Línxī

Linxi was a county in the mountain country west of Lijiang, near the old frontier with Tibet. The Yuan established it in 1277 in the district known as Luopoujian. Under the Ming the county came within the sphere of the Mu hereditary rulers of Lijiang. In 1486 the scholar Ao Yuyuan was banished to Linxi, but the Mu chief kept him at Lijiang instead; three years later he was pardoned and returned home.