Abstract: This article carefully combs through the administrative process of the dissolution of four counties，Qingyuan，Pingshun，Mayi，and Leping in the Qing dynasty． The evidence suggests that a variety of objective geographic factors and subjective policy decision must be understood and considered． The different attitudes of rural residents and villagers can be attributed to their respective individual interest rather than cultural and regional factors． The specific
policies in the four dissolved counties enhanced the regional differences，and led to the restoration of the four counties in early Republican period． It is necessary for the historical research of the evolution of jurisdictions to go beyond the official accounts and to return to the administrative operation and search for the voice of the grassroots inhabitants．