| Native Name: | 姚安土司 |
| Conventional Long Name: | Chiefdom of Yao'an |
| Common Name: | Chiefdom of Yao'an |
| Status: | Chiefdom under the suzerainty of Dali Kingdom (1147–1253) Native Chiefdom of China (1253–1729) |
| Year Start: | 1147 |
| Year End: | 1729 |
| P1: | Dali Kingdom |
| S1: | Qing dynasty |
| Capital: | Yao'an (present day Yao'an County of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture) |
| Common Languages: | Bai language |
| Government Type: | Monarchy |
| Title Leader: | Chieftain |
| Leader1: | Gao Mingqing |
| Year Leader1: | 1147–? |
| Leader2: | Gao Houde |
| Year Leader2: | ?–1725 |
| Today: | China |
Chiefdom of Yao'an, ruled by the Gao clan, was a Bai autonomous Tusi chiefdom during Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty. The chiefdom located at the convergence of Yunnan and Sichuan.
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 1729, Yao'an was fully annexed into the central bureaucratic system of the Qing dynasty.[4]
Below are Yao'an chieftains:[3]
| Name | Chinese | Reign | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gao Mingqing | 高明清 | 1147–? | son of Gao Taiming grandson of Gao Shengtai |
| Gao Yuchengsheng | 高踰城生 | ?–? | son of Gao Mingqing |
| Gao Yuchengguang | 高踰城光 | ?–? | |
| Gao Longzheng | 高隆政 | ?–? | |
| Gao Zhengjun | 高政均 | ?–? | |
| Gao Junming | 高均明 | ?–? | |
| Gao Mingshou | 高明壽 | ?–? | |
| Gao Shousi | 高壽寺 | ?–? | |
| Gao Shoubao | 高壽保 | ?–? | |
| Gao Xian | 高賢 | ?–? | |
| Gao Gui | 高貴 | ?–? | |
| Gao Xiang | 高翔 | ?–? | |
| Gao Feng | 高鳳 | ?–? | |
| Gao Qidou | 高齊斗 | ?–? | |
| Gao Qin | 高欽 | ?–? | |
| Gao Jinchen | 高金宸 | ?–? | |
| Gao Guangyu | 高光裕 | ?–? | son of Gao Jinchen |
| Gao Shoufan | 高守藩 | ?–? | son of Gao Guangyu |
| Gao Tai | 高 | ?–? | son of Gao Shoufan |
| Gao Wengying | 高奣映 | ?–? | son of Gao Tai |
| Gao Yinghou | 高映厚 | ?–? | son of Gao Wengying |
| Gao Houde | 高厚德 | ?–1725 | son of Gao Yinghou |