Mùlián

Mulian lies among the wooded mountains and river valleys of southwestern Yunnan. The Yuan established Mulian Circuit here, before the rise of the hereditary chiefs of Menglian. In 1406 the Ming created an office for the Menglian chief Dao Paisong, whose descendants governed from Nayun. Their territory included part of the former Mulian lands, connecting Tai communities of the valleys with their neighbors in the surrounding uplands.