The Historical Evolution of Quwo County

There are many ancient books to test. Quwo is the seat of the ancient Jin Dynasty, and its name began in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. Erzhi, an ancient dictionary of China, recorded in the chapter of interpretation that "Woquan hangs down, hangs down, hangs down", in which "Woquan" refers to the spring water flowing down from top to bottom, and the historical location of "Woquan" is now Jingming Waterfall in Quwo County. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xi further explained in the book Interpretation of Place Names that "water ... wandered in the moon nest. The water is poured from top to bottom. " ; The Book of Songs tang style Yang Zhishui also wrote, "Yang Zhishui, white stone chisel. Plainclothes Zhu Qian, from sons Yu He ... Yang Zhishui, Baishi Hao Hao. Plain clothes's Zhu embroidery comes from Son. The "He" described in the poem refers to Quwo, and "Hu" refers to the village in Quwo County today. The most complete narrative is that in the 23rd year of Qing Qianlong (1758), Zhang Fang, a native of Xiangtan, Hunan Province, presided over the revision of Quwo County Records, saying, "The state of Jin took crimson mountain as its ancestor, and crimson water (now boiling spring) came out of crimson Shan Zhinan, boiling eastward, passing through Qingyu Gorge in the northwest and flowing eastward to Baishishan. Turn to Baishui Village in the east, meander in the north and flow into Fen in the west. Quwo and Xintian are both lapels and places where water flows, which is why Quwo is named. " After several textual researches on historical materials, it is not difficult to see that the name of Quwo is based on "crimson water" and "Woquan", so it is named Quwo.

According to the Records of the Jinshi, there was chaos in the Tang Dynasty (now Yicheng, Quwo, descendants of Yao in Shanxi Province) at the beginning, and the Duke of Zhou destroyed it. In the 10th year of Zhou Chengwang (BC 1054), "Wang Cheng and his younger brother Yu Shu acted and cut tung leaves into knighthoods, saying, to seal them", so Yu Shu was named after the Tang Dynasty. This is the origin of the so-called "Cecilia Yip Feng Tang" in the history circle.

Around 1020 BC, he died, and his son succeeded to the throne, changed his country name to Jin, and named himself Jin Army, and established a new capital in the place where Jin entered Yue, called Yueyi (now the junction of Quwo County and Yicheng County).

Hou Jincheng moved to Quwo (southwest of the county seat 1 km) during the period of Wang Mu in the Western Zhou Dynasty (about 10 century BC). During this period, Li Cheng, Li, Jing, Li and Dedication were five generations.

In 8 1 1 BC, the Duke of Jin moved the capital to Jiang, later called "Lao Jiang" (now the central and eastern part of Quwo County and the western part of Yicheng County).

In 746 BC, Zhao Hou, the son of Mu Hou, moved to Yong 'an, and in 745 BC (26 years), he served as his uncle (Huan Shu) in Quwo, with the title of "Woguo". Through Huan Shu, Zhuang Bo and Wu Gong III, Quwo gradually became the military, economic and cultural center of Jin State at that time.

In 724 BC, Quwo Zhuangbo entered the wing to kill Xiao Hou, followed by E ("E" refers to the different capital of Jin, with a short time). Hubei Hou died 6 years ago, mourning Hou Yongan.

In 7 16 BC, Duke Wu of Quwo proclaimed himself emperor, known as Emperor Wu of Jin in history. After Wu Gong acceded to the throne, he made great efforts to prepare horses, and his strength was greatly enhanced. In 679 BC, Jin succeeded, and Quwo was its capital.

In 669 BC, Jin Xiangong "Juyi was called crimson" (this crimson was expanded on the basis of the original crimson, including about two-thirds of today's Quwo), and moved its capital here the following year. , Hui, Huai, Wen, Xiang, Ling and Cheng Qigong.

In 636 BC, Jin Xiangong's second son, Zhong Er, acceded to the throne, known as Jin Wengong in history, with Quwo as its capital (including the whole territory of Quwo, the west of Yicheng and the east of Houma). Since then, it has opened the curtain of Jin State 150 years of hegemony.

In 585 BC (the first year), Duke Jing of Jin moved to Xintian, also known as Jiang, and later called "Xinjiang" (now Quwoxi and Houmadong). Li Jing, Li, Sang, Ping, Zhao, Qing, Ding, Chu, Ai, You, Lie, Xiao, Jing Wei 13 male.

In 376 BC (the 26th year of Zhou An), Han, Zhao and Wei were divided into Jin and Quwo belonged to Wei.

Qin, located in Jiangxian County, belongs to Quwo.

The Western Han Dynasty, also known as Jiangxian County, belongs to Hedong County.

In the 11th year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 35), Jiangxian County was changed to Jiangyi County, which still belonged to Hedong County.

In the eleventh year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 487), Jiangyi County was changed to Quwo County, belonging to Zhengping County, and the county name has not changed since then.

In the third year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (AD 583), Zhengping County was abolished and Quwo County was changed to General County. Moved to Lechang Town ten years later; During the Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Jiangzhou; Song Dynasty belongs to Jiangzhou County; Chu Jin belongs to Jiangzhou, and Xingding belongs to Jin 'an House in his early years. Fu Yuan belongs to Jiangzhou. In the ninth year of Dade (AD 1305), Pingyang Road was changed. In the second year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (AD 1369), it belonged to Pingyang County; It belongs to Hedong Road in the late Qing Dynasty; Shanxi Province directly under the Republic of China; 1949 belongs to Linfen area; 1954 belongs to Jinnan area.

1958165438+10, the county was withdrawn and the city was merged into houma city.

1May, 963, Quwo County was restored, and the county was located in Houma Town, still belonging to Jinnan area. 1970 belongs to Linfen area.

197 1 year, houma city was separated and Quwo county was restored, and the county government was stationed in Chengguan. Since then, Quwo has not changed.