Place names
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z| Zhen-yuan Prefecture (鎮沅府) |
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A Yun-nan polity ruled by a Tai elite. Tan Qi-xiang locates Zhen-yuan just south of the modern city of the same name, on the Yuan-jiang River, an eastern tributary of the Mekong, in Yun-nan, PRC. If we assume the same process as suggested in the entry under Zhen-kang above, this polity may well have been known in Tai as Meung-yuan.
For information on further Chinese sources relating to this polity, see Fang Guo-yu (1987; 779, 884, 887, 1072) and Gong Yin (1985; 321-25 and 1992; 738-39).