"Barbarians" mainly referred to " Southern Barbarians " in ancient times.
Nanman is a general term for the ethnic minorities in the south.
Nanman can be divided into three major ethnic groups: Baiyue ethnic group, Baipu ethnic group and Bashu ethnic group. The Baiyue ethnic group are distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places south of the Yangtze River; the Baipu are distributed in Guizhou and Hunan; and the Bashu are distributed in Sichuan and Chongqing.
Siyi , the second meaning refers to foreigners and foreigners.
"Shangshu·Dayu Mo": "There is no idleness and no waste, and the four barbarians will come to the king."
The four barbarians mainly refer to the four tribes, the collective name of Dongyi, Nanman, Beidi and Xirong.
The Central Plains has a warm climate, moderate rainfall, and fertile soil. The border areas have poor natural conditions, so they are called barbarians.
first, Dongyi.
Dongyi is the collective name for the eastern ethnic minorities.
The Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties mainly refer to the tribes living in Shandong, Huaihe and other places.
In the Qin and Han Dynasties, it refers to foreigners and ethnic minorities in my country such as the Korean Peninsula, Japanese Islands, etc.
Second, Xirong is a general term for Western ethnic minorities.
Before the Warring States period, it referred to various tribes of the Di and Qiang tribes, including Guirong, Quanrong, etc.; after the Qin and Han Dynasties, it referred to various ethnic groups in western China.
Third, Beidi is the collective name for the ethnic minorities in the north. The name
first originated from the Zhou Dynasty . During the Warring States Period, some Beidi ethnic groups became Sinicized and went south to integrate into the Hu people, becoming one of the ancestors of the later Xiongnu .
