Beidi
Also known as Northern Di
The Di or Beidi (Northern Di) were various ethnic groups who lived north of the Chinese (Huaxia) 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. Chinese historical accounts describe the Di inhabiting the upper Ordos Loop and gradually migrating eastward to northern Shanxi and northern Hebei, where they eventually created their own states like Zhongshan and Dai. Other groups of Di seem to have lived inter
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- Zhou geography: Huaxia surrounded by the Four Barbarians—Northern (Beidi), Southern (Nanman), Eastern (Dongyi), and Western (Xirong).
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Beidi eller Di (北狄; Běidí) var ett forntida icke-kinesiskt folk som levde i norra delen av dagens Kina under Shangdynastin (1600 till 1045 f.Kr.) och Zhoudynastin (1045 till 256 f.Kr.). Beidi var tillsammans med Dongyi (东夷), Xirong (西戎) och (南蛮) de fyra barbariska stammarna som fanns på alla sidor om det kinesiska kärnområdet, och som av kineserna nedsättande kallades Fyra barbarer (四夷). Under tiden för Kung Xiang av Zhou (r. 651 f.Kr–619 f.Kr.) invaderade Beidi Östra Zhoudynastins huvudstad Wangcheng. Kinesiska källor från Vår- och höstperioden (770–481 f.Kr.) beskriver "Vita Di" (白狄), "Röda Di" (赤狄) och "Långa Di" (長狄). Det finns belägg för att "Röda Di" var samma folk som folket som nämns i orakelbensskriften från Shangdynastin (ca 1600–1046 f.Kr).
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