Pǔdìng

Puding was a Yuan route around Anshun in central Guizhou, rooted in the local Puli tribe. It had become Puding route in 1303.

In 1371 its female chieftain Shi'er submitted to the Ming with the Shuixi ruler Aicui. The Ming established a native prefecture in 1372, reorganized it in 1382 and dissolved it in 1383. Anshun came under Guizhou in 1438 and became a military-civilian prefecture in 1602; Puding county was restored in 1672.