Pǔdìng

Pǔdìng was an important name in the history of the Ānshùn basin of central Guizhou. Under the Yuan, Pǔdìng Circuit was governed from a site south of the later city of Ānshùn. The Ming reorganised it as a prefecture in 1382, then abolished the prefecture in 1385. Pǔdìng Guard remained a military centre in the area, and its guard school, established in 1394, brought the official Confucian educational system to the garrison town.