Yanmen Commandery was an administrative subdivision (jùn) of the state of Zhao established c. 300 BC and of northern imperial Chinese dynasties until...

from other nomads from the Eurasian steppelands. Although Zhao's Yanmen Commandery was named after the pass, whose premodern importance for accessing...

Yong's ancestors around 476 BC. He created Dai Commandery along with its companion commanderies of Yanmen and Yunzhong to consolidate his conquests from...

present-day Shangguan. It was also known as Yanmen (after the nearby pass) once the seat of Yanmen Commandery was moved to Guangwu from Yinguan (near present-day...

Yanmen is a mountain pass which includes three fortified gatehouses along the Great Wall of China. Yanmen may also refer to: Yanmen Commandery, a former...

Shuofang (Chinese: 朔方) was an ancient Chinese commandery, situated in the Hetao region in modern-day Inner Mongolia near Baotou. First founded by Emperor...

defeated the Xiongnu north of Yanmen Commandery. In the spring of 127 BC, the Xiongnu raided Liaoxi and Yanmen Commandery. Han Anguo tried to stop them...

were transferred to Yunzhong Commandery, while Shanwu (善無) and Zhongling (中陵) counties were added from Yanmen Commandery. In 140 AD, Dingxiang had 5 counties:...

ambushed by Eastern Turkic (Dongtujue) forces under Shibi Khan at Yanmen Commandery (present-day Daixian in Shanxi), a general call was made for men to...

Yanmen. During periods when the prefecture was demoted to county status, its seat was also known as Daixian. Daizhou was named after Dai Commandery,...

and west. Shanwu, south of present-day Youyuxian, was the seat of Yanmen Commandery during the Qin and Western Han. The post moved to Yinguan southeast...

and its territory was previously organized as the Mayi County of Yanmen Commandery. Yinguan, in present-day Shuocheng District's Xiaguancheng Village...

rebel against Sui. In the fall of 615, when Emperor Yang was visiting Yanmen Commandery on the northern frontier, the khagan launched a surprise attack on...

Jiyin Commandery (Chinese: 濟陰郡) was a commandery in historical China from Han dynasty to Tang dynasty, located in what is now southwestern Shandong province...

needed] In 265 BC, Li Mu was stationed in Yanmen Commandery and ordered to defend northwestern commanderies of Yanshan (雁山) and Daijun (代郡) from raids...

Shangdang Commandery or Shangdang Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 上党郡; traditional Chinese: 上黨郡; pinyin: Shăngdăng Jùn, also named Shangtang) was an administrative...

Huxi (史蜀胡悉) under false pretenses, launched a surprise attack on Yanmen Commandery. In accordance with Turkish customs, Princess Yicheng had married...

and Li Xi led a force of 40,000 and defeated the Xiongnu north of Yanmen Commandery. In 127 BC the Chinese army attacked and expelled the Xiongnu tribes...

eventually became a county magistrate in the Yanmen Commandery, a divisional commandant in the Shu Commandery, the Wu and Ji colonel in the Western Regions...

Shanyang Commandery (Chinese: 山陽郡) was a historical commandery in China, located in present-day southern Shandong province. In the early Han dynasty,...

The Lelang Commandery was a commandery of the Han dynasty established after it had conquered Wiman Joseon in 108 BC and lasted until Goguryeo conquered...

Wuyuan Commandery (Chinese: 五原郡) was a historical commandery of China, located in the eastern Hetao region. The commandery sat near the modern city of...

Nanhai Commandery (Chinese: 南海郡) was an ancient Chinese commandery that existed from Qin dynasty to Tang dynasty. At the greatest extent, Nanhai's territories...

Commandery (常山郡), or Hengshan Commandery (恒山郡), was a historical commandery of China, located in present-day southern Hebei province. The commandery was...

Runan Commandery (Chinese: 汝南郡) was a Chinese commandery from Han dynasty to Tang dynasty, located in modern Henan and Anhui provinces. The name referred...

transition between the Sui and Tang. Shibi Khan's surprise attack against Yanmen Commandery during an imperial tour of the northern frontier almost captured Emperor...

Emperor Yang, Empress Xiao, and much of the Sui court was touring Yanmen Commandery on the northern frontier when it received word from the Chinese princess...

attempts to weaken his government. The Turks quickly overran most of Yanmen Commandery, but the khan's Chinese wife—an imperial relative who had been married...

regular commandery, and it governor was known as "grand administrator" (太守). In 583, the commandery was abolished. In 607, however, the commandery system...

Maximus Gurges is killed. The State of Zhao stations general Li Mu in Yanmen Commandery, where he proceeds to win multiple victories over the Xiongnu. The...