{
  "system" : "China Historical GIS, Harvard University and Fudan University",
  "license" : "CC BY-NC 4.0",
  "uri" : "http://tgaz.fudan.edu.cn/tgaz/placename/hvd_32381",
  "sys_id" : "hvd_32381",
  "sys_id of alternate" : "",
  "spellings" : [
    {
      "written form" : "常州",
      "script" : "traditional Chinese",
      "exonym language" : "",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    },
    {
      "written form" : "常州",
      "script" : "simplified Chinese",
      "exonym language" : "",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    },
    {
      "written form" : "Chang Zhou",
      "transcribed in" : "Pinyin",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    }
  ],
  "feature_type" : {
    "name" : "州",
    "alternate name" : "州",
    "transcription" : "zhou",
    "English" : "prefecture"
  },
  "temporal" : {
    "begin" : "620",
    "begin rule" : "4",
    "end" : "741",
    "end rule" : "4"
  },
  "spatial" : {
    "object_type" : "POINT",
    "xy_type" : "point",
    "latitude" : "31.78278",
    "longitude" : "119.95230",
    "source" : "FROM_AC",
    "present_location" : [
      {
        "country code" : "cn",
        "text" : "今江苏常州市区",
        "source" : "Fudan",
        "attestation" : ""
      }
    ]
  },
  "historical_context" : {
    "part of" : [
      {
        "begin year" : "620",
        "end year" : "741",
        "parent id" : "hvd_113618",
        "name" : "唐",
        "transcribed" : "Tang"
      }
    ],
    "subordinate units" : [
      {
        "begin_year" : "620",
        "end_year" : "623",
        "child id" : "hvd_40503",
        "name" : "义兴县",
        "transcribed" : "Yixing Xian"
      },
      {
        "begin_year" : "625",
        "end_year" : "741",
        "child id" : "hvd_40503",
        "name" : "义兴县",
        "transcribed" : "Yixing Xian"
      },
      {
        "begin_year" : "620",
        "end_year" : "741",
        "child id" : "hvd_40445",
        "name" : "无锡县",
        "transcribed" : "Wuxi Xian"
      },
      {
        "begin_year" : "620",
        "end_year" : "741",
        "child id" : "hvd_40452",
        "name" : "晋陵县",
        "transcribed" : "Jinling Xian"
      },
      {
        "begin_year" : "620",
        "end_year" : "633",
        "child id" : "hvd_40456",
        "name" : "武进县",
        "transcribed" : "Wujin Xian"
      },
      {
        "begin_year" : "666",
        "end_year" : "741",
        "child id" : "hvd_40457",
        "name" : "武进县",
        "transcribed" : "Wujin Xian"
      },
      {
        "begin_year" : "626",
        "end_year" : "741",
        "child id" : "hvd_40434",
        "name" : "江阴县",
        "transcribed" : "Jiangyin Xian"
      }
    ],
    "preceded by" : [
      {
        "preceded by id" : "hvd_32380",
        "name" : "毗陵郡",
        "transcribed" : "Piling Jun"
      }
    ]
  },
  "data source" : "CHGIS",
  "source note" : "<html><body>常州（620-741年）治所<br><br>唐武德三年（620），改毗陵郡置常州，治晋陵县⑴。领晋陵、义兴、无锡3县。七年（624），析义兴县置南兴州，境域缩小。八年（625），义兴县复属常州，常州辖境扩大。武德九年（626），江阴县来属，辖境再次扩大。天宝元年（742），改常州为晋陵郡⑵。此间常州辖境屡有变化，但治所不变。<br><br>⑴晋·刘昫：《旧唐书》卷40《地理三》：“常州上，隋毗陵郡。武德三年，杜伏威归化，置常州。”（北京，中华书局，1975年，1585页）<br>又：“晋陵……隋省郡，于常熟县置常州。武德中，移于今治。”（同上，1585页）<br>⑵晋·刘昫：《旧唐书》卷40《地理三》：“天宝元年，改为晋陵郡。”（北京，中华书局，1975年，1585页）<br>《太平寰宇记》卷92《江南东道四》：“天宝元年，改为晋陵郡。”（金陵书局刊本，18册，1页）</body></html>",
  "source uri" : ""
}