Dingnan Jiedushi (), also known as Xiasui Jiedushi (), was a ''

jiedushi The ''jiedushi'' (), or jiedu, was a title for regional military governors in China which was established in the Tang dynasty and abolished in the Yuan dynasty. The post of ''jiedushi'' has been translated as "military commissioner", "legate ...

'' created in 787 by the

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that lasted until the early

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, when its ruler Li Yuanhao proclaimed himself

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and established the Western Xia dynasty. It was headquartered in modern

Yulin, Shaanxi Yulin () is a prefecture-level city in the Shanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north, Shanxi to the east, and Ningxia to the west. It has an administrative area of and as of the 2020 Chinese census had a pop ...

. Its rulers were of Tangut ethnicity starting from

Li Sigong Li Sigong (李思恭) (d. 886?''New Book of Tang'', vol. 221, part 1.), né Tuoba Sigong (拓拔思恭), formally the Duke of Xia (夏國公), was a Tangut warlord of the late Tang dynasty, who, for his contributions against the rebel Huang Chao, w ...

(Tuoba Sigong), and they effectively ruled the circuit in ''de facto'' independence despite its nominal submission to the central Chinese dynasties. Attempts by the

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and Song dynasty to dislodge the family from its rule of Dingnan Jiedushi were unsuccessful, and the region eventually became the independent dynasty of Western Xia.

Pre-''de facto'' independent Dingnan Jiedushi

* Han Tan () (787-798) * Han Quanyi () (798-805) * Yang Huilin () (805-806) * Li Yuan () (806-811) * Zhang Xu () (811-813) * Tian Jin () (813-819) * Li Ting () (819-820) * Li You () (820-824) * Fu Liangbi () (824-828) * Li Huan () (828-830) * Dong Zhongzhi () (830-832) * Li Changyan () (832-836) * Liu Yuan () (836-838) * Li E () (844) * Mi Ji () (844-846) * Li Ye () (847-849) * Cui Mou () (849-851) * Li Fu () (851-854) * Zheng Zhu () (854-857) * Tian Zaibin () (857-862) * Li Yanyuan () (865-869) * Hu Mou () (869-874) * Li Xuanli () (874-879) * Zhuge Shuang () (880-881)

Rulers of Dingnan Circuit until Western Xia's founding

(~881–~886) *

Li Sijian Li Sijian () (died 908), probably né Tuoba Sijian (), was an ethnically-Dangxiang warlord in the latter years of History of China, Chinese Tang Dynasty and Tang's successor state Later Liang (Five Dynasties), Later Liang of the Five Dynasties and T ...

(~886–908) * Li Yichang (908–909/910) * Li Renfu (909/910–933) * Li Yichao (933–935) *

Li Yixing Li Yixing (李彝興) (died October 20, 967''Xu Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 5.Academia Sinicabr>Chinese-Western Calendar Converter), né Li Yiyin (李彝殷), formally the Prince of Xia (夏王), was an ethnically-Dangxiang warlord of the Chinese Five ...

(935–967) * Li Kerui (967–978) * Li Jiyun (978–980) * Li Jipeng (also known as Zhao Baozhong) (980–982, 988–994) *

Li Jiqian Li Jiqian () (963–1004), occasionally also known by his Song-bestowed name of Zhao Baoji (趙保吉), was a Tangut leader and progenitor of China's Western Xia dynasty. He resisted the Song dynasty and organized a rebellion in 984. He also cre ...

(also known as Zhao Baoji) (998–1004) *

Li Deming Li Deming () (981–1032) was the eldest son of Li Jiqian and the father of Li Yuanhao, the founder of China's Western Xia dynasty. When his father died in battle in 1004, Li Deming became leader of the Tangut people, and over the next twenty ...

(1004–1031) * Li Yuanhao (1031–1038, declaration of independent Western Xia state)

References

* ''

New Book of Tang The ''New Book of Tang'', generally translated as the "New History of the Tang" or "New Tang History", is a work of official history covering the Tang dynasty in ten volumes and 225 chapters. The work was compiled by a team of scholars of the So ...

'', vol. 221, part 1. * ''

Old History of the Five Dynasties The ''Old History of the Five Dynasties'' (''Jiù Wǔdài Shǐ'') was an official history mainly focus on Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Five Dynasties era (907–960), which controlled much of northern China proper, China. And it also i ...

'', vol. 132. * ''

New History of the Five Dynasties The ''Historical Records of the Five Dynasties'' (''Wudai Shiji'') is a Chinese history book on the Five Dynasties period (907–960), written by the Song dynasty official Ouyang Xiu in private. It was drafted during Ouyang's exile from 1036 to ...

'', vol. 40. * ''

History of Liao The ''History of Liao'', or ''Liao Shi'' (''Liáo Shǐ''), is a Chinese historical book compiled officially by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), under the direction of the historian Toqto'a (Tuotuo), and finalized in 1344.Xu Elina-Qian, ...

'', vol. 115. * '' History of Song'', vols.

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. * '' History of Jin'', vol. 134.

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