Nanzhao

Nanzhao
南詔 (Chinese)
ꂷꏂꌅ (Nuosu / Northern Yi)
Mashynzy
738–902
Nanzhao and contemporary Asian polities, circa 800.
Kingdom of Nanzhao as of 879 AD
Kingdom of Nanzhao as of 879 AD
StatusKingdom
CapitalTaihe (before 779)
Yangjumie (after 779)
(both in present-day Dali City)
Common languagesNuosu
Bai
Middle Chinese
Religion
Buddhism
GovernmentMonarchy
History 
• Established
738
• Overthrown
902
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Cuanman
Dachanghe
Dali Kingdom
Today part ofChina
Laos
Myanmar
Vietnam
Nanzhao
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese南詔
Simplified Chinese南诏
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNánzhào
Wade–GilesNan-chao
Tibetan name
Tibetanའཇང་ཡུལ
Transcriptions
Wylieljang yul[1]
Vietnamese name
VietnameseNam Chiếu
Đại Lễ
Chữ Hán南詔
大禮
Thai name
Thaiน่านเจ้า
RTGSNanchao
Lao name
Laoໜານເຈົ້າ, ນ່ານເຈົ້າ, ນ່ານເຈົ່າ, ໜອງແສ (/nǎːn.tɕâw, nāːn.tɕâw, nāːn.tɕāw, nɔ̌ːŋ.sɛ̌ː/)
Shan name
Shanလၢၼ်ႉၸဝ်ႈ (lâan tsāw)
Nuosu (Northern Yi) name
Nuosu (Northern Yi)ꂷꏂꌅ (ma'shy'nzy)

Nanzhao (Chinese: 南詔, also spelled Nanchao, lit.'Southern Zhao',[2] 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 centuries, during the mid/late Tang dynasty. It was centered on present-day Yunnan in China, with its capitals in modern-day Dali City. The kingdom was officially called Dameng (大蒙) from 738 to 859 AD, Dali (大禮) from 859 to 877 and Dafengmin (大封民) from 877 to 902.

  1. ^ Stein, R. A. (1972) Tibetan Civilization, p. 63. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-0806-1 (cloth); ISBN 0-8047-0901-7 (pbk)
  2. ^ Yang, Yuqing (2017). Mystifying China's Southwest Ethnic Borderlands: Harmonious Heterotopia. Lexington Books. p. 43. ISBN 9781498502986.