The wine and salt port where the Tuo joins the Yangtze, the biggest town of the south of the Zizhou circuit and the Song's gate on the Yi and Man country to the south: the hills of Changning, Gongzhou and beyond.
The Song hold the river and the markets; the Yi chiefs of the south bank trade at Luzhou, accept the prefect's titles and pay no tax (see the Luzhou Yi chiefs record). Salt from the wells of Jiang'an and Naxi, wine from the monopoly breweries, and the river freight of the Tuo and the Yangtze are its wealth.
Who holds it
- Title
- Prefect (zhizhou) of Luzhou
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No source we have names him for 1200.
Lord in 1200
The prefect of Luzhou (name not known for 1200), under the Zizhou circuit.
Overlord
The emperor Ningzong, through the circuit commissioners and the Sichuan Zhizhi commissioner at Chengdu.
What the town holds
- The port and its near land (the tierra)
- The loose rein over the Man of the south bank (shared with the prefects of Xuzhou)
How it was acquired
Not applicable: an ordinary prefecture town of the Song.
Allies and rivals
The Yi chiefs of the south bank: partners and sometimes raiders. Rongzhou and Fushun supply salt.
How things stand that morning
No revolt is known for the winter. The prefect's problem is keeping the tribes content with titles and trade.
Wealth
Salt, wine and river tolls; no figures.
Military
The prefecture's garrison and the levy of the frontier; no numbers.
Threats
- Yi raids on the Changning road after a quarrel over salt.
- Low water on the Tuo.
Charter
None. A Song prefectural town has no charter; the prefect and his clerks rule it.
Council
No council. The prefect, the county magistrate and the clerks rule; the licensed wine and salt merchants are its leading men. No family is named in any source we have.
Fairs and markets
Border markets for the tribes are likely; the dates are not pinned.
Militia
Not known: the prefecture's garrison and levy; no source we have gives a figure.
Trade and crafts
Wine and salt, the river freight, and the tribal trade in salt, cloth and horses. No figures.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The town's role is from the campaign board and the Songshi's Man chapters (recalled); nothing about 1200 itself was found.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
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
- Songshi, Dili zhi 5 (juan 89), the four Sichuan circuits: recalled, NOT re-read (zh.wikisource and ctext were unreachable in this session)
- Songshi juan 496-497 (Manyi 4-5), the Lizhou, Yazhou, Maozhou, Weizhou and Luzhou peoples: recalled, NOT re-read
- OMNIA board, notes_scc.txt (a lead, not a source)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.