Dōngchuān

Dongchuan was a Yi native chieftaincy in the Jinsha River valley of northeastern Yunnan. In 1337 the hereditary Lu chiefs governed the region under the Yuan.

The Ming established Dongchuan Prefecture under Sichuan in 1382. Lu Changxian rebelled in 1665 against Qing efforts to replace native chiefs; a Lu succession feud in 1699 gave the court an opening to appoint officials. In 1726 Dongchuan passed to Yunnan, and in 1728 Huize became its seat. The district’s copper supplied Qing mints.