"Four Barbarians" (Chinese: 四夷; pinyin: sìyí) was a term used by subjects of the Zhou and Han dynasties to refer to the four major people groups living...
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the Mongol Yuan dynasty the five colors began to symbolize ethnicities (五色四夷) in a multi-ethnic state. In later historical periods, this "flag of the five...
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dynasty revived the Ming Siyiguan 四夷館, the Manchus, who "were sensitive to references to barbarians", changed the name from yi 夷 "barbarian" to yi 彝 "Yi people"...
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the preferred term to designate them was the "Four Barbarians" (Chinese: 四夷; pinyin: sìyí), each was named for a cardinal direction: the Dongyi (東夷, "Eastern...
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"Chinese–Barbarian Dictionary" (華夷譯語) compiled by the Ming Bureau of Translators (四夷館). During the Yuan and Ming dynasty the Jurchen language continued to be spoken...
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"Jeogori". Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture. Retrieved 2022-06-16. "太平御覽 : 四夷部二·東夷二 : 新羅". ctext.org. Retrieved 2022-06-16. 禮襦曰尉解 Levinson, David; Christensen...
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1407, China had an Office for the Languages of Nations of Four Directions (四夷舘/四夷馆 sì yí guǎn), for the purposes of translating documents from minority and...
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Di—all general designations referring to the barbarian tribes." These Siyi 四夷 "Four Barbarians", most "probably the names of ethnic groups originally,"...
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