改潭州總管府為長(zhǎng)沙郡,隋朝開(kāi)皇九年撤衡陽(yáng)郡,升為湘鄉(xiāng)州,析衡山縣復(fù)置湘鄉(xiāng)縣,原湘鄉(xiāng)侯領(lǐng)地改為湘鄉(xiāng)縣,湘鄉(xiāng)州降為湘鄉(xiāng)縣。封他作湘鄉(xiāng)侯,秦朝屬長(zhǎng)沙郡湘南縣,屬潭州總管府,自此始有湘鄉(xiāng)之名,在古時(shí)候湘鄉(xiāng)是個(gè)什么地方,后于哀帝建平四年,