Nong Minfu (, Vietnamese: ''Nùng Dân Phú''; 970s) was a
Tai-speaking
Rau chieftain who ruled over an area in what is today's
Sino-Vietnamese border
Sino-Vietnamese is often used to mean:
* Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary, the portion of the Vietnamese vocabulary of Chinese origin or using of morphemes of Chinese origin.
People of Chinese origin in Vietnam:
* Hoa people or "Overseas Chinese"
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land. He could have been
Nong Quanfu
Nong Quanfu (, ; ?-1039), also recorded as Nùng Tồn Phúc (; Chữ Hán: ), was a Zhuang people, Zhuang (Nùng people, Nùng) chieftain and the founding emperor of the Kingdom of Changqi (長其國). He was originally a Zhou (administrative divi ...
's father.
[ He was probably the leader of a confederation of tribes.]
Some time before 971, the Southern Han
Southern Han ( zh , t = 南漢 , p = Nán Hàn , j=Naam4 Hon3; 917–971), officially Han ( zh , t = 漢 , links=no), originally Yue ( zh , c = 越 , links=no), was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms that existed during the ...
dynasty recognized him as the leader of "ten prefectures", which were actually eight ''jimi
Jimi may refer to:
* Jimi language (Cameroon)
* Jimi language (Nigeria)
* Jimi languages
* Jimi system, administration system of ancient China
* Jimi River, in Papua New Guinea
* Jimi Valley, in Papua New Guinea
* Jimi District, in Papua New ...
'' prefectures plus two valleys, namely Quảng Nguyên Prefecture (; modern Quảng Uyên), Wule () or Wuqin Prefecture (; modern Fusui County
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Geography
Fusui is located in southwestern Guangxi and in eastern Chongzuo City. I ...
), Nanyuan Prefecture (), Tây Nông Prefecture (), Vạn Nhai Prefecture ( or ), Phú Hòa Prefecture (), Wen Prefecture (; modern Hurun), Nong Prefecture (), as well as Gufu Valley () and Badan Valley (). Altogether these constitute much of today's Cao Bằng Province
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, Vietnam plus a small part of southwestern Guangxi
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( Jingxi and Chongzuo
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Chongzuo is locate ...
), China.
In 971, on the eve of the Song conquest of Southern Han, the Dali Empire defeated Southern Han troops and extended its territory eastward to the modern Guangxi–Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
border.[ The Dali emperor gave Nong Minfu the title of "Tanchuo" (; "peaceful and generous"), which was often granted to princes by Dali's predecessor ]Nanzhao
Nanzhao ( zh, t=南詔, s=南诏, p=Nánzhào), also spelled Nanchao, , Yi language: ꂷꏂꌅ, ''Mashynzy'') was a dynastic kingdom that flourished in what is now southwestern China and northern Southeast Asia during the 8th and 9th centuri ...
.[ Some historians believe Nong Minfu was also a leader of Temo Prefecture (; modern ]Guangnan County
Guangnan County (; Zhuang languages, Zhuang: ) is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China. The seat of Guangnan, known today as Liancheng (), was the heart of the Gouding Kingdom () that lasted approximat ...
) on the Guangxi-Yunnan border. This is controversial but if true, indicates that he had additional control over several prefectures from Temo to Quảng Nguyên.
In 977, six years after the Song Empire
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conquered Southern Han from the north, Nong Minfu approached the Song government in Yong Prefecture which relayed his message to Emperor Taizong. Nong hoped for military assistance to eradicate "barbarians" of Tư Lang Prefecture (; modern Hạ Lang District), who controlled some important roads between his uphill prefectures.[ In exchange, Nong was willing to recognize Song suzerainty and pay tributes and taxes.][ Emperor Taizong was eager to please his frontier people but unwilling to send troops.][ He bestowed on Nong several grand — but completely nominal and useless][ — official titles, including "Grand Master of Splendid Happiness Bearing the Golden Pocket with Purple Trimming" (), "Acting Minister of Works" (), "Censor-in-Chief" (), and "Supreme Pillar of the State" (). The Fiscal Commissioner () of Guangnan Circuit, Xu Dao (), was assigned the task of traveling to Nong's base to confer his titles. Nong Minfu disappeared from Chinese records after that, but he probably passed his authorities to ]Nong Quanfu
Nong Quanfu (, ; ?-1039), also recorded as Nùng Tồn Phúc (; Chữ Hán: ), was a Zhuang people, Zhuang (Nùng people, Nùng) chieftain and the founding emperor of the Kingdom of Changqi (長其國). He was originally a Zhou (administrative divi ...
when he died.[
]
References
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*{{cite book, editor-last=Shi Weile, year=2005, title=Zhongguo Lishi Diming Da Cidian ''(中国历史地名大词典)'', trans-title=Large Dictionary of Chinese Historical Place Names, publisher=China Social Sciences Press, isbn=7-5004-4929-1, language=zh
10th-century Asian people
Zhuang people
Nùng people
10th-century births
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain