Shuǐluò

Shuiluo lies in the valleys southwest of the Liupan Mountains, on an old route between Qinzhou and Weizhou. Its fertile river country was important to successive frontier governments. During the Song conflict with Western Xia, the rebuilding of Shuiluo's defences became the subject of a fierce dispute among officials. Fan Zhongyan argued that a fortified town would protect the route toward Qinzhou; others feared the expense and dispersal of troops. Work began in the 1040s despite the controversy. Under the Jin, Shuiluo was made a county, later absorbed into a neighbouring district under the Yuan.