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The commandery was part of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. In 274 AD, a new Guilin Commandery was established on the northern half of Yulin. Jin dynasty unified China in 280. At the time, the commandery administered 9 counties, and recorded a population of 6,000 households. By the year 464, the number of counties had been increased to 17, and the total population, according to the "Book of Song", was 1,121 households (5,727 individuals). The commandery was abolished when the Sui dynasty conquered the Chen dynasty.