 Under Wang Mang's short-lived Xin Dynasty, its name was changed to Jiping and it was given the status of a commune, rather than a county seat.In Kaihuang3 (583), the Sui emperor Yang Jian (posthumously known as the "Wen" or "Literary Emperor") abolished Jiyin and organized Yuanqu as part of Cao Prefecture.In the 860s and early 870s, the area suffered droughts but its people met with indifference or malice from Tang officials.