Yiwu Province
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Yiwu Province, also known as Yiding Province,[1] was a militarized province (軍, jūn) of the Tang and Five Dynasties eras of Chinese history. Controlled by powerful military governors (jiedushi), the province was often de facto independent of imperial control.
| Yiwu Province | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 義武軍 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 义武军 | ||||||||
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| Yiding Province | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 易定軍 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 易定军 | ||||||||
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Geography
History
The Yiwu command was established in AD 782.[2] It was recorded as having 27,401 households in the 813 census.[3]
In the 920s, the Yiwu jiedushi Wang Du failed to assassinate the Later Tang general Wang Yanqiu and then allied with the Khitans against the Later Tang emperor Li Siyuan. Wang Yanqiu and Zhang Yanlang were able, however, to defeat the combined Yiwu and Khitan army.