Cuanman

Cuanman (Chinese: 爨蠻) was originally an ethnic group in northern Yunnan, China. They came into power after assisting Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign and dominated Yunnan during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. According to the tomb tablet of Cuan Longyan, they were descended from a famous official in Shanxi, however it was common at the time to create fictitious lineages linking indigenous elites back to China, and it's also highly likely that the Cuans were originally native to Yunnan.[1] In 570, the Cuan ruler, Cuan Zan, divided his realm in half between the east, known as Wuman/Black Mywa (烏蠻), ruled by his son Cuan Zhen, and the west, known as Baiman/White Mywa (白蠻), ruled by his eldest son Cuan Wan. Cuan power was broken in 602 by the Sui dynasty. In 737, during the Tang dynasty, Piluoge of the Baiman tribe, Mengshe, united the Baiman tribes and founded Nanzhao (南詔).[2]

References

1. Yang 2008a.
2. https://medium.com/@diantnam/the-great-diantnam-248e2d4b6658

Bibliography

• Yang, Bin (2008a). "Chapter 3: Military Campaigns against Yunnan: A Cross-Regional Analysis". Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE). Columbia University Press.
• Yang, Bin (2008b). "Chapter 4: Rule Based on Native Customs". Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE). Columbia University Press.