Yáo

The Yao, whose major branches included the Mien, lived in the mountains of southern China. Local chiefs collected tribute under imperial rule, but Ming and Qing officials increasingly took over direct tax collection.

Yao and Zhuang communities rebelled in the Great Rattan Gorge region of Guangxi and Guangdong. The Ming sent Han Yong against them in 1465 and Wang Shouren in 1528; warfare also drove Yao communities farther south, with some migrating into Southeast Asia.