• Bingzhou, or Bing Province, was a location in ancient China. According to legend, when Yu the Great (c. 2200 BC-2100 BC) tamed the flood, he divided the...
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    Zhou, there was no Xuzhou or Liangzhou, instead there were Youzhou and Bingzhou, but according to the Erya there was no Qingzhou or Liangzhou, instead...
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    The Language Atlas of China divides Jin into the following eight groups: Bingzhou group [zh] (Chinese: 并州片), spoken in central Shanxi (the ancient Bing Province)...
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    years of his career, he was also known for his time as the Inspector of Bingzhou, during which he spearheaded Jin's efforts in fighting back against the...
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    due to Xiongnu pressure. All remaining commanderies were transferred to Bingzhou。 Renamed to Jiaozhou (交州) in 203 AD While usually listed alongside commanderies...
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    BC). The Han dynasty (206 BC – AD 220) ruled Shanxi as the province of Bingzhou. During the invasion of northern nomads in the Sixteen Kingdoms period...
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    Hubeihua Henanhua Nanping dialect Yangyu dialect Junhua Longmen dialect Jin Bingzhou Lüliang Fenzhou Xingxi Shangdang Wutai Dabao Zhanghu Hanxin Cizhang Huoji...
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    co-ruler in their own right. The Wu family clan originated in Wenshui County, Bingzhou (an ancient name of the city of Taiyuan, Shanxi). Wu Zetian's birthplace...
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  • Bingzhou or Bing Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China, centering on modern Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. It existed (intermittently) from the...
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    Later Han is founded by Liu Zhiyuan, the military governor (jiedushi) of Bingzhou. He declares himself emperor (formally called Gaozu) and establishes the...
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  • no longer felt cool, he had the fanner executed. A song titled "Song of Bingzhou (并州歌)" was composed and sung by soldiers following his death which referenced...
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    plain. Throughout its long history, the city had various names, including Bīngzhōu (并州) (from which the city's abbreviated single-character name Bīng (并)...
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    founded the Northern Han dynasty. Liu Zhiyuan was the military governor of Bingzhou, an area around Taiyuan in present-day Shanxi that had long been a stronghold...
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    the Sixteen Kingdoms period of China. He was initially the Inspector of Bingzhou under the Later Zhao dynasty who later gained autonomy over the province...
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    the Jining area dates back to the Shang dynasty. It was originally named Bingzhou (并州). In the Song dynasty it was part of the Yunzhong Commandery (云中府);...
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  • suffix of "ge" (各) may have been the result of a language habit of the Bingzhou (present-day Shanxi) dialect at the time. In 156, the Xiuchuge were first...
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    Western Jin dynasty in 310, as a reward for helping Liu Kun, the Governor of Bingzhou (并州), fight against the Xiongnu-led Han-Zhao dynasty. The fief was later...
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    Language Atlas by Li, Jin is divided into Dabao, Zhanghu, Wutai, Lüliang, Bingzhou, Shangdang, Hanxin, and Zhiyan branches. Spoken in Yunnan, Guizhou, northern...
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    Land reclamation in progress in Bingzhou (丙州) Peninsula (formerly, island) of the Dongzui Bay (东咀港). Tong'an District, Xiamen, China...
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    Newly reclaimed land on Bingzhou Island in the Xixi estuary...
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  • regime change with Fu Jian as the new ruler. Also that same year, the Bingzhou warlord, Zhang Ping broke his allegiance to Former Qin and attempted to...
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  • walls, high or low. His adoptive father, Zhang Ping was the Inspector of Bingzhou during the time of Later Zhao but became an independent warlord following...
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    these raids and achieved much success. As such, the then-Inspector of Bingzhou, Duan Jiong (段颎), recommended Dong to the Three Excellencies of the time;...
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    extent in terms of modern locations Ancient name Modern location Bingzhou* 并州 并州 Bīngzhōu Jinyang southwest of Taiyuan Shanxi Jiaozhou* 交州 交州 Jiāozhōu Longbian...
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    ⑦ ˥ 5 5 (4) Nantong ① 35 ② 21 ③ 55 ⑥ ⑤ 213 ⑥ 42 ⑦ 55ʔ ⑧ 42ʔ 7 (5) Jin Bingzhou Taiyuan ① ˩ 11 ③ ˥˧ 53 ⑤ ˦˥ 45 ⑦ ˨ 2 ⑧ ˥˦ 54 5 (3) Wu Taihu Shanghainese...
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    First Square, Yingze Park, Taiyuan Workers Cultural Palace, Yingze Hotel, Bingzhou Restaurant, China Coal Museum, Taiyuan University of Technology. Although...
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    Northern Wei of Xianbei. In 310, by helping Jin's Liu Kun, the governor of Bingzhou to fight Xiongnu state of Han Zhao, Tuoba Yilu, the supreme chieftain of...
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  • the Right Virtuous King, Liu Meng, was killed after his rebellion in Bingzhou against the ruling Jin dynasty (266–420), allowing Liu Hu's father, Liu...
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    first, mints were set up in Luoyang in Henan, and also in Peking, Chengdu, Bingzhou (Taiyuan in Shanxi), and then Guilin in Guangxi. Minting rights were also...
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    Jiaozhou from Western Jin. 272 Western Jin quells Xiongnu rebellion in Bingzhou. Battle of Xiling: Eastern Wu forces led by Lu Kang defeat Western Jin...
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