The Mo of Nandan submitted to the Song in 974 and since then their chief has been styled Zhi Nandan ("governor of Nandan"), as in all jimi prefectures.
On Wikipedia's account the land was held in perpetuity and could not be sold, and the chiefs paid an annual tribute in silver. Nandan is high on the upper Hongshui, in the hills north of the Youjiang country, and sits behind Yizhou on the road from the plateau. The Mo line will last for centuries, to the end of the native chiefdoms. Nothing is dated for 1200.
Who he is
- Title
- Chief of Nandan (zhi Nandan zhou), of the Mo clan
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Not known. The Mo submitted to Song authority in 974 (Wikipedia, "Zhuang people"); no ruler is named for 1200.
Overlord
The Song court through Guangnan West and the Yizhou command
What it holds
- The district of Nandan on the upper Hongshui
How it was acquired
By submission in 974.
Allies and rivals
Yizhou across the stockade line; the Ziqi and Luodian horse roads that pass close.
How things stand that morning
Quiet.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: A single dated fact (974) from one page; the rest is the general pattern.
On the map: A zone round Nandan.
Primary sources for Chiefs of the south-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.
- History of the Song, Toqto'a (脫脫) and the Yuan history office (1343 to 1345, from the Song veritable records, state histories and the Huiyao). The official history of the Southern Song, which ruled from Lin'an (Hangzhou) in 1200. Read online
- History of the Song, the chapters on Xia and on foreign states, Toqto'a (脫脫) and the Yuan history office (1343 to 1345). The Song court's accounts of its neighbours, each arranged as an annal of embassies and wars. Read online
- Draft Compilation of the Collected Statutes of the Song, Various; the Song huiyao were compiled by the Song state, the surviving draft reassembled by Xu Song from the Yongle dadian in the nineteenth century (the original Song compilations date from the eleventh to the thirteenth century; the surviving extracts were recovered in 1809 to 1820 and printed in 1936). Dated extracts from the Song government's own statute collections, arranged by office. Read online
- Miscellaneous Notes on Court and Country since the Jianyan Era, Li Xinchuan (李心傳) (first series 1202, second series 1216). A contemporary handbook of the Southern Song state, written in Sichuan by the historian Li Xinchuan and finished in its first part in 1202, two years after the start of 1200. Read online
- Notes in Answer to Questions about the Lands beyond the Passes, Zhou Qufei (周去非) (1178, after service in Guangxi). A Guangxi official's notes, written twenty years before 1200, on the south-western frontier of the Song and the countries beyond. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.