Yǒngníng

Yongning lies in the Luo River valley among the mountains of western Henan. A county seat here from the twelfth century, it remained under Henan Prefecture throughout the Yuan, Ming and Qing. The county's school and Confucian temple were repaired under the Ming and restored again in the Kangxi reign by the magistrate Tong Fuwei. His work also extended to the walls and government buildings; the county gazetteer credits him with encouraging merchants to rebuild on vacant urban plots.