The Tang Songzhou lies far beyond the Song's reach: no Song post, no walled town, only the Tibetan herders and Qiang villages of the valleys.
The name Songpan is the Ming's; the Song know the place only as lost Songzhou.
Who holds it
- Title
- Chiefs of the Songzhou valleys
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No chief is named in any source we have.
Lord in 1200
The prefect (name not known for 1200), under the circuit commissioners.
Overlord
The emperor Ningzong, through the circuit commissioners and the Sichuan Zhizhi commissioner at Chengdu.
What the town holds
Not applicable: an ordinary prefecture town of the Song.
How things stand that morning
No Song presence is known. No incident is known.
Wealth
Not itemised in any source we have.
Military
The prefecture's garrison; no numbers.
Charter
None. A Song prefectural town has no charter; the prefect and his clerks rule it.
Council
No town council. The prefect, the county magistrate and the clerks rule; no headman, judge or leading family is named in any source we have.
Militia
Not known: the prefecture's garrison and levy; no source we have gives a figure.
Where the sources disagree
- The assignment names Songpan as a Song town; we found no Song town there in 1200 (the Ming town is later). It is a point for a people's country, not a Song garrison.
Evidence: Place and role from the Song administrative record and the campaign board; nothing specific to 1 January 1200 was found.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
Sources and studies
- Songshi juan 496-497 (Manyi 4-5), the Lizhou, Yazhou, Maozhou, Weizhou and Luzhou peoples: recalled, NOT re-read
- OMNIA board, notes_scc.txt (a lead, not a source)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.