fān​zhèn

frontier commandery

Senses

藩镇/ 藩鎮 fān​zhèn (also fán​zhèn) frontier commandery

Tang dynasty system of provincial administration led by a military governor (节度使 jié​dù​shǐ), specifically referring to independent regional power centers that resisted central control; literally 'fence town'

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