Contents
Maps and Figures xi
Dates of Selected Eras xii
Weights and Measures xiii
Introduction 1
Revisiting China's March Toward the
Tropics, 3; New Sources, New Narratives:
The Nasu Yi of Guizhou, 6; Ming China's
Southwest Frontier, 8; Ming Sinicization
of the Southwest: A Different
Perspective, 12; Organization of Book,
15
1 A Southern Kingdom, Mu'ege 19
The Physical Setting: Shuixi, 21; The
Origins of the Mu'ege Kingdom, 24;
Mu'ege During the Tang-Nanzhao Wars, 28;
The Song Prelude: Mu'ege Under Assault,
39
2 The Mongol Conquest of China's
Southwest Frontier 45
The Mongol Campaign Against Dali, 47;
Sayyid `Ajall Shams al-Din and Mongol
Rule in the Southwest, 50; The Final
Piece to the Yuan China Puzzle: Mu'ege,
57; Mu'ege Becomes a Pacification
Commission, 62
3 Mu'ege During the Yuan-Ming Transition7
1
The Traditional Nasu Yi Administration
of Shuixi, 72; The Ming Enter Qian:
Hongwu Meets She Xiang, 78; Capturing
Qian and Encircling Shui-xi, 85;
Enclosing the Frontier: The Creation of
Guizhou Province, 94
4 The Periphery Within 103
Tusi Offices: Dual Sovereignty in the
Internal Frontier, 105; The Long
Fifteenth Century, 117; The Vanishing
Frontier, 131
5 To Reclaim Our Ancestors' Glory 144
The Ming-An Relationship, 146; Shuixi's
Changing Political Economy, 152; Prelude
to Rebellion: An Guoheng, An Jiangchen,
and the Ming State in Guizhou, 158;
Origins of the She-An Rebellion,
1621-29, 171; The Siege of Guiyang, 181;
Ode to Shuixi, 186
6 Trampled Earth 189
The Ming-Qing Transition in the
Southwest, 191; Building a Fiefdom: Wu
Sangui in Yunnan and Guizhou, 195;
Prince Wu in Shuixi, 201; The Rebellion
of the Three Feudatories, 216; The End
of the Shuixi Pacification Commission,
220
Conclusion 223
Reassessing the Role of the State, 226
Appendixes 239
Reference Matter
Notes
253
Works Cited 301
Character List 329
Index
335