Xiǎoxī

Xiaoxi was the old seat county of Suining on the Fu River. It had previously been known as Fangyi, the name under which it served as the seat of Suizhou in the Tang; the Song renamed it Xiaoxi. Under the Yuan the neighbouring counties of Suining and Qingshi were incorporated into Xiaoxi, and the prefecture was reduced to a Zhou. The Ming abolished the seat county itself in the early years of the dynasty, before reducing Suining Zhou to a county. The old county's name nevertheless remained in local histories.