Dōngxiāng

Dongxiang lies in eastern Jiangxi, where the hills give way toward the Poyang Lake plain. The Ming established the county in 1512, making Xiaogang in Linchuan its seat and adding lands from the neighbouring counties of Jinxi, Jinxian, Yugan and Anren. It belonged to Fuzhou Prefecture, an arrangement retained under the Qing. Among the district's literary figures was Ai Nanying, an essayist of the late Ming, whose career reflected the county's established tradition of scholarship.