Fēnníng

Fēnníng lies in the upper basin of the Xiū River, among the Mùfǔ and Jiǔlǐng mountains, where Jiāngxī meets Húnán and Húběi. The Yuán made Fēnníng the seat of Níng Department; the early Míng reduced it to a county, and in 1503 it became Níngzhōu again under Nánchāng Prefecture. In 1576 Lǐ Dàluán rose against the Míng and was crushed by the general Dèng Zǐlóng. After the local forces helped put down the White Lotus rebels in 1798, the Qīng renamed Níngzhōu Yìníng Department in 1801.