Xingyuan fu

Who holds it

Title

Prefect (zhifu) of Xingyuan fu and Pacification Commissioner of Lizhou East

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 Xingyuan fu, who is also Pacification Commissioner of Lizhou East, and beside him the Imperial Guards commander of Xingyuan (names not known for 1200).

Overlord

The emperor Ningzong, through the circuit commissioners and the Sichuan Zhizhi commissioner at Chengdu.

What the town holds

• The town and its near land (the tierra)
• The granaries of the Hanzhong basin

How it was acquired

Not applicable: an ordinary prefecture town of the Song.

Allies and rivals

The Xingyuan army is the court's check on the Xingzhou army; the paymaster at Guangyuan feeds both. The Jin of Fengxiang lie over the Qinling.

How things stand that morning

Quiet. No commander or prefect is named for the winter. The garrison lives on the basin's grain and the note; the peace of 1165 is in force.

Wealth

The basin's grain; the army is paid through the Sichuan General Accounts Office. No figures.

Military

The Xingyuan fu Imperial Guards, with detachments on the pass roads of the Song side. No numbers.

Threats

• The Jin over the Qinling, if the peace broke.
• Failure of the note that pays the garrison.

Charter

None. A Song prefectural town has no charter; the prefect and his clerks rule it.

Council

The army and the civil prefecture share the town. No headman, judge or leading family is named in any source we have.

Fairs and markets

Licensed border markets on the Qinling roads are likely; their sites and dates are not pinned.

Militia

Not known: the Imperial Guards of the Xingyuan command; no figure.

Walls and castle

A walled city on the south bank of the Han. The Han-era works of the plain are old. The garrison's camp lies beside the town (not pinned).

Trade and crafts

Rice and wheat of the basin fill the granaries that feed the pass garrisons; the Baoxie, Chencang and gallery roads carry army supplies, tea and salt. Trade across the Qinling is licensed and small.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The town's role is certain; the commander and prefect for 1200 were not found. Lu You's service at Nanzheng in 1172 is recalled from his biography.

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

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