- Duan Siping
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Duan Si ping Reign c. 937 CE – c. 944 CE Full name Chinese: Duàn Sīpíng (段思平) Born c. 893 CE
Xizhou, DaliDied c. 944 CE
DengzhouDuan Siping was a statesman of Bai origin and eventual founder and ruler of the Kingdom of Dali.[1] The Kingdom retained independence from unified China until the Mongol invasion in 1253 C.E.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.kepu.net.cn/gb/civilization/nation/hundred/hun307.html
- ^ Zhao Yinsong 赵寅松, "Shilun daliguo de jianli he duansiping de chushen" 试论大理国的建立和段思平的出身 [A Preliminary Study of the Founding of the Dali Kingdom and Duan Siping's Family Background], Yunnan minzu xueyuan xuebao 云南民族学院学报 2002, vol. 19, no. 5: 75-78
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