Gǔzhōu

Guzhou was a Kam chiefdom in the wooded hills of southeastern Guizhou. Under the Yuan it became the Guzhou Bawandong chiefdom, ruled through the Tian family of Sizhou.

In 1397 the Kam leader Lin Kuan rose against the Ming and killed battalion commander Wu De before the revolt was suppressed. The Ming restored the Guzhou native long commandery in 1403 and placed it under Liping Prefecture in 1413. In 1729 the Qing established a separate Guzhou sub-prefecture further west at Rongjiang.