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Qingyuan

慶元

Term · calendar

Chinese era name (慶元) of the Southern Song for the years 1195–1200: 1195 is Qingyuan 1 (元年) and Qingyuan 6 is 1200. Qingyuan (慶元) is a Chinese era name (nianhao) of the Southern Song, proclaimed in 1195 under Emperor Ningzong (寧宗). Its years are counted in lunar years: 1195 is Qingyuan 1 (元年), 1200 its last year, Qingyuan 6. A Chinese source dates a year within it as “Qingyuan 2” (慶元二年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Shaoxi. After: Jiatai.