Pei Commandery

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Pei Commandery was an administrative division in ancient China, located in what is now northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong, historically notable as the home region of several prominent Han and Three Kingdoms figures.

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Yingchuan Commandery 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commandery of ancient China
former administrative division
abolishedAsAdministrativeUnit yes
administrativeCenter Pei County NERFINISHED
administrativeHierarchyLevel second-level division under the command of the central government
borderedBy Dong Commandery NERFINISHED
Jiujiang Commandery NERFINISHED
Linhuai Commandery NERFINISHED
capital Pei County NERFINISHED
category Commanderies of the Han dynasty
Historical regions of China
country China
existedDuring Han dynasty NERFINISHED
Qin dynasty NERFINISHED
Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED
governedBy commandery administrator
hadPopulation hundreds of thousands during Eastern Han (approximate)
historicalRegion East China NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance birthplace of Liu Bang, founder of the Han dynasty
important recruitment area during late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms
power base for early Han leaders
knownFor being home region of several prominent Han figures
being home region of several prominent Three Kingdoms figures
languageOfOfficialUse Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
locatedIn northern Jiangsu
southern Shandong
locatedInHistoricalRegion Yu Province NERFINISHED
locatedInThePresentDayTerritoryOf Jiangsu NERFINISHED
Shandong NERFINISHED
notableResident Cao Cao NERFINISHED
Cao Pi NERFINISHED
Cao Zhi NERFINISHED
Fan Kuai NERFINISHED
Liu Bang NERFINISHED
Xiao He NERFINISHED
Zhang Liang NERFINISHED
partOf Han dynasty administrative system
presentDayCoreArea Pei County, Jiangsu NERFINISHED
Tengzhou, Shandong NERFINISHED
Xuzhou region NERFINISHED
region Huai River basin NERFINISHED
riverSystem Huai River system NERFINISHED
subdivisionType commandery
terrain plains
timePeriod ancient China

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Cao Pi birthPlace Pei Commandery
Deng Ai birthPlace Pei Commandery
this entity surface form: Yingchuan Commandery