Duan Siping

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Duan.
Duan Si ping
Reign c.937 CEc.944 CE
Full name
Chinese: Duàn Sīpíng (段思平)
Born c.894 CE
Xizhou, Dali
Died c.944 CE
Dengzhou

Duan Siping was a statesman who founded and became the first ruler of the Kingdom of Dali in 937.[1] The Kingdom retained independence from unified China until the Mongol invasion in 1253 led by Kublai.[2] The Duan family claimed descent from a Han Chinese family originating in Gansu province.

References

  1. http://www.kepu.net.cn/gb/civilization/nation/hundred/hun307.html
  2. 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