“涪陵”地名由来考

A Discussion of the Origin of the Place Name Fuling

今重庆市涪陵区位于长江和乌江交汇之处,从古巴国开始该地就被称为"枳"。以"枳"为名当和该地盛产"枳"这种植物有关。今涪陵以"枳"为名一直延续至北周明帝武成三年,即公元560年之时,北周政权才废除了枳县,并将其归入巴县(今重庆市主城区)。其后北周武帝保定四年,即公元564年,北周在原"枳"地设立了涪陵镇。隋开皇十三年,即公元593,将汉平县(今重庆市武隆县白马镇)移于该镇,并依"涪陵"之名将汉平县改名为涪陵县,至此涪陵镇升格为涪陵县,后"涪陵"地名延续到现在。

Fuling District of Chongqing City is located where the Yangtze River and the Wujiang River meet. Be- fore the Ba State was founded, ＂Zhi＂ , the original name for Fuling, had been used as a name of the town, where trifoliate orange, for which the Chinese word is ＂Zhi＂ , was grown as a common plant in the area. The name Zhi was not abolished until in 560 A.D. of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Zhi County was put under the adminis- tration of Ba County, which is the central part of Chongqing City. In 564 A.D., the Northern Zhou Dynasty set up Fuling Town in where the Zhi County was. In 593 A.D., the Sui Dynasty moved Hanping Prefecture （today＇s Baima Town of Wulong County of Chongqing City） to Fuling Town and renamed Hanping County as Fuling County, which is continuously used till today.