The ancient name of Gaoping City, Shanxi Province, is named because its ancient city is located on the shore of The River, which is the old name of the upper reaches of the present-day Dan River. The Bamboo Book Chronicle records: "In the first year of the Jin Dynasty, Zhao Xianzi chengxian clan. Han Wuzi was in Pingyang. "Seventeen years after King Weilie of Zhou, he took the Xian clan and won ze." Among them, The Hyun-shi refers to this place. After the three families were divided into Jin, South Korea, for political purposes, renamed the city of Hyun clan built by Zhao Xianzi to "Changping", that is, "Changping" of the "Battle of Changping". After the Battle of Changping, Qin occupied Changping, and in order to cover up the heinous crime of "400,000 Pit Zhao Pawns" committed by the Qin army in Changping, the place was no longer used in the name of "Changping" and classified this place into Gaodu County, Qin Shangdang County. This is what people often say "Gu Heng Clan, Old Chang Ping, Short High Capital". If from the occupation of the Changping region by Qin in 260 BC to the demise of Qin in 207 BC, the present-day Gaodu County of Gaoping is only 53 years old, which cannot be said to be long in the long river of history, so it is called "short and high capital". After the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen the rule, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty divided the country into thirteen prefectures in the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty (106 BC), and the two-level system of "counties and counties" of Qin Shi Huang became a three-level system of "prefectures, counties, and counties", and Shanxi belonged to the prefectures, leading several counties such as Dang, Yunzhong, and Taiyuan. According to the "Book of Han and Geographical Records", Shangdang County included fourteen counties, including the counties of The Heng clan in the southeastern Jin Dynasty, such as The Heng clan, Gao Du, and Yang'a, which shows that the County of The Hui Clan was separated from the Shangdang County of the Qin Dynasty, which is the earliest record of the Liu Clan Li County, the former Hui Clan was only a Yi City, and after the Establishment of the County, the seat of the Hui Clan County was near the Liu Shi City, that is, near the present-day Wang Bao Village of Sizhuang Town, Gaoping City. The Three Kingdoms and Two Jin Dynasties period after the Han Dynasty was a period of frequent dynastic changes and wars in China's history, and the regional division was also chaotic, but the County of Huishi, which was subordinate to Shangdang County, remained unchanged. In the eleventh year of the Reign of Emperor Xiaowu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (386), Murong Yong of Western Yan proclaimed himself Emperor Yu's eldest son, and divided Jianxing Commandery (建興郡) from Shangdang Commandery (上州) Andi County (泫氏) into Jianxing Commandery (建興郡). After the Northern Wei unified the north, the county of Jianxing was changed to Yuanshi County. The official history records that in the twentieth year of Taihe, Emperor Xiaowen of Wei issued an edict: "The northerners call the soil to be expanded, and later to be uprooted." Wei Zhixian was born from the Yellow Emperor, and was the King of Tude, so he was known as Tuoba Clan. Fu Tu, the color of yellow, the yuan of all things, should be changed to the surname of Yuan. "This may be the reason for changing The change of Hyun-shi County to Yuanshi County." In the second year (529) of Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei, Emperor Yong'an abolished Jianxing Commandery and replaced it with Jianzhou, with four subordinate counties: Gaodu, Changping, Anping, and Taining, and Gaodu County under the jurisdiction of Gaodu and Yang'a; Changping County under the jurisdiction of the Yan clan (at this time, the Yuan clan was changed to The Hui clan) and Gaoping Counties; Anping County under the jurisdiction of Duanshi and Yueze Counties; and Taining County under the jurisdiction of Dongyong'an, Xihe, Xiyueze, and Gaoyan. Among them, Gaoping County, Changping County, was separated from The County of The Sixings, which was the first time that "Gaoping" appeared as a county name, but the jurisdiction was not the current Gaoping, but equivalent to most of present-day Lingchuan County. The WeiShu Geographical Chronicle records: "Changping County, Yong'an Zhongzhong, ZhixingShicheng, Lingxian Ii." Gao Ping (高平), Yong'an (永安中置), Zhi Gaoping (高平城); The county has Sheep's Head Mountain. "It is not difficult to see that because the Hyun clan is very old and famous, at that time, we all knew that its ruling place had not changed, and it was still in the city of the Hyun clan, so there was no need to specifically point it out.
The seat of governance of Changping County is in The City of The City of Changping County is also in the City of The City of The City of Jincheng, the seat of the City of Jincheng is also in the city of Jincheng. But where is the "Gaoping City", the seat of the county seat of Gaoping County? This has become a mystery for eternity. In the past, the old Zhiduo avoided or ignored this problem, but in the "Ancient Monuments" section of the Tongzhi edition of the "Records of Gaoping County", there is such a record: "Gaoping City Wei Zhiyue: Yong'an zhongzhong Gaoping County, rule Gaoping City, not detailed its location. Fuzhi is in Lingchuan. Among them, "Fu Zhi Yue" should refer to the Ming and Qing Dynasty "Zezhou Fu Zhi".
Now let's put it first" Where is the earliest Gaoping County?" "This topic, let's first clarify the origin of jingaoping." After the Northern Wei Split into Eastern Wei and Western Wei, Changping County fell within the Eastern Wei sphere of influence. After Northern Qi replaced Eastern Wei, it still had Jianzhou, but in the seventh year of Emperor Wenxuan's tianbao (556), the four counties established by Northern Wei were merged into two counties, namely Changping County and Gaodu County, and Gaoping County, which belonged to Changping County, was changed to Pinggao County, and The County of The Hui clan remained unchanged. In the last year of Northern Qi, the administrative division was adjusted again, and The county of Hengshi and Pinggao County were merged to form Gaoping County and incorporated into Gaodu County. Book XXX of the Book of Sui: "Gao Ping (高平) Was the old name ping gao, and the end of Qi was changed to Yan, and the Xuan (泫) clan was incorporated into Yan. "At this time, the county government will not be in The City of The Huishi, nor will it be in a certain place in Lingchuan County, and it should be relocated, which is the current Gaoping City." This is consistent with what is recorded in the Tang Dynasty's "Records of Yuanhe Counties and Counties". Volume 19 of the Records of Yuanhe County records that "Emperor Wenxuan of Gaoqi moved from Changping Gaocheng (present-day Lingchuan Pingcheng) to Gaoping County. After Northern Zhou destroyed Northern Qi, Emperor Jiande of Zhou abolished Gaodu Commandery in the third year (574) and established Gaoping Commandery (高平郡), with the county site in Gaodu County (now Gaodu Town), under the jurisdiction of Gaodu and Gaoping, Gaoping became a county of Gaoping County, and from then on, the site and name of Gaoping County remained basically unchanged.
You may ask, was not the county seat of Gaoping built in the sixth year of Song Kaibao (973)? Yes, but that refers to the construction of earthen walls around the city, just like the brick city wall built in the Ming Dynasty, and the current Gaoping City has existed for a long time before the Song Dynasty. As for whether there was a city wall before the Song Dynasty, due to the lack of historical records, I dare not make a judgment, but the evidence that the present site of Gaoping City existed before the Song Dynasty abounds, needless to say.
Now let's go back to "Where was the earliest Gaoping County?" Or"Where was the seat of Gaoping County during the Northern Wei Dynasty?" "On this topic. Zezhou Fuzhi said that the earliest "Gaoping City" was in Lingchuan, so where would there be a "city" in Lingchuan? Of course, it will not be in the present-day Lingchuan County, which began in the sixteenth year of the Sui Kai Emperor. In addition to the county seat, there are two villages with "cheng" (excluding Fucheng, which is named after the original name of Fucheng as a vassal and belonging to Gaicheng): one is Gaicheng and the other is Pingcheng. Gaicheng was established by Tang Wude in the first year of the present-day Gaomian Mountains, under the jurisdiction of Danchuan, Gaicheng, Lingchuan, Gaoping four counties, of which Gaicheng County is located in the present-day Lingchuan County Gaicheng Village, its east side still exists "Chengdong Village", although this place has been reduced to a village, no longer the county seat, but still retains the identity of "city". Obviously, from the perspective of time, the earliest Gaoping City site will not be built at all, then, we have to consider "Pingcheng". Pingcheng is a famous town with a long history, one of the four famous towns in Lingchuan, its name can interpret its identity, it must have had a glorious past, otherwise, the name of a village and town at the top of the Taihang will not take "city". Pingcheng is likely to be "Gaoping Castle", or "Pinggaocheng". In Lingchuan, Pingcheng is a rare feng shui treasure land as a county seat, surrounded by mountains, stacked hills, located in the heart of "Wanfeng Ring Column, Suddenly in the Middle", typical "high and flat terrain", and there are thousand-year-old roads leading to Luzhou and Yuzhou.
Lingchuan belonged to the Hui clan very early, and in the sixteenth year of the Sui Kai Emperor, only half of it was separated from Gaoping County to establish Lingchuan County, and the county site was selected next to the Chong'an Temple, which had the saying that "there was Chong'an first, and then there was Lingchuan". It is not difficult to see that Gaoping and Lingchuan have undergone a legendary evolution in history of "the two counties of the Hui clan (including most of the present-day Lingchuan) - the Two counties of the Hui clan (most of present-day Gaoping) and Gaoping (most of present-day Lingchuan) - Gaoping (泫氏 merged into Gaoping) - Gaoping and Lingchuan were separated".
Not only the villages with the character "Cheng" in Lingchuan have an extraordinary background, but also in other places, such as Xicheng Village near Qinshui Zhengzhuang, which is the ancient city of Guduan County; Zecheng Village, 12 kilometers west of Yangcheng County, is the former city of Qin Zhize County. Although these "cities" have been reduced to "villages", we should remember their historical status.
In summary, I think that the earliest "Gaoping County" should be Pingcheng in Lingchuan County, because the "Gaoping (Pinggao)" county in the second year of Northern Wei Yong'an (529) to the end of Northern Qi (577) existed for only 48 years, so the zhishu mostly ignored it.