Mangshi, known in Dai as "Menghuan", is the capital of Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. This article will explore the evolution of place names and zoning in the historical period of Mangshi.
The Western Han Dynasty Mourning Prison Department
During the Qin and Han dynasties, China entered the era of a unified feudal dynasty, but in the Qin Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty, the southwest frontier had not yet belonged to the center of the Han Dynasty, and Mangshi belonged to the southwest ethnic minority tribe Ailaobu (State), which was a marginal area that was difficult to influence chinese civilization.
Yongchang County, Yizhou, Eastern Han Dynasty
During the Two Han Dynasties, the administrative division inherited the county system of the Qin Dynasty and implemented the parallel system of counties and states. In the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, the prefecture pastor (Thorn History Department) was added above the county level, which was originally a supervision agency and gradually evolved into a local military and political organ. In 69 AD, the Ailao Department was annexed to the Han Dynasty, and Mangshi belonged to the Yizhou Yongchang County, Ailao County, and with the increasing decline of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the phenomenon of "rebellion" continued to appear in the southwest region.
Yongchang County, Yizhou, Shu Han
During the Three Kingdoms period, the present-day southwest region basically belonged to the weakest Shu Han regime, and repeatedly "rebelled" against the Shu Han regime, which was a region with great centrifugal force, and Mangshi belonged to Yongchang County, Yizhou.
Yongchang County, Ningzhou, Western Jin Dynasty
In the late Shu Han Dynasty, the government became increasingly corrupt and was eventually destroyed by the State of Wei, and after the Western Jin Dynasty let the State of Wei take power, it once again completed the unification of the north and south, and mangshi belonged to Yongchang County, Ningzhou.
Yongchang County, South Qining Prefecture
After the completion of the unification of the Western Jin Dynasty, the ruling class quickly moved towards corruption, chaos in the government, rebellion of the Eight Kings, and internal migration of the Five Hus, and the country soon fell into division and war again. During the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were frequent changes in political power, and the corresponding administrative divisions were also relatively chaotic. During the Southern Qi Dynasty, Mangshi belonged to Yongchang County, Ningzhou.
Sui PuBu
In the late Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Southern Dynasty missed the historical opportunity to reunify due to various problems, and the Northern Dynasty finally defeated the Eastern Wei (Northern Qi) after a long confrontation, and after the Sui Dynasty replaced the Northern Zhou regime, it crossed the river to destroy Chen to complete the unification. The rulers of the Sui Dynasty learned the lesson of warlord division since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, abolished the prefecture and pastoral administrative districts, and re-implemented the county and county levels of administration, but the southwest region did not directly belong to the central government in the Sui Dynasty, and Mangshi belonged to the southwest ethnic minority tribes.
Tang Nanzhao Yongchang Festival
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, most of the southwest belonged to the Tang Dynasty, and after the 8th century, the Nanzhao regime gradually rose with the support of the Tang Dynasty and controlled the southwest region after the Anshi Rebellion. In terms of administrative divisions, the Tang Dynasty added administrative districts on the basis of the Sui Dynasty county system, and set up jiedushi and governor's offices in some areas to manage local military and political powers.
Dali Yongchang Province
After the 10th century, the Nanzhao regime declined and disintegrated, and was replaced by the Dali regime. During this period, Mangshi belonged to Dali Yongchang Province, and the place name was Mangshi.
Yuan Yunnan Dali Golden Tooth Propaganda Department
At the beginning of the 13th century, the Mongol tribes completed their unification and quickly launched attacks on the Western Xia, Jin Dynasty, and Southern Song Dynasties. In order to eliminate the Southern Song Dynasty, the Mongols adopted a three-sided encirclement strategy, and after tubo returned to Submission, they detoured southwest to attack the Dali regime. In 1253, the Dali regime was wiped out by the Mongols. After Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, on the basis of following the administrative divisions of the two Song Dynasties, he implemented the Xingzhongshu provincial system, which created a precedent for the provincial system in later generations. Mangshi belongs to the Dali Golden Tooth Xuanwei Division of Yunnan Province, Mangshi Road.
Ming Yunnan Mangshi Division
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, while inheriting the provincial system, a certain degree of adjustment was made to the provincial boundaries of the Yuan Dynasty, which basically laid the foundation for the borders of later provinces, and Mangshi belonged to the Mangshi Division of Yunnan Province.
Yongchang Province, Qing Yunnan
At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government implemented the "land reform and return to the stream" in the southwest region, abolished a large number of local toastmasters, and set up imperial court officials, effectively strengthening the control of the southwest region, and the "centripetal force" of the southwest region to the central government was essentially enhanced. At the same time, the Qing government also adjusted the provincial boundaries of the Ming Dynasty to a certain extent, and Mangshi belonged to the Mangshi Division of the Longling Hall of Yongchang Province, Yunnan.
The relevant information comes from the "Historical Atlas of China" and the "Comparative Table of the History of Chinese Geographical Names", talking about historical geography, saying humanistic education, welcome to like and pay attention to Teacher Yang Fan!