Wǔzhài

Wǔzhài was a small hereditary native office in the mountain country of western Hunan. Its territory lay among the Miao communities between the larger jurisdictions of Bǎojìng and Fènghuáng. During the early Qing, the Fènghuáng administration and the Wǔzhài chief's office operated from the same town, bringing appointed and hereditary authorities into close contact. In 1727 the Qing reorganised the native jurisdictions of the region, and land of Wǔzhài was included in the new Bǎojìng County.