Tiānpíng

Tiānpíng was a military post in the mountain country north of Cílì. Established in the early Ming, it later came under Jiǔxī Guard, which supervised a group of posts and fortified passes in the region. The post combined military administration with the authority of local hereditary officers; the history of Jiǔxī preserves their family successions alongside accounts of the garrison. In the early eighteenth century the Qing reorganised the district and abolished the old guard system.