Lạng châu holds the road to China and the trade on it.
The Thân family married Ly princesses and, by the campaign board's note, fought the Song here in 1075 and 1076. A Thân Lợi rose in 1140 and was put down in 1141 (Chinese Wikipedia, 'Shen Li, Dading 2'). The English Wikipedia names a Thân Cảnh Phúc among the Ly commanders in the war of 1075 to 1077. Nothing names a holder for 1200.
Who he is
- Name
- not known for 1200 (the Thân family; Thân Lợi rebelled 1140 to 1141)
- Title
- Hereditary chiefs of Lạng châu
- Confidence
- low
The campaign board entry notes; Chinese Wikipedia (Shen Li, 1141)
What it holds
- Lạng châu and the Chi Lăng and Pha Lũy roads
- Tolls and the licensed market on the road to Yongping garrison across the line
- Rice valleys and hills of the Tay
How things stand that morning
Quiet; not pinned.
Threats
- A Song or Ly squeeze on the road
Places of note
- Lang chau: Seat
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Earlier members are named; none for 1200.
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
- 李朝 (越南), Chinese Wikipedia (read; it cites Zhou Qufei's Lingwai daida and the Toan thu)
- Lý-Song War, English Wikipedia (read)
- 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.