Ranks of Prefectures and Political Geography Patterns in the Southern Qi Dynasty
The principle of Guanban hierarchy(官班制)could reveal the officials'title and the adminis-trative area rank in the Southern Liang Dynasty(萧梁).And this regime was carried on as before and formed a stable and detailed hierarchy among prefectures in the Southern Qi Dynasty(萧齐).Research on the prefectures'rank and geographical distribution,it concludes that the prefectures'rank in the Southern Qi was closely related to the registered permanent residence and it was affected by political factors,economic factors and others.Besides,it can be seen that the political geography pattern during the Southern Qi Dynas-ty presented circle type,but there was little adjustment in the political geography pattern as well.
The Southern Qi DynastyPolitical geography patternsGuanban hierarchy