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The Dali Kingdom, also known as the Dali State (simplified Chinese: 大理国; traditional Chinese: 大理國; pinyin: Dàlǐ Guó; Bai: Dablit Guaif), was a dynastic state situated in modern Yunnan province, China from 937 until 1253.
The Gao clan were descendants of Gao Shengtai, who was the emperor of Dali from 1094 to 1096. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Gao clan ruled Yao'an for more than 700 years, surviving several dynastic changes in China , until its last ruler Gao Houde was arrested by Qing Chinese in 1725. [ 3 ]
In 937, the Dali Kingdom was founded by Duan Siping, a Bai man whose family had played a major role in the Nanzhao Kingdom, advocated for the "relief of corvée" (Chinese: 宽徭役) and joined 37 tribes in eastern Yunnan to instigate a rebellion.
Duan Siping (Chinese: 段思平; pinyin: Duàn Sīpíng, IPA: [twân sí.pʰǐŋ]; Bai: Duainb six-pienp [1]), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Dali, was the founder and first emperor of the Dali Kingdom. [2] The Dali Kingdom would last until the Mongol conquest in 1253 led by Kublai Khan and its territories would later ...
The Dali area was formerly known as Xiemie (苴咩; Xiémiē). The old town was the medieval capital of both the Bai kingdom Nanzhao (779–902) and the Kingdom of Dali (937–1253). That city was razed and its records burnt during its conquest by China's Yuan Dynasty.
Dali was a Buddhist Bai kingdom. Established by Duan Siping in 937, it was ruled by a succession of 22 kings until the year 1253, when it was destroyed by an invasion of the Mongol Empire. The capital city was at Dali. In 1274 the Province of Yunnan was created, and the region has since been incorporated within China.
Duan Zhixing (Chinese: 段智興, died 1200), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Xuanzong of Dali, was the 18th [1] emperor of the Dali Kingdom between 1172 and 1200. Duan Zhixing's reign was marred by the power struggles within the influential Gao family, whose power had long eclipsed the ruling Duan family.
Kublai Khan's forces set up headquarters on the Jinsha River in western Yunnan and march on Dali in three columns [25] 1254: January: The Dali Kingdom is conquered, although its dynasty remains in power, and the king, Duan Xingzhi, is later invested with the title of Maharajah by Möngke Khan; so ends the Dali Kingdom [26] winter