Shaanxi Circuit

Shaanxi Circuit
Traditional Chinese	陝西路
Simplified Chinese	陕西路
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shǎnxī Lù

Shaanxi Circuit or Shaanxi Province was one of the major circuits during the Song dynasty. In 1072 (first year of Yuanfeng, era name in Shenzong regin) it was split into Qinfeng Circuit (秦凤路二路) and Yongxingjun Circuit (永宁军路).

Its administrative area corresponds to roughly the modern provinces of central and southern Shaanxi, southern Ningxia, eastern Gansu, western Henan and southwestern Shanxi.

References

• Shi Weile, ed. (2005). Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian (中国历史地名大词典) [Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names] (in Chinese). China Social Sciences Press. p. 1728. ISBN 7-5004-4929-1.