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Ying Prefecture
Simplified Chinese	瀛州
Hanyu Pinyin	Yíng Zhōu
Population
• 740s or 750s	663,171
• 1100s	60,206
History
• Preceded by	Hejian Commandery
• Created	487 (Northern Wei) 621 (Tang dynasty) 758 (Tang dynasty)
• Abolished	1108 (Song dynasty)
• Succeeded by	Hejian Prefecture
Contained within
• Circuit	Hebei Circuit Hebei East Circuit (1042–1108)

Yingzhou or Ying Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Hebei, China, seated in modern Hejian. It existed (intermittently) from 487 until 1108.

It was one of the Sixteen Prefectures ceded by Later Jin to the Liao dynasty, however, just 2 decades later it was seized by Later Zhou during the Liao–Later Zhou War.

The modern town Yingzhou, Hebei in Hejian retains its name.

Counties

Ying Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

Two other counties were administered by Ying Prefecture before the Five Dynasties period:

• Gaoyang (高陽), roughly modern Gaoyang County. In the Song dynasty it was made into a military prefecture called Shun'an Prefecture.
• Pingshu (平舒), roughly modern Dacheng County. After Later Zhou it was renamed Dacheng (大城) and administered by Bà Prefecture.

References

1. Xin Tang Shu, ch. 39.
2. Song Shi, ch. 86.
3. Shi, p. 2965.
4. Shi, pp. 1434, 1657, 1241.
5. Shi, pp. 960, 2544.
6. Shi, pp. 813, 227.
7. Shi, p. 2165.
8. Shi, pp. 669, 131.

• Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.
• (in Chinese) Ouyang Xiu; et al., eds. (1060). Xin Tang Shu [New Book of Tang].
• (in Chinese) Toqto'a; et al., eds. (1345). Song Shi [History of Song].

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