Shàngsī

Shangsi lies north of the great wooded mountains of southern Guangxi. It was a native prefecture under the Yuan and Ming, governed by hereditary Huang chiefs. In 1505 the Ming replaced the hereditary ruler with an appointed official and attached Shangsi to Nanning. Resistance followed, and in 1522 an imperial official urged the restoration of native rule; the court agreed and again permitted the office to pass by inheritance.