Mu Zeng (, September 19, 1587 – September 9, 1646), also known as A-chai A-ssu in

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, was the native chieftain of

Lijiang Lijiang (), also known as Likiang, is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It has an area of and had a population of 1,253,878 at the 2020 census whom 288,787 lived in the built-up area (metro) made of Gucheng ...

between 1597 and 1623. He was born to Mu Qing () and Ashijia () and ascended the throne when he was ten years old. The chieftain was known for his

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and wrote many anthologies.《中国西南古纳西王国》(''The Ancient Nakhi Kingdom of Southwest China'')，

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著，刘宗岳译，云南美术出版社，1999年4月出版， In 1624, he announced his privacy and gave his position to his son, Mu Yi (). Mu Zeng welcomed

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when he came to Lijiang in 1640.

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