Tóngrén

Tongren was a native longship office in the Wuling mountains of eastern Guizhou. Under the Yuan it answered to the Sinan Xuanwei Commission of the Tian clan.

In 1413 the Ming established Tongren Prefecture in the same walled town, with native chiefs governing alongside the prefect. In 1438 it absorbed most of the dissolved Wuluo Prefecture. The Wanli court abolished the native longship office in 1598 and replaced it with Tongren County, bringing the territory under regular administration.