Guiyi Circuit

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Guiyi Circuit was a regional military-governor regime centered in Dunhuang during the late Tang and Five Dynasties period, known for controlling key Silk Road routes in northwestern China.

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Guiyi Circuit canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf de facto independent polity
historical polity of China
regional military-governor regime
associatedWith Dunhuang manuscripts
Mogao Caves
borderedBy Tarim Basin polities
Tibetan Plateau
capital Dunhuang
linked to: Dunhuang City
controls Silk Road routes in the Hexi Corridor
trade routes between China and Central Asia
country China
dynastyHouse Cao family of Dunhuang
Zhang family of Dunhuang
economyBasedOn Silk Road trade
linked to: Silk Road routes

oasis agriculture
endTime c. 1036
firstRuler Zhang Yichao
followedBy Western Xia rule in Dunhuang region
follows Tang dynasty control of Dunhuang
governingSystem military governorship (jiedushi)
hasEthnicGroup Han Chinese
Khotanese
linked to: Khotanese language

Sogdians
Tibetans
linked to: Tibetan people

Uighurs
linked to: Uyghurs
historicalRegion Dunhuang region
linked to: Dunhuang
knownFor multicultural Silk Road society
patronage of Buddhist art and manuscripts
languageUsed Chinese
Khotanese Saka
linked to: Saka of Khotan

Sogdian
Tibetan
locatedIn Dunhuang
linked to: Dunhuang City

Hexi Corridor
northwestern China
nominalAllegiance Later Liang
Later Tang
Song dynasty
Tang dynasty
notableRuler Cao Yijin
Zhang Yichao
partOf Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
late Tang period
significance key hub linking Chinese, Central Asian, and Indian cultural spheres
startTime c. 848
usesReligion Buddhism
usesScript Chinese
Khotanese
linked to: Khotanese language

Tibetan

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Western Xia predecessor Guiyi Circuit
Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom neighbor Guiyi Circuit
Xi Xia predecessor Guiyi Circuit