Tang Songzhou, where Princess Wencheng was offered to Tibet in 641 (Wikipedia, Songpan County: 'Emperor Taizong of Tang offered him Princess Wencheng at Songzhou'), and a border with the Tibetan Empire under the Tang.
The Song have no post here; the walled town and horse-and-tea market the page describes are the Ming's. In 1200 it is a grass valley of Tibetan herders and Qiang villages on the herders' road. The assignment and the campaign board name Songpan as a Song town; the South China sheet reached the same conclusion as I, that it is not.
Who holds it
- Title
- The chiefs of the Fan tribes of the Songzhou valleys (see Songpan Fan); no Song prefect.
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Wikipedia's Songpan page (Tang border; Ming rebuilding); the Song side from the South China sheet.
Lord in 1200
The chiefs of the Fan tribes of the Songzhou valleys (see Songpan Fan); no Song prefect.
How things stand that morning
No Song presence known; no dated event.
Military
No numbers survive for 1200.
Militia
No numbers survive for 1200.
Trade and crafts
Horses, yaks, furs, musk, herbs sold at Maozhou and Longzhou (general).
Places of note
- Songpan: The place.
Where the sources disagree
- Assignment and board treat Songpan as a Song town; we and the South China sheet find no Song garrison there in 1200. The Ming rebuilt the city and gave it to a Tibetan lama friendly to the court (Wikipedia, Songpan County).
Evidence: Wikipedia's Songpan page (Tang border; Ming rebuilding); the Song side from the South China sheet.
On the map: Marker only; a place, not a district.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.