prefectures (zhōu 州), and counties (xiàn 縣). Prefectures have been called jùn (郡) as well as zhōu (州) interchangeably throughout history, leading to cases...

dynasty, the commandery consisted of 14 counties: Xiling (西陵), Jingling (竟陵), Xiyang (西陽), Xiang (襄), Zhu (邾), Dai (軑), E (鄂), Anlu (安陸), Shaxian (沙羨)...

Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 102 (鄧竟陵免官後赴山陵，過見大司馬桓公。公問之曰：「卿何以更瘦？」〈《大司馬寮屬名》曰：「鄧遐字應玄，陳郡人，平南將軍岳之子。勇力絕人，氣蓋當世，時人方之樊噲。為桓溫參軍，數從溫征伐，歷竟陵太守。枋頭之役，溫既懷恥忿，且憚遐，因免遐官，病卒。」〉鄧曰：「有愧於叔達，不能不恨於破甑！」)...

(於是荊、江、徐、揚、豫五州之境，多爲昌所據。昌更置牧守，皆桀盜小人，專以劫掠爲務。) Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 100 (劉弘遣陶侃等攻昌於竟陵，劉喬遣其將李楊等向江夏。侃等屢與昌戰，大破之，前後斬首數萬級，昌逃于下儁山，其衆悉降。) Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 85 (明年秋，乃擒之，傳首京師，同黨並夷三族。)...

(二月乙未，以右將軍桓豁監荊州揚州之義城雍州之京兆諸軍事、領南蠻校尉、荊州刺史；桓沖監江州荊州之江夏隨郡豫州之汝南西陽新蔡潁川六郡諸軍事、南中郎將、江州刺史，領南蠻校尉，並假節。) Book of Jin, Volume 8 (荊州刺史桓豁、竟陵太守羅崇攻宛，拔之。趙億走，趙盤退歸魯陽。豁追擊盤於雉城，擒之，留兵戌宛而還。)...

郡公，藩王為縣侯。) Annals of the Sixteen Kingdoms, Volume 2 (九月，石季龍將夔安、李農陷沔南，張貉陷邾城，因寇江夏、義陽，征虜將軍毛寶、西陽太守樊俊、義陽太守鄭進並死之。夔安等進圍石城，竟陵...

fourth son Xiuhua, of the Yin clan (修華 殷氏; d. 459) Liu Dan, Prince Jingling (竟陵王 劉誕; 433–459), sixth son Xiurong, of the Chen clan (修容 陳氏) Liu Hui, Prince...

《韩非子·初见秦》：秦与荆人战，大破荆，袭郢，取洞庭、五渚、江南。荆王君臣亡走，东服于陈。 《史记·卷七十三·白起王翦列传》：其明年，攻楚，拔郢，烧夷陵，遂东至竟陵。楚王亡去郢，东走徙陈。 《史记·卷七十三·白起王翦列传》：王翦果代李信击荆。荆闻王翦益军而来，乃悉国中兵以拒秦。王翦至，坚壁而守之，不肯战。荆兵数...

followed him to Jing Province and was made the governor of Jingling Commandery (竟陵, roughly modern Jingmen, Hubei). In 548, when Hou Jing, formerly an Eastern...