The name of Guangdong and Guangxi began in the Song Dynasty, with Guangxin County as the dividing line. The east of Guangxin is called Guangdong; The west of Guangxin is called Guangxi.

In the Song Dynasty, Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road were established, but Cheng Guangdong and Guangxi were very simple.

The local administrative system in Song Dynasty was divided into three levels: state (government, army) and county. In 997 (three years from Song Taizong to Daoguang), Guangnan Road was divided into Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road, Guangzhou East Road and Guizhou West Road, and most of Guangdong was Guangnan East Road. "Guangdong" is the abbreviation of Guangnan East Road.

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In the sixth year of Ding Yuan, Guangxin established a county. At that time, it was only Pingnan Guangdong, which means "when Guangdong was first opened, trust was widely spread".

In the fifth year of Yuanfeng (before 106), Liang Wudi moved the Department of Cross-toe Secretariat to Guangxin County, Cangwu County, which governed 9 counties in Lingnan, and Guangxin became the "Lingnan Town" and the capital of Lingnan.

In 264 (the seventh year of Emperor Yongan's reign), Soochow divided four counties from Jiaozhou, namely Nanhai, Cangwu, Yulin and Gaoliang (now most of Guangdong and Guangxi), and established Guangzhou, named after Panyu. In 862 (the third year of Xian Tong), Lingnan Road was divided into east and west roads, and Guangdong belonged to Lingnan East Road, which was the name of Guangdong Province.

The local administrative system in Song Dynasty was divided into three levels: state (government, army) and county. In 997 (three years from Song Taizong to Daoguang), Guangnan Road was divided into Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road, Guangzhou East Road and Guizhou West Road, and most of Guangdong was Guangnan East Road. "Guangdong" is the abbreviation of Guangnan East Road.

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