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The case of the Gaos, native chieftains in Yaozhou, is quite revealing.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Note 29: Zhang Jianzhi, "Qing Babingshu Yaozhou Shu," in YNSLCK 2: 110. back
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Zhang Jianzhi, a Tang prime minister at the end of the seventh century, mentioned that terrible exploitation drove over 2,000 Han households to Yaozhou. 29
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Gao Zitongci, a Yaozhou native chieftain, was commended by the imperial court in the Chenghua reign (1465 – 1487) for his filial piety. 153 A Chaofan, A Tianqi's father, was well known for honorable behavior toward his stepmother and for his charitable activities in the community as well. 154 So were the Mus in Lijiang. 155
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This was later replaced by the Yaozhou Military Governorship (Yaozhou dudufu) in 664.39 As Yaozhou was very close to the Lake Erhai area, it symbolized the Tang's achievements and foreshadowed its plan to bring western Yunnan under direct administration.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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Yang once was housed in Dayunnanyi, a postal inn Fang Guoyu said to be located in Yaozhou (Yaoan), where Yang read a trade route network describing the trade route east to Rongzhou (Yibin, Sichuan), west to Yandu (India), southeast to Jiaozhi (Annam), northeast to Chengdu, north to the Daxueshan (Big Snow Mountains), and south to the sea.
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15The Nanzhao period witnessed military colonists resettled by the Tang court in the Southwest. 17 Five hundred soldiers each year after 664 were recruited to garrison Yaozhou Military Prefecture. 18 The Yaozhou station existed over eight decades, and the total number of soldiers stationed there in this period reached over 40,000.
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36The clash seems to have been the result of both local interests and court politics. 55 Zhang Qiantuo, governor of Yaozhou, reportedly made excessive demands on Ge-luo-feng, and it is said that he even insulted the latter's wife. 56 Ge-luo-feng appealed to the Tang court, but his petitions failed, which forced him to seek force.
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(960-1127), 11th - 12th century; Yaozhou ware China Stoneware with incised, carved, and relief decoration under glaze; H. 8 1 / 4 in. (21 cm) Gift of Mrs. T. Samuel Peters, 1926
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