A wide Tai valley between the Red and the Black rivers, remembered in Tai tradition as one of the founding settlements of the Black Tai (board).
The tradition is oral and much later than 1200, so the valley is shown as a Tai muang with an unknown lord. Dai Viet claims tribute in name when the throne is strong.
Who holds it
- Title
- Tai chao muong of Mường Lò
- Confidence
- low
Tai tradition; board notes
Lord in 1200
A chao muong; not named.
What the town holds
- Terraced wet rice in the valley
- The road between the Red and the Black rivers
Charter
None. A Tai muang is a valley held by a chao muong and his kin.
Council
The chao muong, his kin and the headmen of the villages of the valley; assemblies are not recorded for 1200.
Communities
Tai farmers.
Militia
Valley levies; no numbers.
Trade and crafts
Wet rice, buffalo, forest goods.
Places of note
- Muong Lo: Seat
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Oral tradition recorded much later.
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.