Yellow River, Wu Zetian promoted Di to be the prefect of Wei Prefecture (魏州, roughly modern Handan, Hebei). It was said that Di's predecessor Dugu Sizhuang...

to late Tang dynasty. The area was governed from the capital of Weizhou (魏州) in modern Daming County, Handan, Hebei, and controlled the southern Hebei...

province, China. Towns: Tangfeng (唐奉镇), Shenzhou Town (深州镇), Chenshi (辰时镇), Yuke (榆科镇), Weiqiao (魏桥镇), Dadi (大堤镇), Qianmotou (前磨头镇), Wangjiajing (王家井镇),...

circuits (dào 道), prefectures (zhōu 州), and counties (xiàn 縣). Prefectures have been called jùn (郡) as well as zhōu (州) interchangeably throughout history...

623, with Liu's forced bogged down while attacking Tang's Wei Prefecture (魏州, in modern Handan, Hebei), Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji engaged him at Guantao...

魏郡。" Chen and Pei 429, 1.37: "十八年春正月... 詔書幷十四州，復為九州。夏四月，至鄴。五月丙申，天子使御史大夫郗慮持節策命公為魏公". Chen and Pei 429, 1.42: "秋七月，始建魏社稷宗廟。天子娉公三女為貴人，少者待年于國。"...

troops and headed south toward Yecheng. Shi quickly captured Wei Prefecture (魏州, in modern Handan, Hebei) from the Tang general Cui Guangyuan (崔光遠), and then...

(Shandong) (濰州), a prefecture between the 6th and 14th centuries in modern Shandong Wei Prefecture (Hebei) (魏州) Wei Prefecture (Henan) (衛州), a prefecture...

modern-day Hebei, Henan, and Shandong Provinces. Towns: Jizhou Town (冀州镇), Weijiatun (魏家屯镇), Guandaoli (官道李镇), Nanwucun (南午村镇), Zhoucun (周村镇), Matouli (码头李镇)...

officer at Xia Prefecture (夏州, in modern Yulin, Shaanxi). Eventually, He Jintao settled in Weibo's capital Wei Prefecture (魏州), and came to serve in the...