Editing Yixing (section)

==History==
[[File:Teapot (Qianlong Reign Period).JPG|thumb|A teapot dating to the reign of the [[Qianlong Emperor]], made from the city's famous [[Yixing ware]]]]
During the [[Xia dynasty]] and [[Shang dynasty]], the area fell under the jurisdiction of [[Yangzhou]] and was known as Jingxi ({{Lang-zh|labels=no|c=|p=Jīngxī|s=荆溪|t=荊溪}}).<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2021-08-25|title=|script-title=zh:建置沿革|trans-title=Organizational History|url=http://www.yixing.gov.cn/doc/2021/08/25/952088.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030212948/http://www.yixing.gov.cn/doc/2021/08/25/952088.shtml|archive-date=2021-10-30|access-date=2021-10-30|website=www.yixing.gov.cn|publisher=Yixing Municipal People's Government|language=zh}}</ref> The area was subsequently known as Jingyi ({{Lang-zh|labels=no|c=|p=Jīngyì|s=荆邑|t=荊邑}}) during the [[Zhou dynasty]].<ref name=":3" />

The area was first organized as a [[Counties of China|county]] in 221 BCE, during the [[Qin dynasty]], under the name of Yangxian County ({{Lang-zh|labels=no|s=阳羡县|t=陽羨縣|p=Yángxiàn Xiàn}}).<ref name=":3" /> Between 303 and 310 CE, local general [[Zhou Qi (Jin dynasty)|Zhou Qi]], a son of General [[Zhou Chu]], suppressed three rebellions.<ref name=":3" /> Yangxian County was then renamed Yixing Commandery ({{Lang-zh|labels=no|s=义兴郡|t=義興郡|p=Yìxìng Jùn}}), in honor of Zhou Qi.<ref name=":3" /> Yixing Commandery remained under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou.<ref name=":3" /> In 589 CE, under the [[Sui dynasty]], Yixing was re-designated from a [[Commandery (China)|commandery]] back to a county, and was placed under the jurisdiction of [[Changzhou]].<ref name=":3" />

In 976 CE, Yixing County ({{Lang-zh|labels=no|s=义兴县|t=義興縣|p=Yìxìng Xiàn}}) was renamed to the similar sounding Yixing County ({{Lang-zh|labels=no|s=宜兴县|t=宜興縣|p=Yíxìng Xiàn}}), because of the [[naming taboo]] of [[Emperor Taizong of Song]], who went by the personal name of Zhao Guangyi.<ref name=":3" /> The renaming perhaps to be the allusion of a sentence in ''[[Doctrine of the Mean]]'': "Righteousness is the accordance of actions ({{lang|zh-hant|義者宜也}})".{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} During this time, Yixing County remained under the jurisdiction of Changzhou.<ref name=":3" />

In 1725, under the [[Qing dynasty]], the area was split into two counties: Yixing County ({{Lang-zh|labels=no|s=宜兴县|t=宜興縣|p=Yíxìng Xiàn}}), and Jingxi County ({{Lang-zh|labels=no|s=荆溪县|t=荊溪縣|p=Jīngxī Xiàn}}).<ref name=":3" />

In 1912, the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republican government]] abolished Jingxi County and merged it back into Yixing County.<ref name=":3" />

=== People's Republic of China ===
From June 1949 to January 1953, Yixing belonged to {{Interlanguage link|Changzhou Prefecture|zh|常州专区}}.<ref name=":3" /> From January 1953 to February 1956, Yixing belonged to {{Interlanguage link|Suzhou Prefecture (1949-1983)|lt=Suzhou Prefecture|zh|苏州专区}}.<ref name=":3" /> Following this, Yixing fell under the jurisdiction of {{Interlanguage link|Zhenjiang Prefecture|zh|镇江专区}} until March 1983.<ref name=":3" /> Beginning in March 1983, Yixing County was placed under the jurisdiction of the [[prefecture-level city]] of [[Wuxi]], which it remains part of today.<ref name=":3" /> In January 1988, Yixing County was abolished, and Yixing was reorganized as a [[county-level city]], which it remains today.<ref name=":3" />