Rénshòu

Renshou lies among the hills of central Sichuan. Once known as Puning, it acquired its present name in 598 under the Sui and served as the seat of Lingzhou. The district's old gazetteer traces a changing succession of counties and prefectures in the surrounding country. In 1373, early in the Ming dynasty, Jingyan County was re-established from territory separated from Renshou; in 1727 Renshou was transferred from Chengdu's jurisdiction to Zizhou. The names and boundaries preserved in the gazetteer record a long history of changing administration in this cultivated part of the basin.