Bōzhōu

Bozhou was a mountainous Yang family chiefdom near Zunyi, on the borders of Sichuan, Guizhou and Huguang. Recognised by the Yuan from 1277, its hereditary rulers governed a network of lesser native offices.

The last commissioner, Yang Yinglong, inherited in the early 1570s and rebelled in 1590. In 1600 Li Hualong sent eight armies through the passes against Hailongtun, a fortress on a cliff; Yang burned himself to death as it fell. The Ming abolished the chiefdom and established Zunyi and Pingyue prefectures in its place.