Biography
Nong Quanfu was a son of Nong Minfu, a local chieftain of Quảng Uyên District, Guangyuan. Nong Minfu received the titles ''minister of works'' (司空) and ''grand master of splendid happiness bearing the golden pocket with purple trimming'' (金紫光祿大夫) from the Song dynasty, Song court, which he eventually passed on to his son, Nong Quanfu. Nong Quanfu was then granted the additional authority to rule Thang Do prefecture in the southeastern corner of the present-day Jingxi county, in Guangxi. His younger brother and brother-in-law controlled two other nearby prefectures. Quanfu's home prefecture was a great source of gold, which together with his domination over local trade route along the Bằng River, Bang river must have largely increased his wealth and political influence. Around 1020, Nong Quanfu married A Nong, a shamaness and the daughter of a noted chieftain of the Nong clan. Later, A Nong became his primary political advisor. Under A Nong's instruction, Quanfu killed his brother who was a leader in the Cen (surname), Cen (岑) clan and took his land.Jeffrey G. Barlow (1987:256) writes that Nong Quanfu first killed his own brother, then a leader of the Cen clan, and took their lands. Nung/Zhuang chieftains allocated lands to followers in a true feudal system, with some attributes of slave-holding practices. The amount of land controlled by a chieftain affected the number of men he could field, a powerful incentive to expansive warfare. The Nong clan eventually controlled 14 majors dongs, compared to 5 claimed by the Huang clan. Quanfu found the Kingdom of Longevity (長生國) and took for himself the exalted title ''Luminous and Sage Emperor'' (昭聖皇帝). He gave his wife A Nong the title ''Enlightened and Virtuous Empress'' (明德皇后). Quanfu then broke off all ties with Vietnamese ruler Lý Phật Mã, but was finally captured and executed by the Vietnamese ruler in 1039.Notes
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