The hills round Rongshui, Sanjiang, Congjiang and Liping where Guangxi, Guizhou and Hunan meet, held by hill peoples in self-governing dong (grottoes).
The brief calls them Miao and Dong; those are later names: we could read no Song text that uses them of this country. The Song stockade prefectures Rongzhou and Yizhou face them, and Sizhou lies to the north.
Who holds it
- Title
- Headmen of the dong
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No source available to me names the holder in the winter of 1199-1200.
How things stand that morning
No rising dated for the winter.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: No source on this country in 1200.
On the map: A zone placed from the later known homeland of the Dong and Miao.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.