The southwestern frontier of the Qin Dynasty
After Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, the county system was implemented nationwide, and Yunnan and other places were the southwestern frontiers of the empire and the "land of foreignization" that was difficult for Chinese civilization to influence.
The Western Han Dynasty Yizhou Washi was a county
After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty basically followed the system of the Qin Dynasty, implementing the parallel system of counties and states on the basis of the county system, and in the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, the administrative district of Zhou Mu (Thorn History Department) was added, and Zhaotong belonged to the Western Han Yizhou Thorn History Department as a county, and the place name was Zhu Ti.
Yizhou in the Eastern Han Dynasty was a vassal state
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhaotong belonged to yizhou and was a vassal state, with the place name Zhu Ti.
Juti County, Yizhou, Shu Han
During the Three Kingdoms period, the Yunnan region belonged to the Shu Han dynasty, which was weak and weak, and was a region that was often rebellious and highly "autonomous", and Zhaotong belonged to Zhuti County, Yizhou.
Juti County, Western Jin Dynasty
During the Western Jin Dynasty, the country achieved a brief unification, and Zhaotong belonged to Zhuti County, Yizhou.
South Juti County, South Chining Prefecture
After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, the country fell into a long period of division and war, and the administrative division was also greatly adjusted, and during the Southern Qi Dynasty, Zhaotong belonged to The Southern Zhuti County of Ningzhou.
The Governor of Nanning Prefecture in Sui
In order to learn the lessons of the warlord chaos since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the rulers of the Sui Dynasty re-implemented the administration of the county and county levels, but most of the southwest did not directly belong to the central government in the Sui Dynasty, and Zhaotong belonged to Gongzhou, the governor of Nanning Prefecture.
Tang Nanzhao Tuodong Jiedu
In the early Tang Dynasty, the southwest region basically belonged to the central government, and after the 8th century, the Nanzhao regime gradually arose, and Zhaotong belonged to the Tuodong Jiedu Wumeng Department.
Northern Song Dynasty Zizhou Road
During the Northern Song Dynasty, on the basis of the administrative division of Daozhou County in the Tang Dynasty, the administrative division of Luzhou (Fu) County was implemented, and Zhaotong belonged to the Wumeng Department of Zizhou Lushimen.
Southern Song Dynasty Zizhou Road
During the Southern Song Dynasty, the territory north of the Huai River in the Qinling Mountains was lost, and the administrative divisions of the southern territory remained basically unchanged, and Zhaotong belonged to the Zizhou Lu Wumeng Department.
Yuan Yunnan Usa Umeng Xuanwei Division
After the Yuan Dynasty unified the whole country, on the basis of the division of the two Song Dynasties, the Xingzhongshu provincial system was implemented, which created a precedent for future generations to create a provincial system. Zhaotong belongs to Yunnan Province, Usa Umeng Xuanwei Division, Umeng Road.
Umeng Province, Yunnan Province, Ming Dynasty
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, on the basis of inheriting the provincial system of the Yuan Dynasty, the provincial boundaries of the Yuan Dynasty were adjusted to a certain extent, and the borders of later provinces were basically laid. Zhaotong belongs to Sichuan Province, Umeng Province.
Zhaotong Province, Yunnan Province, Qing Dynasty
At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government carried out the "land reform and return to the stream" in the southwest region, and comprehensively strengthened the control of the southwest region, and Zhaotong belonged to Zhaotong Province in Yunnan Province.