Chiefdom of Yao'an (Chinese: 姚安土司; pinyin: Yáo'ān Tǔsī), ruled by the Gao clan, was a Bai autonomous Tusi chiefdom during Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty. The chiefdom located at the convergence of Yunnan and Sichuan.
Chiefdom of Yao'an 姚安土司 | |||||||||
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1147–1729 | |||||||||
Status | Chiefdom under the suzerainty of Dali Kingdom (1147–1253) Native Chiefdom of China (1253–1729) | ||||||||
Capital | Yao'an (present day Yao'an County of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture) | ||||||||
Common languages | Bai language | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
Chieftain | |||||||||
• 1147–? | Gao Mingqing (first) | ||||||||
• ?–1725 | Gao Houde (last) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1147 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1729 | ||||||||
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Today part of | China |
The Gao clan were descendants of Gao Shengtai, who was the emperor of Dali from 1094 to 1096.[1][2] The Gao clan ruled Yao'an for more than 700 years, surviving several dynastic changes in China, until its last ruler Gao Houde was arrested by Qing Chinese in 1725.[3] In 1729, Yao'an was fully annexed into the central bureaucratic system of the Qing dynasty.[4]
Below are Yao'an chieftains:[3]
Name | Chinese | Reign | Notes |
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Gao Mingqing | 高明清 | 1147–? | son of Gao Taiming grandson of Gao Shengtai |
Gao Yuchengsheng | 高踰城生 | ?–? | son of Gao Mingqing |
Gao Yuchengguang | 高踰城光 | ?–? | |
Gao Longzheng | 高隆政 | ?–? | |
Gao Zhengjun | 高政均 | ?–? | |
Gao Junming | 高均明 | ?–? | |
Gao Mingshou | 高明壽 | ?–? | |
Gao Shousi | 高壽寺 | ?–? | |
Gao Shoubao | 高壽保 | ?–? | |
Gao Xian | 高賢 | ?–? | |
Gao Gui | 高貴 | ?–? | |
Gao Xiang | 高翔 | ?–? | |
Gao Feng | 高鳳 | ?–? | |
Gao Qidou | 高齊斗 | ?–? | |
Gao Qin | 高欽 | ?–? | |
Gao Jinchen | 高金宸 | ?–? | |
Gao Guangyu | 高光裕 | ?–? | son of Gao Jinchen |
Gao Shoufan | 高守藩 | ?–? | son of Gao Guangyu |
Gao Tai | 高𦒰 | ?–? | son of Gao Shoufan |
Gao Wengying | 高奣映 | ?–? | son of Gao Tai |
Gao Yinghou | 高映厚 | ?–? | son of Gao Wengying |
Gao Houde | 高厚德 | ?–1725 | son of Gao Yinghou |