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Abstract From the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the Sixteen Kingdoms Period and early Northern Dynasties, with the northern minorities’ active or passive migration, the administrative regions under the prefecture and county system gradually retreated from the northern border and was replaced by special administrative regions under the tribal and military controlled system, which were the regime of Lingminqiuzhang, local Hujun, garrison towns and the local Xingtai. During the late Northern Dynasties (since Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei), with the deepening of national integration and the acceleration of unification, special administrative regions withdrew generally and the prefecture and county system regressed universally. It was the trend of the evolution of administrative regions during the Sixteen Kingdoms Period and Northern Dynasties.
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Received: 25 September 2017
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