Yue Prefecture (Zhejiang)

Not to be confused with Yue Prefecture (Hunan).

Yuezhou or Yue Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Zhejiang, China, centering on modern Shaoxing.^[3] It existed (intermittently) from 605 until 1131, when it became Shaoxing Prefecture.

Yue Prefecture
Simplified Chinese	越州
Hanyu Pinyin	Yuè Zhōu
Population
• 740s or 750s	529,589[1]
• 1100s	367,390[2]
History
• Preceded by	Kuaiji Commandery
• Created	605 (Sui dynasty) 621 (Tang dynasty) 758 (Tang dynasty)
• Abolished	1131 (Song dynasty)
• Succeeded by	Shaoxing Prefecture
Contained within
• Circuit	Jiangnan Circuit (621–733) Jiangnan East Circuit (after 733) Zhejiang East Circuit (758–907)
• Kingdom	Wuyue (907–978)
• Circuit	Liangzhe Circuit (978–1074) Liangzhe East Circuit (after 1074)

Counties

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

#	Sui dynasty	Tang dynasty	Wuyue	Song dynasty	Modern location
1	Kuaiji (會稽)				Yuecheng District & Keqiao District, Shaoxing[4]
2	Shanyin (山陰)
3	Shangyu (上虞)				Shangyu District, Shaoxing[5]
4	Zhuji (諸暨)	Zhuji, 618–880s Jiyang (暨陽), 880s–908	Zhuji		Zhuji[6]
5	Shan (剡)		Shan (贍)	Shan (剡), 979–1121 Sheng (嵊), after 1121	Shengzhou[7]
6	Xinchang (新昌)		Xinchang County[8]
7	Yuyao (餘姚)				Yuyao[9]
8	Xiaoshan (蕭山)				Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou[10]