Weizhou is a small frontier prefecture on the Min below Maozhou, at the mouth of the Zagunao (Lixian) valley, where the road from the Chengdu plain splits towards the Qiang hills and the Tibetan grasslands.
It is the Song's last town before the mountains and the place where headmen of the Zagunao valley come down to trade. As at Maozhou, the Song hold the town and the road and the valleys decide for themselves.
Who he is
- Title
- Prefect (zhizhou) of Weizhou
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No holder found, as for Maozhou.
Overlord
The Chengdufu circuit commissioners and the Sichuan Pacification Commissioner at Chengdu.
What it holds
- The town and market of Weizhou
- The Min road between Dujiangyan and Maozhou
- The mouth of the Zagunao valley
How it was acquired
A Tang prefecture kept by the Song.
Allies and rivals
Maozhou upstream; the Zagunao Qiang and Tibetans; the Song prefecture of Yongkang jun (Dujiangyan, South China sheet) below.
How things stand that morning
Frontier prefecture at peace as far as any source shows; prefect not known.
Wealth
Trade tolls and the tea, salt and cloth sold up the valleys.
Military
Local garrison; no numbers.
Places of note
- Weizhou: Prefecture seat.
Where the sources disagree
- The South China sheet (Maozhou, Weizhou, Maozhou, Upper Min chiefs, Songpan tribes) writes the same ground at its assignment's request, although the ownership tool gives it to this sheet. We agree with its facts (no revolt or campaign known for the winter, no chief named, no Buddhist house known) and add the frontier-people layer.
- The campaign board entry weizhou-upper-min has no note; coordinates 31.48 N, 103.59 E agree with Wenchuan's Weizhou town.
Evidence: As Maozhou.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
On the map: Rough drawing; the sources give no boundary.
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
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.