5 part 2), not re-checked line by line in this pass
- OMNIA board, area sce notes (a lead, not a source)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.