Sīmíng

Siming was a Zhuang hereditary chieftaincy in the Mingjiang valley of southern Guangxi, bordering Annam. The Huang family governed Siming Route under the Yuan.

The Ming made it Siming Prefecture in 1369. Annam absorbed Xiping and Lu in 1426, and Shangsi was transferred to Nanning in 1505. Siming Subprefecture passed to Taiping in 1588, followed by Upper Shixi in 1610; under the Qing, Siming Subprefecture returned to the prefecture in 1727.