Dōnglán

Donglan was a Zhuang prefecture on Guangxi’s Hongshui River, ruled by the hereditary Wei clan. Under the Yuan it belonged to the Qingyuan-Nandan commission.

Donglan submitted to the Ming in 1379. After Wei Qianbao seized the prefect’s seal, his exactions drove Wei Funao to revolt; the Ming suppressed the revolt in 1385 but retained the Wei in office. The chiefs joined the campaign against Cen Meng in 1526 and submitted to the Qing in 1652. In 1729 officials took the seat, while the Wei retained a subordinate post at Fengshan.