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The Man, commonly known as the Nanman or Southern Man (Chinese: 南蠻; Jyutping: Naam4 Maan4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm-bân, lit. Southern Barbarians ), were ancient indigenous peoples who lived in inland South and Southwest China , mainly around the Yangtze River valley.
Each was named for a cardinal direction: the Dongyi ("Eastern Barbarians"), Nanman ("Southern Barbarians"), Xirong ("Western Barbarians"), and Beidi ("Northern Barbarians"). Ultimately, the four barbarian groups either emigrated away from the Chinese heartland or were partly assimilated through sinicization into Chinese culture during later ...
The Di or Beidi (Northern Di) were various ethnic groups who lived north of the Chinese realms during the Zhou dynasty.Although initially described as nomadic, they seem to have practiced a mixed pastoral, agricultural, and hunting economy and were distinguished from the nomads of the Eurasian steppe who lived to their north.
Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign, also known as the War of Pacification in Nanzhong, was a military campaign which took place in 225 during the early Three Kingdoms period (220–280) of China. It was led by Zhuge Liang , the Imperial Chancellor of the state of Shu Han , against opposing forces in the Nanzhong region (covering parts of present ...
Xirong (Chinese: 西戎; pinyin: Xīróng; Wade–Giles: Hsi-jung; lit. 'Western warlike people') or Rong were various people who lived primarily in and around the western extremities of ancient China (in modern Gansu and Qinghai).
On Jan. 2, Amanda DeWitt purchased an 8-foot-long antique Louis XVI marble-top buffet on Facebook Marketplace. Two days later, the furniture, which was so heavy that she had to hire movers to ...
He joined Dongtuna and Ahuinan in defending Nanman territory from invading Shu forces. The Shu army launched a surprise attack on his camp one night, and Jinhuansanjie was killed by Zhao Yun during the chaos. Dongtuna (董荼那), a subordinate of Meng Huo. He joined Ahuinan and Jinhuansanjie in defending Nanman territory from the Shu invasion.
The Dongyi or Eastern Yi (Chinese: 東夷; pinyin: Dōngyí) was a collective term for ancient peoples found in Chinese records.The definition of Dongyi varied across the ages, but in most cases referred to inhabitants of eastern China, then later, the Korean peninsula and Japanese Archipelago.