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Published entries 　72 Periods 　7

Prehistory

Before the county 4 entries
  1. c. 9200 BCE The Huifeng Mountain Hominid Fossil Site A cave site attested only by a human temporal bone and animal fossils ArchaeologyEarly humansCave sites
  2. c. 9200 BCE The Fauna and Dating of the Shenxian Cave Site An early Holocene fauna, dated to about 11,000 years ago ArchaeologyEarly humansCave sites
  3. c. 9200 BCE The Discovery of the Shenxian Cave Site on Huifeng Mountain A human temporal bone found in 1977, in deposits dated to about 11,000 years ago ArchaeologyEarly humansCave sites
  4. c. 3000 BCE The Neolithic Remains at the Shishan Site A district-protected site whose list entry gives only period and level ArchaeologyAncient sitesthe Neolithic

Pre-Qin and Six Dynasties

Before the county 8 entries
  1. c. 1000 BCE Rescue Excavation of Mound Tombs in Lishui Eight teams along an expressway route in 2005, and the usual finds ArchaeologyTombAncient sites
  2. 538 BCE Chu Destroys Lai, 538 BCE Chu attacks Wu and destroys Lai, that is the Laishui; Wu moves its settlement to Lingping Military affairsPre-Qin
  3. 529 BCE Chu Takes Lingping, 529 BCE Chu sends Su Nai against Wu, takes Lingping and renames it Pingling Military affairsPre-Qin
  4. 506 BCE Wu Yuan Burns Gucheng, 506 BCE Wu sends Wu Yuan against Chu; the stronghold of Gucheng is burned and the land returns to Wu Military affairsPre-Qin
  5. 221 BCE Liyang County Established, 221 BCE Qin renames Jinling as Moling and establishes Liyang County under Zhang Commandery Administrative historyQin and HanFounding of the county
  6. 210 BCE The First Emperor Cuts the Ground and Opens the Qinhuai, 210 BCE The gazetteer says the emperor, on an eastern tour, had the ground cut because of the royal aura at Jinling, and later ages named the water the Qinhuai River Water conservancyQin and Han
  7. 329 Wang Yunzhi Takes Su Yi at Liyang, 329 CE The general Wang Yunzhi captures Su Yi in Liyang, and the gazetteer notes that taxes were remitted after long fighting Military affairsSix Dynasties
  8. 589Sui Danyang Commandery Abolished and Jiangzhou Established, 589 CE The commandery is replaced by Jiangzhou, and Liyang is placed under it Administrative historySui

Sui and Tang

591–959 6 entries
  1. 591Sui Lishui County Established, 591 CE Carved out of Liyang and the former Danyang lands, under Jiangzhou Administrative historySuiFounding of the county
  2. 598Sui Lishui County Absorbs Liyang, 598 CE Liyang County is abolished and its territory merged into Lishui Administrative historyAdministrative divisionSui
  3. 608Sui Jiangzhou Replaced by Danyang Commandery, 608 CE Jiangzhou becomes Danyang Commandery, and Lishui is placed under it Administrative historySui
  4. 620Tang Yangzhou Established and Liyang County Restored, 620 CE Lishui and Jiangning are made into Yangzhou, eastern Lishui is separated off as Liyang, and Fu Gongshi encamps at Lishui Administrative historyAdministrative divisionTang dynasty
  5. 626Tang Lishui Transferred to Xuanzhou, 626 CE Yangzhou moves its seat to Jiangdu and Lishui passes to Xuanzhou, that is the present Ningguo Prefecture Administrative historyTang dynasty
  6. 891Tang Sun Ru Encamps at Lishui, 891 CE Sun Ru encamps at Lishui while attacking Xuanzhou, and Yang Xingmi sends Li Fu to break him in a night raid Military affairsTang dynasty

Song and Yuan

960–1367 12 entries
  1. 975Song Cao Bin's Officer Defeats the Jiangnan Army at Lishui, 975 CE Tian Qinzuo won an action in Lishui in the first month; Li Yu surrendered within the year Military affairsthe Song dynasty
  2. 1018Song Shengzhou Renamed Jiangning Prefecture, 1018 CE Lishui passed under the new prefecture Administrative historythe Song dynasty
  3. 1023Song Cinnabar Mining at Lishui Abolished, 1023 CE The levy ended in the sixth month on the advice of Wang Qinruo Taxation and corvéethe Song dynasty
  4. 1125Song A Plea to Turn Three Lakes into Polders, 1125 CE Lu Xiang asked to convert the Shijiu, Gucheng and Danyang lakes into polder fields PoldersWater conservancythe Song dynasty
  5. 1129Song Jin Forces Take Lishui, 1129 CE The county defender Pan Zhen died; that year Jiangning Prefecture became Jiankang Prefecture Military affairsthe Song dynasty
  6. 1153Song Yongfeng Polder Granted to Qin Hui, 1153 CE The gazetteer's own note on why the entry was included although prefectural records do not name Lishui Poldersthe Song dynasty
  7. 1165Song Yongfeng Polder Granted to the Dutongsi, 1165 CE The grant was made in the eighth month, on the same ground as the entry for 1153 Poldersthe Song dynasty
  8. 1261Song Collection of Lishui's Grain Tax Suspended, 1261 CE The suspension was ordered in the sixth month; a first one had been recorded in 1260 Taxation and corvéethe Song dynasty
  9. 1275Yuan Yuan Forces Take Jiankang and Lishui Surrenders, 1275 CE Alahan advanced through Dongba; the Tongguan commanders Bei Bao and Hu Yanqi died attacking Lishui Military affairsYuan dynasty
  10. 1281Yuan Gold-Washing Administration Set Up at Jiankang, 1281 CE Five thousand Lishui households were made gold-washing households; the levy was abolished in 1287 Taxation and corvéeYuan dynasty
  11. 1295Yuan Lishui Raised from County to Zhou, 1295 CE Lishui Zhou ranked as a middle zhou, with a darughachi above the prefect Administrative historyCounty systemYuan dynasty
  12. 1329Yuan Jiankang Circuit Renamed Jiqing Circuit, 1329 CE Lishui passed under the renamed circuit Administrative historyYuan dynasty

Ming and Qing

1368–1911 30 entries
  1. 1369Ming Lishui Zhou Reduced to a County in 1369 The Yuan-era prefecture becomes a county again, and a county school is ordered Administrative historyCounty systemMing dynasty
  2. 1385Ming The Tax and Corvée Registers of 1385 Households graded into three classes, corvée verified against the registers Taxation and corvéeMing dynasty
  3. 1390Ming A Reserve Granary Established in 1390 Granaries set up against famine, and grain bought in with paper money GranariesMing dynasty
  4. 1393Ming The Yanzhi River Cut Through the Hills in the Ming A canal for grain transport, with a rock left standing as a bridge Water conservancygrain transportMing dynasty
  5. c. 1393Ming Dating the Yanzhi River and Its Method of Excavation Two start years, two durations, and one tradition Textual criticismMing dynastyWater conservancy
  6. c. 1400 The Remains and Working Methods of the Qiuhu Mountain Quarry A municipally protected site recorded as Ming ArchaeologyQuarriesMing dynasty
  7. 1403Ming Sluices and a Dam Set Up at Guangtong in 1403 Works at Guangtong, Yanzhi Hill and the mouth of Gucheng Lake, with an officer to manage them Water conservancyMing dynasty
  8. 1425Ming Qi Tai's Kin Pardoned in 1425 The family of a minister who died in the Jingnan Campaign recovers its confiscated property Military affairsMing dynasty
  9. 1491Ming Gaochun County Detached from Lishui in 1491 The southwestern part of Lishui becomes a separate county, and the two are administered apart Administrative divisionMing dynasty
  10. 1508Ming Zhang Zheng Donates Grain in the Famine of 1508 A Lishui resident gives a thousand shi of grain after drought and dearth Natural anomaliesFamineMing dynasty
  11. 1512Ming Guangtong Dam Built in 1512 Raised three zhang, two sluices sealed and their opening forbidden Water conservancyPoldersMing dynasty
  12. 1523Ming The Great Drought and Famine of 1523 People flee north and south, and a vice minister is sent to relieve the county Natural anomaliesFamineMing dynasty
  13. 1524Ming An Epidemic in Lishui in 1524 A great sickness through spring and summer, with the dead lying along the roads Natural anomaliesEpidemicsMing dynasty
  14. 1525Ming The Biaozhong Shrine to Qi Tai, 1525 The magistrate Wang Congshan asks that Qi Tai be sacrificed to in Lishui Education and cultureMing dynasty
  15. 1541Ming Endowment Fields for Zhongshan Academy in 1541 The magistrate Xie Ting endows the academy with land in the twentieth year of the Jiajing era AcademyEducation and cultureMing dynasty
  16. 1558Ming Zeng Zhen Builds the Stone Wall of Lishui, 1558 A stone wall for the county town three years after pirates nearly took it City defencesMing dynasty
  17. 1571Ming Liu Yinglei Measures the Fields and Removes the Flying Grain, 1571 A clear survey of the fields and the removal of more than four thousand shi of shifted tax Taxation and corvéeMing dynasty
  18. 1574Ming Fu Yingzhen Sets Up the Community Compact, 1574 Disputes to be judged first by the compact, and a year without litigation Education and cultureMing dynasty
  19. 1588Ming Famine and the Building of Fengxian Polder, 1588 A famine in which people ate one another; polder banks built with treasury silver PoldersFamineMing dynasty
  20. 1595Ming A Flood Breaches the Polders, 1595 In the sixth month a jiao flood broke the polders; Fengxian Polder alone survived Natural anomaliesWater conservancyMing dynasty
  21. 1606Ming A Pagoda Built to Quell an Omen, 1606 A red light over the county's north-west; the magistrate Xu Liangyan raised the Yongshou Temple Pagoda there PagodaEducation and cultureMing dynasty
  22. 1611Ming An Earthquake in 1611 Recorded on the sixteenth day of the tenth month; the gazetteer has only one line EarthquakesNatural anomaliesMing dynasty
  23. 1622Ming Lishui's Grain Tax Commuted to Silver in Perpetuity, 1622 The prefect of Yingtian and the county magistrate petitioned; the commutation was granted Taxation and corvéegrain transportMing dynasty
  24. 1628Ming Polder Banks Built below Shizi Mountain, 1628 The magistrate Zeng Jiuyi petitioned for the work; more than three thousand zhang of bank Water conservancyPoldersMing dynasty
  25. 1640Ming The Great Famine of 1640 No seed grain left; an earthquake on the twelfth night of the tenth month; arrears remitted FamineNatural anomaliesMing dynasty
  26. 1645Qing Lishui Surrenders Intact as the Qing Cross the Yangtze, 1645 The magistrate fled and the dianshi led the surrender; in the twelfth month rebels burned the county hall Military affairsthe Qing dynasty
  27. 1654Qing The County Hall Rebuilt, 1654 Since the burning of 1645 the magistrate had sat among rubble under reed matting County systemthe Qing dynasty
  28. 1655Qing Compiling the Record of Equalised Corvée, 1655 The magistrate Min Pailu re-examined the wards and apportioned corvée, printing the register for the whole county Taxation and corvéethe Qing dynasty
  29. 1658Qing Grain Tax Commuted by Imperial Order, 1658 Commutation ordered in the third month, following a petition by gentry and commoners in 1655 Taxation and corvéegrain transportthe Qing dynasty
  30. c. 1662Qing Selections from the Kangxi Lishui County Gazetteer, Volume One (Annals) Five events in the history of Lishui from an annalistic gazetteer Old gazetteersDocumentsSelections

Republican Period

1912–1949 7 entries
  1. 1937Republic of China Monument to the Victims of the Japanese Bombing of Lishui Commemorating the civilians killed when Japanese aircraft bombed the county town on 29 November 1937 Memorial siteWar of ResistanceModern
  2. 1938Republic of China The New Fourth Army Enters Lishui Advancing from southern Anhui into southern Jiangsu in May 1938, after which Lixiang served in turn as a regimental headquarters War of ResistanceNew Fourth ArmyModern
  3. 1938Republic of China Lixiang Revolutionary Site Headquarters of the Party, government and military in southern Jiangsu during the War of Resistance Memorial siteWar of ResistanceNew Fourth Army
  4. 1941Republic of China Southern Jiangsu Party, Government and Military Organs Move to Lixiang After the Tangma Battle of November 1941 the region's leading organs moved to Lixiang and its neighbourhood War of ResistanceNew Fourth ArmyModern
  5. 1943Republic of China The Southern Jiangsu Counter-Diehard Campaign The New Fourth Army's counter-attack of April 1943, of which the Huifeng Mountain–Beijingxiang action was the engagement fought in Lishui War of ResistanceMilitary affairsModern
  6. 1943Republic of China Huifeng Mountain Counter-Diehard Campaign Site The battlefield of the Huifeng Mountain–Beijingxiang action of April 1943, in the fifth municipal batch Memorial siteRepublic of ChinaWar of Resistance
  7. 1949Republic of China The Liberation of Lishui and the Introduction of the District System After the Yangtze crossing of April 1949 Lishui was organised as a district under the Zhenjiang Prefecture of the Southern Jiangsu Administrative Office ModernAdministrative division

Contemporary

since 1950 5 entries
  1. 1959Contemporary Zhongshan Martyrs' Cemetery A cemetery for revolutionary martyrs, built at Fengxiangling in Jingqiao in October 1959 Memorial siteContemporaryModern
  2. 2013Contemporary The Nanjing–Hangzhou High-Speed Railway Opens Opened throughout on 1 July 2013, with Lishui station in Dongping Subdistrict TransportContemporaryModern
  3. 2013Contemporary Lishui County Abolished, Lishui District Established State Council approval in 2013 created Lishui District of Nanjing, ending 1,422 years of county government Administrative divisionContemporaryCounty to district
  4. 2018Contemporary Three Towns Converted into Subdistricts On 15 May 2018 the provincial government approved the abolition of Dongping, Honglan and Shiqiu towns and the creation of matching subdistricts Administrative divisionContemporaryModern
  5. 2020Contemporary The Qinhuai River Waterway Regulation Project Passes Completion Inspection On 29 December 2020 the Honglan lock and six bridges on the Shijiu Lake–Pengfu section passed inspection TransportWater conservancyContemporary

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