Hedong Commandery

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Hedong Commandery was an ancient administrative region of imperial China located in what is now southern Shanxi Province, historically significant as a political and military center.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Hedong (east of the Yellow River) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf commandery
abolishedInPeriod Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
administrativeLevel prefecture-level division
bordered Yellow River NERFINISHED
capital Anyang NERFINISHED
Hejin NERFINISHED
Pingyang NERFINISHED
Puzhou NERFINISHED
country China
establishedBy State of Qin NERFINISHED
establishedInPeriod Warring States period NERFINISHED
existedDuring Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED
Han dynasty NERFINISHED
Jin dynasty (266–420) NERFINISHED
Northern dynasties
Qin dynasty NERFINISHED
Sui dynasty NERFINISHED
Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED
Western Han dynasty NERFINISHED
hadFunction local governance
military administration
tax collection
hadJurisdictionOver counties
historicalCategory commandery of Han dynasty
commandery of Qin dynasty
historicalRegion Hedong NERFINISHED
historicalStatus frontier commandery in some periods
knownFor military importance
political importance
locatedEastOf Yellow River NERFINISHED
locatedIn Shanxi NERFINISHED
southern Shanxi Province
locatedOn east bank of the Yellow River
modernLocationCorrespondsTo Linfen region NERFINISHED
Yuncheng region NERFINISHED
southern Shanxi Province
nameMeaning east of the river
partOf Han empire NERFINISHED
Qin empire NERFINISHED
Sui empire NERFINISHED
Tang empire NERFINISHED
regionType military center
political center
strategicRole control of Yellow River crossings
defense of central plains
successorAdministrativeUnit prefectures of Sui and Tang dynasties

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guan Yu birthPlace Hedong Commandery
Jinyang historicalRegion Hedong Commandery
this entity surface form: Hedong (east of the Yellow River)