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Dongyi
Sign in to saveThe Dongyi or Eastern Yi () 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. Dongyi refers to different group of people in different periods. As such, the name "Yí" () was something of a catch-all and was applied to different groups over time. According to the earliest Chinese record, the Zuo Zhuan, the Shang dynasty was attacked by King Wu of Zhou while attacking the Dongyi and collapsed afterward.
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- Zhou geography: Huaxia surrounded by the Four Barbarians—Dongyi in the east, Nanman in the south, Xirong in the west, and Beidi in the north.
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15 sectionsContents
- Ancient inhabitants of Eastern China
- ''Yi'' ({{lang|zh|夷}})
- Characters
- Etymology and linguistic classification
- Usages
- Pre-Qin usages
- Post-Qin usages
- Other usage of Dongyi in Chinese history books
- Ancient states with ''Dongyi'' ({{lang|zh|東夷}}) and/or ''Huaiyi'' ({{lang|zh|淮夷}})
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
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The Dongyi or Eastern Yi () 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. Dongyi refers to different group of people in different periods. As such, the name "Yí" () was something of a catch-all and was applied to different groups over time. According to the earliest Chinese record, the Zuo Zhuan, the Shang dynasty was attacked by King Wu of Zhou while attacking the Dongyi and collapsed afterward.
== Ancient inhabitants of Eastern China ==