[1][2] After the collapse of Qin, the commandery became part of the Nanyue kingdom.
In 112 BC, Nanyue was annexed by the Han dynasty, and the commandery was renamed to "Yulin".
In 274 AD, a new Guilin Commandery was established on the northern half of Yulin.
At the time, the commandery administered 9 counties, and recorded a population of 6,000 households.
[5] 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).