Luoshi Kingdom
The Luoshi Kingdom, commonly referred to in Tang documents as the Luoshi Ghost Kingdom, was a Nasu speaking ethnic Yi state located in modern-day Guizhou during the Tang and Song dynasties. The people practiced Bimoism, an indigenous faith that used shaman
History
Coinciding with the rise of the Dali Kingdom, the Black Mywa that crossed the Wumeng Mountains began flourishing in Guizhou. A Black Mywa from the Mo clan named Tuoazhe settled in a region which his descendants would call Luodian.In the early Song dynasty, the Luodian king retreated from Shuixi, the Black Mywa tribes of Azhe became the sole rulers in the area with head chief Degai as their leader. When the Song dynasty attempted to penetrate into the Shuixi area by establishing the province of Yaozhou in the area, Degai became the governor. After taking office, Degai began to call himself the "Luoshi Ghost Lord" and used the pre-existing confederacy to make a quasi-independent state, and his descendants called the state the Luoshi Ghost Kingdom.
In 1256, when the Mongols attacked Yunnan, the Southern Song dynasty sent an envoy to the state to persuade the Luoshi chief to fight the Mongol armies. In 1266, the Southern Song bestowed the kingdom the governor of Huazhou, another province located in Guizhou. By the time the Southern Song collapsed, the Luoshi pledged allegiance to the Yuan dynasty. In 1292, the former lands of the Luoshi Kingdom were dissolved and put into the hands of the Shuixi tusi.