The history map of Northern Yizhou's Prefectural Governor Department in the Eastern Han Dynasty of China

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Map Introduction

Relocation of the Administrative Seat

Luo County (present-day Guanghan, Sichuan): When the Yi Province Inspectorate was first established, its administrative seat was located at Luo County, serving as a crucial administrative center in the early Eastern Han period.
Mianzhu (present-day Mianzhu, Deyang): In 188 CE (the 5th year of the Zhongping era of the Eastern Han Dynasty), Liu Yan was appointed as the Governor of Yi Province. To strengthen local control, he moved the provincial seat to Mianzhu.
Chengdu: In the late Eastern Han period, Liu Zhang succeeded his father as the Governor of Yi Province. He further consolidated control over Chengdu, ultimately establishing it as the permanent provincial seat.

Evolution of Local Power

Liu Yan and Liu Zhang (Father and Son): Liu Yan, appointed by the imperial court as the Governor of Yi Province, gradually gained control over the northern part of the province. He solidified his control in the north by suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebellion and weakening local powerful families. His son, Liu Zhang, continued this structure after succeeding him. However, in the later period, after the Shu Han regime was established, the northern area became the core territory of the Shu Han state.

This evolution reflects the weakening control of the Eastern Han central government over Yi Province towards the end of the dynasty, as local powers progressively strengthened their de facto jurisdiction over the northern part through military and political means.

Map Source

The history map of Northern Yizhou's Prefectural Governor Department in the Eastern Han Dynasty of China is sourced from The Historical Atlas of China, Volume 2(3)—Maps of the Eastern Han Dynasty, published by SinoMaps Press on October 1, 1982, with Tan Qixiang as its author.

The Historical Atlas of China is an atlas focusing primarily on the historical administrative divisions and territories of China throughout its dynasties, compiled under the chief editorship of Tan Qixiang. The entire work spans from the primitive society to the end of the Qing dynasty, organized into 8 volumes and 20 sections according to historical periods, containing a total of 304 maps (not including illustrations). All maps juxtapose historical and modern geography. The compilation of this atlas began in the 1950s, it was seriously disturbed during the cultural revolution. The internal edition was published in 1975 but contained numerous errors. Publication of Volumes 1-8 occurred successively starting in 1982. The Historical Atlas of China is a rare and valuable resource for studying the historical administrative divisions of China.