A New Discussion on the Guzhang County of Wu Kingdom
Modern scholars often speculate that Emperor Wu Jing once established the Guzhang County during the Yong'an period on the basis of Song Dynasty geographical records.But the relevant records in the Biography of Sun Quan in the Book of Wu of Records of Three Kingdoms(《三国志》)show that by the thirteenth year of Wu Emperor Chiwu,the Guzhang County had been established.Therefore,it can be inferred that Guzhang was abolished or ceased to exist no later than the first year of Baoding period,the final ruler of the Wu Dynasty.