Mángshī

Mangshi lies in a basin of western Yunnan, surrounded by mountains near the routes into Burma. A hereditary Tai chief governed the district under the Ming and Qing. In 1583 the struggle over the neighboring Longchuan chiefdom drew Mangshi into a wider war: Yue Feng, allied with the Burmese king, occupied the town. Ming forces later counterattacked, and the Mangshi chief Fang Fu and his son were killed amid the conflict.