Lai'an

Lai'an was a Yuan circuit in the hills of western Guangxi, seated near present-day Tianyang. In 1337 the Cen family held its governorship by inheritance; Cen Shixing had rebelled and seized Tanghuo in 1319.

Under the Ming its former lands were divided between the Anlong chieftaincy and Sicheng department. The Qing raised Sicheng to a native prefecture in 1658, replaced its hereditary chiefs with appointed officials in 1727, and established Lingyun county as the prefectural seat in 1740.