Editing Yunnan (section)

=== Dian Kingdom ===
[[Image:DianScuplture1.jpg|thumb|Bronze sculpture of the [[Dian Kingdom]], 3rd century BC|alt=|left]]

Around the 3rd century BC, the central area of Yunnan around present day [[Kunming]] was known as [[Dian Kingdom|Dian]]. The [[Chu (state)|Chu]] general {{ill|Zhuang Qiao|zh|庄蹻}} ({{lang|zh-Hant|庄蹻}}) entered the region from the upper [[Yangtze River]]<ref>{{Cite conference |title=Conference on Ancient China and Social Science Generalizations, June 21–26, 1986, Airlie House, Virginia |date=1986 |oclc=66895315}} {{full citation needed | date=May 2024 | reason= which paper?}}</ref> and set himself up as "King of Dian".<ref>{{Cite book |title=Studies in Chinese archaeology and art |last=Watson | first= William |date=1998|volume =2|publisher=Pindar Press |isbn=9780907132943|oclc=38530016}}</ref> He and his followers brought into Yunnan an influx of Chinese influence,<ref>{{Cite book |title=Yunnanese and Kunming Chinese : a study of the language communities, the phonological systems, and the phonological developments |author=Gui Mingchao |date=2001 |publisher=Lincom Europa |place= Munich |oclc=702443006}}</ref> the start of a long history of migration and cultural expansion.