Shouzhou (Jin)

Who holds it

Name

Not known for 1 January 1200

Title

Prefect of Shouzhou (Jin)

Since

not pinned

Confidence

low

Not named in the sources we read.

Lord in 1200

The Jin emperor Zhangzong through the prefect; name not known.

Overlord

The Jin court (Zhangzong) through the Nanjing lu commands.

What the town holds

• The north-bank Huai crossing

How it was acquired

Jin frontier prefecture since the 1141 settlement; the line was confirmed in 1165.

Allies and rivals

Neighbouring prefectures of its circuit.

How things stand that morning

Quiet frontier garrison.

Wealth

Not itemised; no figures.

Military

Garrison troops under the prefect; no figures.

Threats

• A Song crossing (none expected)

Charter

None known. A Song city has no charter of liberties: it is governed by the prefect (zhizhou or zhifu) and the circuit offices, with its guilds (hang) and the neighbourhood wards under official supervision.

Council

The prefect, the county magistrates and the leading gentry; names not known.

Communities

Jin soldiers (Jurchen and others), Han farmers.

Fairs and markets

Daily markets and temple fairs; no dated fair known.

Militia

Garrison troops under the prefect or the army command; no figures.

Walls and castle

Walled frontier town.

Trade and crafts

Border trade, grain, river crossing.

Where the sources disagree

• A Jin outpost on the Huai side of the ownership rule (Jin realm, nch records the Jin court).
• The Jin prefecture is a separate city from the Song's Anfeng jun at Shouchun; the campaign board lists only the north-bank Shouzhou.

Evidence: Structure known from general knowledge and the campaign board; no prefect named for the winter.

"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.

On the map: City and near land only; the prefecture is a province record.

Primary sources for Jin empire

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.

• 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
• 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
• Essentials of the History of Goryeo, Kim Jong-seo (金宗瑞) and the Joseon history office (1452). The chronological companion to the Goryeosa, finished a year after it and drawing on the same lost records, sometimes with entries the Goryeosa omits. 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
• Record of the Personal Campaigns of the Holy Warrior (Chinggis Khan) (presented to Khubilai in 1288, finished in Mongolian in 1290; the surviving Chinese version dates from 1369). A year-by-year Chinese account of Temujin's wars, drawn from the lost Altan Debter (the same source behind the Yuan shi's first chapter and Rashid al-Din). Read online
• The Secret History of the Mongols (1228 or 1240 (the colophon's Year of the Rat is disputed), with later additions; the surviving Chinese transcription and gloss were made under the Ming in the 1380s). The only Mongol account of Temujin's rise, written within living memory. 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
• 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

14 more in the sources library for North China and Manchuria.