Mường Lò (Nghĩa Lộ) is the Black Tai heartland of tradition; Mường Muổi (Thuận Châu) and the Mộc Châu grassland carry the road west.
Each is a bowl of terraced rice under its lord, tributary to Thăng Long in name when the king is strong. The campaign board's 'Moc Chau is a Tai muang' rests on later tradition.
Who he is
- Title
- Tai chao muong
- Confidence
- low
Tai tradition; board notes
What it holds
- Terraced wet rice and weirs
- Cattle on the Mộc Châu grass
- The road from the Da to Muong Thanh
Threats
- Feud between valleys
Places of note
- Muong Muoi: Thuan Chau
- Moc Chau: Grass plateau
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Later tradition only.
Primary sources for Tai and Muong of the north-west
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Complete Annals of Dai Viet, Ngo Si Lien, drawing on Le Van Huu's Dai Viet su ky (1272) and Phan Phu Tien; continued by Pham Cong Tru and Le Hi (1479; printed 1697 in the standard Chinh Hoa edition). The main narrative source for Dai Viet in 1200, compiled in 1479 from Le Van Huu's lost history of 1272. Read online
- The Unofficial History of Nanzhao, Yang Shen; revised by Hu Wei (16th century, revised 1775, from Dali and Yunnan traditions and lost local histories). The kingdom of Dali has no surviving text of 1200: its own records were destroyed in the Mongol conquest and after, and the Song shi's Dali entry ends in 1175. Read online
Sources and studies
- OMNIA board notes for the Vietnam and Champa area (a lead, not a source)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.