Guīxìn

Guixin was the county administered from Xiongzhou, in the northern Hebei plain. Its name had replaced Guiyi in 976, and it continued as the prefectural seat under the Jin and Yuan. The county's separate administration survived into the opening years of the Ming. In 1369, an imperial order abolished Guixin and incorporated it directly into Xiongzhou, removing the distinction between the prefecture and its attached county. Xiongzhou itself was reduced to Xiong County in 1374 and belonged to Baoding Prefecture. The older name consequently disappeared from the administrative hierarchy while the local seat continued under a new status.