# Mu Zeng

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| name            = Mu Zeng
| title           = [Native chieftain](/source/Tusi) of Lijiang<br>Magistrate of Lijiang
| image           = A portrait of Mu Zeng.jpg
| image_size      = 200px
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| full name       = Mu Zeng (木增, Chinese name)<br>A-chai A-ssu (Nakhi name)
| father          = 
| mother          = 
| spouse          = 
| issue           = 
| succession      = [Native chieftain of Lijiang](/source/Lijiang_Tusi)
| reign           = 1600 &ndash; 1624
| predecessor     = [Mu Qing](/source/Mu_Qing_(tusi))
| successor       = [Mu Yi](/source/Mu_Yi)
| house           = 
| regnal name     = Magistrate of Lijiang (麗江知府)
| birth_date      = {{birth date|1587|9|19}}
| birth_place     = [Lijiang](/source/Lijiang)
| death_date      = {{death date and age|1646|9|9|1587|9|19}}
| death_place     = [Lijiang](/source/Lijiang)
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'''Mu Zeng''' ({{zh|木增}}, September 19, 1587 – September 9, 1646), also known as '''A-chai A-ssu''' in [Nakhi](/source/Naxi_language), was the [native chieftain](/source/Tusi) of [Lijiang](/source/Chiefdom_of_Lijiang) between 1597 and 1623. He was born to [Mu Qing](/source/Mu_Qing_(tusi)) ({{zh|木青}}) and Ashijia ({{zh|阿室加}}) and ascended the throne when he was ten years old. The chieftain was known for his [literature](/source/Chinese_literature) and wrote many [anthologie](/source/Anthology)s.<ref>《木氏宦谱》(木氏宗谱)，【清】木钟等编</ref><ref name=GN>《中国西南古纳西王国》(''The Ancient Nakhi Kingdom of Southwest China'')，[Joseph Rock](/source/Joseph_Rock) 著，刘宗岳译，云南美术出版社，1999年4月出版，{{ISBN|978-780-586-514-0}}</ref>

In 1624, he announced his privacy and gave his position to his son, Mu Yi ({{zh|木懿}}).<ref name=GN/>

Mu Zeng welcomed [Xu Xiake](/source/Xu_Xiake) when he came to Lijiang in 1640.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.qqwwr.com/staticpages/20100320/qqwwr4ba4e617-366247.shtml|script-title=zh:徐霞客与纳西土司木增的非常之交|language=Chinese}}</ref>

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Category:Politicians from Yunnan
Category:1587 births
Category:1646 deaths
Category:Ming dynasty government officials
Category:People from Lijiang

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