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Baiyue
Statue of a man with short hair and body tattoos typical of the Baiyue, from thestate of Yue
Chinese name
ChineseBách Việt
Literal meaningHundred Yue
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese Alpha betBách Việt
Chữ HánBách Việt

TheBaiyue,Hundred Yue,or simplyYue,were various ethnic groups who inhabited the regions ofSouthern ChinaandNorthern Vietnamduring the 1st millennium BC and 1st millennium AD.[1][2][3]They were known for their short hair, body tattoos, fine swords, and naval prowess.

During theWarring States period,the word "Yue" referred to thestate of YueinZhe gian g.The later kingdoms ofMinyueinFu gianandNanyueinGuangdongwere both considered Yue states. During theZhouandHandynasties, the Yue lived in a vast territory fromJiangsutoYunnan,[3]while Barlow (1997:2) indicates that theLuoyueoccupied the southwestGuangxiand northernVietnam.[4]TheBook of Handescribes the various Yue tribes and peoples can be found from the regions ofKuaijitoJiaozhi.[5]

The Yue tribes were gradually displaced orassimilated into Chinese cultureas the Han empireexpandedinto what is now Southern China and Northern Vietnam.[6][7][8][9]Many modern southernChinese dialectsbear traces ofsubstratelanguages[citation needed]originally spoken by the ancient Yue. Variations of the name are still used for the name of modern Vietnam, in Zhe gian g-related names includingYue opera,theYue Chineselanguage, and in the abbreviation forGuangdong.

Names

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The modern term "Yue" (traditional Chinese:Càng;;pinyin:Yuè;Cantonese Jyutping:Jyut6;Wade–Giles:Yüeh4;Vietnamese:Việt;Early Middle Chinese:Wuat) comes fromOld Chinese*ɢʷat.[10]It was first written using the pictograph戉for an axe (a homophone), inoracle boneand bronze inscriptions of the lateShang dynasty(c. 1200 BC), and later asCàng.[11]At that time it referred to a people or chieftain to the northwest of the Shang.[3][12][better source needed]In the early 8th century BC, a tribe on the middleYangtzewere called theYangyue,a term later used for peoples further south.[3]Between the 7th and 4th centuries BC "Yue" referred to thestate of Yuein the lower Yangtze basin and its people.[3][11]According to Ye Wenxian, as cited by Wan, the ethnonym of the Yuefang in northwestern China is not associated with that of the Baiyue in southeastern China.[13]

The term Baiyue first appears in theLüshi Chunqiu,compiled around 239 BC.[14][15]It was later used as a collective term for many non-Huaxia/Han Chinesepopulations ofSouthern ChinaandNorthern Vietnam.[3]

Ancient texts mention a number of Yue states or groups. Most of these names survived into early imperial times:

Ancient Yue groups
Chinese Mandarin Cantonese (Jyutping) Vietnamese Literal meaning
Với càng / với càng Yuyue Jyut1 jyut6 Ư Việt Yue byWuyu(first ruler of Yue)
Dương càng Yangyue Joeng4 jyut6 Dương Việt Yue ofYangzhou
Đông âu Dong'ou Dung1 au1 Đông Âu EasternOu
Mân càng Minyue Man5 jyut6 Mân Việt Yue ofMin
Đêm lang Yelang Je6 long4 Dạ Lang
Nam Việt Nanyue Naam4 jyut6 Nam Việt Southern Yue
Sơn càng Shanyue Saan1 jyut6 Sơn Việt Mountain Yue
Lạc càng Luoyue Lok6 jyut6 Lạc Việt
Âu càng Ouyue Au1 jyut6 Âu Việt Yue ofOu
Điền càng Dianyue Din1 jyut6 Điền Việt Yue ofDian

History

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WuandYueduring theWarring States period

Yuyue

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During the earlyZhou dynasty,the Chinese came into contact with a people known as theYuyue,but it is uncertain if they had any connection with the later Yue.[16]

Wu and Yue

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From the 9th century BC, two northern Yue tribes on the southeastern coastline of China, the Gouwu and Yuyue, came under the cultural influence of their northern Chinese neighbours. These two peoples were based in the areas of what is now southernJiangsuand northernZhe gian g,respectively. Traditional accounts attribute the cultural exchange toTaibo,aZhou dynastyprince who had self-exiled to the south. During theSpring and Autumn period,the Gouwu founded the state ofWuand the Yuyue the state ofYue.The Wu and Yue peoples hated each other and had an intense rivalry but were indistinguishable from each other to the other Chinese states. It is suggested in some sources that their distinctive appearance made them victims of discrimination abroad.[17]

The northern Wu eventually became the more sinicized of the two states. The royal family of Wu claimed descent fromKing Wen of Zhouas the founder of their dynasty. KingFuchaiof Wu made every effort to assert this claim and was the source of much contention among his contemporaries. Some scholars believe the Wu royalty may have been Chinese and ethnically distinct from the people they ruled.[16]The recorded history of Wu began with King Shoumeng (r. 585–561 BC). He was succeeded in succession by his sons King Zhufan (r. 560–548 BC), King Yuji (r. 547–531 BC),and King Yumei (r. 530–527 BC). The brothers all agreed to exclude their sons from the line of succession and to eventually pass the throne to their youngest brother, Prince Jizha, but when Yumei died, a succession crisis erupted which saw his son King Liao taking the throne. Not much is known about their reigns as Yue history largely concentrates on the last two Wu kings,Helü of Wu,who killed his cousin Liao, and his sonFuchai of Wu.[18]

Records for the southern state of Yue begin with the reign of King Yunchang (d. 497 BC). According to theRecords of the Grand Historian,the Yue kings were descended fromShao Kangof theXia dynasty.According to another source, the kings of Yue were related to the royal family ofChu.Other sources simply name the Yue ruling family as the house of Zou. There is no scholarly consensus on the origin of the Yue or their royalty.[19]

Wu and Yue spent much of the time at war with each other, during which Yue gained a fearsome reputation for its martial valour:

Zhuangzi of Qi wanted to attack Yue, and he discussed this with Hezi. Hezi said: “Our former ruler handed down his instruction: ‘Do not attack Yue, for Yue is [like] a cruel tiger.’” Zhuangzi said: “Even though it was a cruel tiger, now it is already dead.” Hezi reported this to Xiaozi. Xiaozi said: “It may already be dead but people still think it is alive.[20]

— Lüshi Chunqiu

Almost nothing is known about the organizational structure of the Wu and Yue states. Wu records only mention its ministers and kings while Yue records only mention its kings, and of these kings onlyGou gian's life is recorded in any appreciable detail. Gou gian 's descendants are listed but aside from their succession of each other until 330 BC, when Yue was conquered by Chu, nothing else about them is known. Therefore, the lower echelons of Wu–Yue society remain shrouded in mystery, appearing only in reference to their strange clothing, tattoos, and short hair by northern Chinese states. After the fall of Yue, the ruling family moved south to what is nowFu gianand established the kingdom ofMinyue.There they stayed, outside the reach of Chinese history until the end of theWarring States periodand the rise of theQin dynasty.[20]

In 512 BC, Wu launched a large expedition against the large state ofChu,based in the Middle Yangtze River. A similar campaign in 506 succeeded in sacking the Chu capitalYing.Also in that year, war broke out between Wu and Yue and continued with breaks for the next three decades. Wu campaigns against other states such asJinandQiare also mentioned. In 473, KingGou gianof Yue finally conquered Wu and was acknowledged by the northern states ofQiandJin.In 333, Yue was in turn conquered by Chu.[21]

Qin dynasty

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Qin dynastyand Yue peoples, 210 BC
Main article:Qin campaign against the Baiyue

After the unification of China byQin Shi Huang,the former Wu and Yue states were absorbed into the nascentQin empire.The Qin armies also advanced south along theXiang Riverto modern Guangdong and set up commanderies along the main communication routes. Motivated by the region's vast land and valuable exotic products, Emperor Qin Shi Huang is said to have sent half a million troops divided into five armies to conquer the lands of the Yue.[22][23][24]The Yue defeated the first attack by Qin troops and killed the Qin commander.[23]A passage fromHuainanziofLiu Anquoted by Keith Taylor (1991:18) describing the Qin defeat as follows:[25]

The Yue fled into the depths of the mountains and forests, and it was not possible to fight them. The soldiers were kept in the garrisons to watch over abandoned territories. This went on for a long time, and the soldiers went weary. Then the Yue went out and attacked; the Ch'in (Qin) soldiers suffered a great defeat. Subsequently, convicts were sent to hold the garrisons against the Yue.

Afterwards, Qin Shi Huang sent reinforcements to defend against the Yue. In 214 BC, Qin Shi Huang ordered the construction of theLingquCanal, which linked the north and south so that reinforcements could be transported to modern Guangdong, Guangxi and northern Vietnam, which were subjugated and reorganized into three prefectures within the Qin empire.[26]Qin Shi Huang imposedsinicisationby sending a large number of Chinese military agricultural colonists to what are now eastern Guangxi and western Guangdong.[27]

Minyue and Dong'ou

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Southern tribes in pre-Han conquest southern China and Vietnam[citation needed]

When the Qin fell in 206 BC, the hegemon-kingXiang Yudid not makeZou WuzhuandZou Yaokings. For this reason they refused to support him and instead joinedLiu Bangin attacking Xiang Yu. When Liu Bang won the war in 202 BC, he made Zou Wuzhu king ofMinyue;in 192, Zou Yao was made the king ofDong'ou.[28]Both Minyue and Dong'ou claimed descent from Gou gian.[20]

In 154,Liu Pi,the King of Wu, revolted against the Han and tried to persuade Minyue and Dong'ou to join him. The king of Minyue refused but Dong'ou sided with the rebels. However, when Liu Pi was defeated and fled to Dong'ou, they killed him to appease the Han, and therefore escaped any retaliation. Liu Pi's son,Liu Ziju,fled to Minyue and worked to incite a war between the Minyue and Dong'ou.[28]

In 138, Minyue attacked Dong'ou and besieged their capital. Dong'ou managed to send someone to appeal for help from the Han. Opinions at the Han court were mixed on whether or not to help Dong'ou. Grand commandant Tian Fen was of the opinion that the Yue constantly attacked each other and it was not in the Han's interest to interfere in their affairs. Palace counsellor Zhuang Zhu argued that to not aid Dong'ou would be to signal the end of the empire just like the Qin. A compromise was made to allow Zhuang Zhu to call up troops, but only fromKuaiji Commandery,and finally an army was transported by sea to Dong'ou. By the time the Han forces had arrived, Minyue had already withdrawn its troops. The king of Dong'ou no longer wished to live in Dong'ou, so he requested permission for the inhabitants of his state to move into Han territory. Permission was granted and he and all his people settled in the region between theYangtzeandHuai River.[28][29]

In 137, Minyue invadedNanyue.An imperial army was sent against them, but the Minyue king was murdered by his brotherZou Yushan,who sued for peace with the Han. The Han enthroned Zou Wuzhu's grandson, Zou Chou, as king. After they left, Zou Yushan secretly declared himself king while the Han backed Zou Chou found himself powerless. When the Han found out about this the emperor deemed it too troublesome to punish Yushan and let the matter slide.[29][30]

In 112, Nanyue rebelled against the Han. Zou Yushan pretended to send forces to aid the Han against Nanyue, but secretly maintained contact with Nanyue and only took his forces as far asJieyang.Han generalYang Puwanted to attack Minyue for their betrayal; however, the emperor felt that their forces were already too exhausted for any further military action, so the army was disbanded. The next year, Zou Yushan learned that Yang Pu had requested permission to attack him and saw that Han forces were amassing at his border. Zou Yushan made a preemptive attack against the Han, takingBaisha,Wulin,andMeiling,killing three commanders. In the winter, the Han retaliated with a multi-pronged attack by Han Yue, Yang Pu,Wang Wenshu,and two Yue marquises. When Han Yue arrived at the Minyue capital, the Yue native Wu Yang rebelled against Zou Yushan and murdered him. Wu Yang was enfeoffed by the Han as marquis ofBeishi.Emperor Wu of Hanfelt it was too much trouble to occupy Minyue as it was a region full of narrow mountain passes. He commanded the army to evict the region and resettle the people between the Yangtze and Huai River, leaving the region (modernFu gian) a deserted land.[31]

Lạc Việt

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Lạc Việt,known in Chinese history as Luoyue, was an ancient conglomeration of Yue tribes in what is now modernGuangxiand northernVietnam.According to Vietnamese folklore and legend, the Lạc Việt founded a state calledVăn Langc. 2879 BCand were ruled by theHùng kings,who were descended fromLạc Long Quân(Lạc Dragon Lord). Lạc Long Quân came from the sea and subdued all the evil of the land, taught the people how to cultivate rice and wear clothes, and then returned to the sea again. He then met and married Âu Cơ, a goddess, daughter of Đế Lai. Âu Cơ soon bore an egg sac, from which hatched a hundred children. The first born son became Hùng King and ancestor of Luoyue people.

Despite its legendary origins,Lạc Việthistory only begins in the 7th century BC with the first Hùng king inMê Linhuniting the various tribes.[32]

In 208, the Western Ou (Xi'ou or Nam Cương) kingThục Phán,a descendant ofShuroyalty, conquered Văn Lang.[33]

Âu Việt

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Map of theCổ Loa Citadel

TheÂu Việt,known in Chinese as Ouyue, resided in modern northeast Vietnam,Guangdong province,and Guangxi province. At some point they split and became the Western Ou and the Eastern Ou. In the late 3rd century BC,Thục Phán,a descendant of the last ruler ofShu,came to rule the Western Ou. In 219 BC, Western Ou came under attack from theQin empireand lost its king. Seeking refuge, Thục Phán led a group of dispossessed Ou lords south in 208 BC and conquered the Lạc Việt state of Văn Lang, which he renamedÂu Lạc.Henceforth he came to be known as An Dương Vương.[34]

An Dương Vương and the Ou lords built the citadelCổ Loa,literally 'Old snail'—so called because its walls were laid out in concentric rings reminiscent of a snail shell. According to legend, the construction of the citadel was halted by a group of spirits seeking to gain revenge for the son of the previous king. The spirits were led by a white chicken. A golden turtle appeared, subdued the white chicken, and protected An Dương Vương until the citadel's completion. When the turtle departed, he left one of his claws behind, which An Dương Vương used as the trigger for his magical crossbow, the "Saintly Crossbow of the Supernaturally Luminous Golden Claw".[25]

An Dương Vương sent a giant called Lý Ông Trọng to theQin dynastyas tribute. During his stay with the Qin, Lý Ông Trọng distinguished himself in fighting theXiongnu,after which he returned to his native village and died there.[25]

In 179 BC, An Dương Vương acknowledged the suzerainty of theHan dynasty,causingZhao TuoofNanyueto become hostile and mobilize forces against Âu Lạc. Zhao Tuo's initial attack was unsuccessful. According to legend, Zhao Tuo asked for a truce and sent his son to conduct a marriage alliance with An Dương Vương's daughter. Zhao Tuo's son stole the turtle claw that powered An Dương Vương's magical crossbow, rendering his realm without protection. When Zhao Tuo invaded again, An Dương Vương fled into the sea where he was welcomed by the golden turtle. Âu Lạc was divided into the two prefectures ofJiaozhiandJiuzhen.[35]

Nanyue

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Territory and borders of Nanyue kingdom
Gold seal excavated from the tomb ofZhao Mo,second King ofNanyue.The seal's characters, shown in detail on the lower left, readVăn đế hành 壐('Imperial Seal of EmperorWen'), which demonstrates the first Nanyue rulers' Emperor status within Nanyue itself.
SixjadeiteLiubogame pieces from the tomb of KingZhao MoofNanyue(r. 137–122 BC)

Zhao Tuo was aQingeneral originally born around 240 BC in thestateofZhao(within modernHebei). When Zhao was annexed byQinin 222 BC, Zhao Tuo joined the Qin and served as one of their generals in the conquest of the Baiyue. The territory of the Baiyue was divided into the three provinces of Guilin, Nanhai, and Xiang. Zhao served as magistrate in the province of Nanhai until his military commander,Ren Xiao,fell ill. Before he died, Ren advised Zhao not to get involved in the affairs of the declining Qin, and instead set up his own independent kingdom centered around the geographically remote and isolated city ofPanyu(modernGuangzhou). Ren gave Zhao full authority to act as military commander of Nanhai and died shortly afterwards. Zhao immediately closed off the roads at Hengpu, Yangshan, and Huangqi. Using one excuse or another he eliminated the Qin officials and replaced them with his own appointees. By the time the Qin fell in 206 BC, Zhao had also conquered the provinces of Guilin and Xiang. He declared himself King Wu ofNanyue(Southern Yue).[36]UnlikeQin Shi Huang,Zhao respected Yue customs, rallied their local rulers, and let local chieftains continue their old policies and local political traditions. Under Zhao's rule, he encouraged Han Chinese settlers to intermarry with the indigenous Yue tribes through instituting a policy of 'harmonizing and gathering' while creating a syncretic culture that was a blend of Han and Yue cultures.[23][26]

In 196,Emperor Gaozu of HandispatchedLu Jiato recognize Zhao Tuo as king of Nanyue.[36]Lu gave Zhao a seal legitimizing him as king of Nanyue in return for his nominal submission to the Han. Zhao received him in the manner of the local people with his hair in a chignon while squatting. Lu accused him of going native and forgetting his true ancestry. Zhao excused himself by saying he had forgotten the northern customs after living in the south for so long.[37]

In 185,Empress Lü's officials outlawed trade of iron and horses with Nanyue. Zhao Tuo retaliated by proclaiming himself Emperor Wu of Nanyue and attacking the neighboring kingdom ofChangsha,taking a few border towns. In 181 BC,Zhou Zaowas dispatched by Empress Lü to attack Nanyue, but the heat and dampness caused many of his officers and men to fall ill, and he failed to make it across the mountains into enemy territory. Zhao began to menace the neighboring kingdoms ofMinyue,Xiou(Western Ou), andLuoluo.After securing their submission he began passing out edicts in a similar manner to the Han emperor.[38]

In 180,Emperor Wen of Hanmade efforts to appease Zhao. Learning that Zhao's parents were buried in Zhending, he set aside a town close by just to take care of their graves. Zhao's cousins were appointed to high offices at the Han court. He also withdrew the army stationed in Changsha on the Han-Nanyue border. In response, Zhao rescinded his claims to imperium while communicating with the Han, however he continued using the title of emperor within his kingdom. Tribute bearing envoys from Nanyue were sent to the Han and thus the iron trade was resumed.[39]

In 179, Zhao Tuo defeated the kingdom ofÂu Lạcand annexed it.[23]

Zhao Tuo died in 137 and was succeeded by his grandson,Zhao Mo.[39]Upon Zhao Mo's accession, the neighboring king of Minyue, Zou Ying, sent his army to attack Nanyue. Zhao sent for help from theHan dynasty,his nominal vassal overlord. The Han responded by sending troops against Minyue, but before they could get there, Zou Ying was killed by his brother Zou Yushan, who surrendered to the Han. The Han army was recalled.[40]Zhao considered visiting the Han court in order to show his gratitude. His high ministers argued against it, reminding him that his father kept his distance from the Han and merely avoided a breach of etiquette to keep the peace. Zhao therefore pleaded illness and never went through with the trip. Zhao did actually fall ill several years later and died in 122. He was succeeded by his son,Zhao Yingqi.[40]

After the Han dynasty aided Nanyue in fending off an invasion byMinyue,Zhao Mo sent his son Yingqi to the Han court, where he joined the emperor's guard. Zhao Yingqi married aHan Chinesewoman from the Jiu family ofHandan,who gave birth to his second son,Zhao Xing.Yingqi behaved without any scruples and committed murder on several occasions. When his father died in 122, he refused to visit the Han emperor to ask for his leave due to fearing that he would be arrested and punished for his behavior. Yingqi died in 115 and was succeeded by his second son,Zhao Xing,rather than the eldest,Zhao Jiande.[41]

In 113,Emperor Wu of Hansent Anguo Shaoji to summon Zhao Xing and the Queen Dowager Jiu to Chang'an for an audience with the emperor. The Queen Dowager Jiu, who was Han Chinese, was regarded as a foreigner by the Yue people, and it was widely rumored that she had an illicit relationship with Anguo Shaoji before she married Zhao Yingqi. When Anguo arrived, quite a number of people believed the two resumed their relationship. The Queen Dowager feared that there would be a revolt against her authority so she urged the king and his ministers to seek closer ties to the Han. Xing agreed to and proposed that relations between Nanyue and the Han should be normalized with a triennial journey to the Han court as well as the removal of custom barriers along the border.[42]The prime minister of Nanyue,Lü Jia,held military power and his family was more well connected than either the king or the Queen Dowager. According to theRecords of the Grand HistorianandĐại Việt sử ký toàn thư,Lü Jia was chief of aLạc Việttribe, related to King Qin ofCangwuby marriage, and over 70 of his kinsmen served as officials in various parts of the Nanyue court. Lü refused to meet the Han envoys which angered the Queen Dowager. She tried to kill him at a banquet but was stopped by Xing. The Queen Dowager tried to gather enough support at court to kill Lü in the following months, but her reputation prevented it.[43]When news of the situation reached Emperor Wu in 112, he orderedZhuang Canto lead a 2,000 men expedition to Nanyue. However, Zhuang refused to accept the mission, declaring that it was illogical to send so many men under the pretext of peace, but so few to enforce the might of the Han. The former prime minister ofJibei,Han Qianqiu,offered to lead the expedition and arrest Lü Jia. When Han crossed the Han–Nanyue border, Lü conducted a coup, killing Xing, Queen Dowager Jiu, and all the Han emissaries in the capital. Xing's brother,Zhao Jiande,was declared the new king.[43]

The 2000 men led by Han Qianqiu took several small towns but were defeated as they neared Panyu, which greatly shocked and angered Emperor Wu. The emperor thensent an army of 100,000 to attack Nanyue.The army marched on Panyu in a multi-pronged assault.Lu Bodeadvanced from theHui RiverandYang Pufrom theHengpu River.Three natives of Nanyue also joined the Han. One advanced from theLi River,the second invadedCangwu,and the third advanced from theZangke River.In the winter of 111 BC Yang Pu capturedXunxiaand broke through the line at Shimen. With 20,000 men he drove back the vanguard of the Nanyue army and waited for Lu Bode. However, Lu failed to meet up on time and when he did arrive, he had no more than a thousand men. Yang reachedPanyufirst and attacked it at night, setting fire to the city. Panyu surrendered at dawn. Jiande and Lü Jia fled the city by boat, heading east to appeal for Minyue's aid, but the Han learned of their escape and sent the generalSima Shuangafter them. Both Jiande and Lü Jia were captured and executed.[44]

Dianyue

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In 135 BC, the Han envoy Tang Meng brought gifts to Duotong, the king ofYelang,which bordered theDian Kingdom,and convinced him to submit to the Han. Jianwei Commandery was established in the region. In 122, Emperor Wu dispatched four groups of envoys to the southwest in search of a route toDaxiain Central Asia. One group was welcomed by the king of Dian but none of them were able to make it any further as they were blocked in the north by the Sui and Kunming tribes of theErhairegion and in the south by theDiand Zuo tribes. However, they learned that further west there was a kingdom called Dianyue where the people rode elephants and traded with the merchants from Shu in secret.[45]

Han dynasty

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Map showing directions of Han attacks on the Yue home region to the south and the Xiongnu territories to the north in 2nd century BC
Main articles:Han campaigns against MinyueandSouthward expansion of the Han dynasty

In 111 BC, the Hanconquered Nanyueandruled itfor the next several hundred years.[46][47]The former territory of Nanyue was converted into nine commanderies and two outpost commands.[48][49]

Nanyue was seen as attractive to the Han rulers as they desired to secure the area's maritime trade routes and gain access to luxury goods from the south such as pearls, incense, elephant tusks, rhinoceros horns, tortoise shells, coral, parrots, kingfishers, peacocks, and other rare luxuries to satisfy the demands of the Han aristocracy.[50][51][52]Other considerations such as frontier security, revenue from a relatively large agricultural population, and access to tropical commodities all contributed to the Han dynasty's desire to retain control of the region.[53]Panyuwas already a major center for international maritime trade and was one of the most economically prosperous metropolises during the Han dynasty.[54]Regions in the principal ports of modern Guangdong were used for the production of pearls and a trading terminal for maritime silk with Ancient India and the Roman Empire.[54]

Sinicization of the southern Han dynasty which used to be Nanyue was the result of several factors.[55]Northern and central China was often a theater of imperial dynastic conflict which resulted in waves of Han Chinese refugees fleeing to the south. With dynastic changes, wars, and foreign invasions, Han Chinese living in central China were forced to expand into the unfamiliar and southern regions in large numbers.[2]As the number of Han Chinese immigrants into the Yue coastal regions increased, many Chinese families joined them to escape political unrest, military service, tax obligations, persecution, or sought new opportunities.[56][57]As early arrivals took advantage of the easily accessible fertile land, latecomers had to continue migrating to more remote areas.[2]Conflicts would sometimes arise between the two groups but eventually Han Chinese immigrants from the northern plains moved south to form ad hoc groups and take on the role as powerful local political leaders, many of whom accepted Chinese government titles.[58]Each new wave of Han immigrants exerted additional pressure on the indigenous Yue inhabitants as the Han Chinese in southern China gradually became the predominant ethnic group in local life while displacing the Yue tribes into more mountainous and remote border areas.[59]

The difficulty of logistics and themalarialclimate in the south made Han migration and eventual sinicization of the region a slow process.[60][61]Describing the contrast in immunity towards malaria between the indigenous Yue and the Chinese immigrants, Robert B. Marks (2017:145-146) writes:[62]

The Yue population in southern China, especially those who lived in the lower reaches of the river valleys, may have had knowledge of the curative value of the "qinghao"plant, and possibly could also have acquired a certain level of immunity to malaria before Han Chinese even appeared on the scene. But for those without acquired immunity—such as Han Chinese migrants from north China—the disease would have been deadly.

Over the same period, the Han dynasty incorporated many other border peoples such as theDianand assimilated them.[63]Under the direct rule and greater efforts at sinification by the victorious Han, the territories of the Lac states were annexed and ruled directly, along with other former Yue territories to the north as provinces of the Han empire.[64]

Trưng Sisters

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In 40 AD, the Lạc lord Thi Sách rebelled on the advice of his wife Trưng Trắc. The administrator ofJiaozhi Commandery,Su Ding, was too afraid to confront them and fled. The commanderies ofJiuzhen,Hepu,andRinanall rebelled. Trưng Trắc abolished the Han taxes and was recognized as queen atMê Linh.Later Vietnamese sources would claim that her husband was killed by the Han, thus stirring her to action, but Chinese sources make it clear Trưng Trắc was always in the leading position, alongside her sister Trưng Nhị. Together they came to be known as the legendaryTrưng SistersofVietnamese history.A large number of names and biographies of leaders under the Trưng Sisters are recorded in temples dedicated to them, many of them also women.[65]

In 42 AD, the veteran Han generalMa Yuanled 20,000 troops against the Trưng Sisters. His advance was checked byCổ Loa Citadelfor over a year, but the Lạc lords became increasingly nervous at the sight of a large Han army. Realizing that she would soon lose her followers if she did not do anything, Trưng Trắc sallied out against the Han army and lost badly, losing more than 10,000 followers. Her followers fled, allowing Ma Yuan to advance. By early 43 AD, both sisters had been captured and executed.[66]

Post-rebellion sinicisation

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Late Eastern Han provinces and commanderies as well as nearby non-Han Chinese peoples[67]

After the rebellion of the Trưng Sisters, more direct rule and greater efforts at sinicisation were imposed by the Han dynasty. The territories of the Lạc lords were revoked and ruled directly, along with other former Yue territories to the north, as provinces of the Han empire.[68]Division among the Yue leaders were exploited by the Han dynasty with the Han military winning battles against the southern kingdoms and commanderies that were of geographic and strategic value to them. Han foreign policy also took advantage of the political turmoil among rival Yue leaders and enticed them with bribes and lured prospects for submitting to the Han Empire as a subordinatevassal.[69]

Continuing internal Han Chinese migration during the Han dynasty eventually brought all the Yue coastal peoples under Chinese political control and cultural influence.[70]As the number of Han Chinese migrants intensified following the annexation of Nanyue, the Yue people were gradually absorbed and driven out into poorer land on the hills and into the mountains.[9][71][72][73][74]Chinese military garrisons showed little patience with the Yue tribes who refused to submit to Han Chinese imperial power and resisted the influx of Han Chinese immigrants, driving them out to the coastal extremities such as the river valleys and highland areas where they became marginal scavengers and outcasts.[75][76]Han dynasty rulers saw the opportunity offered by the Chinese family agricultural settlements and used it as a tool for colonizing newly conquered regions and transforming those environments.[77][76]Displaced Yue tribes often staged sneak attacks and small-scale raids or attacks to reclaim their lost territories on Chinese settlements termed "rebellions" by traditional historians but were eventually stymied by the strong action of the Han dynasty's military superiority.[78][79][80][76][81][2][6][64]

Shanyue

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TheShanyue"Mountain Yue" were one of the last groups of Yue mentioned in Chinese history. They lived in the mountain regions of modernJiangsu,Zhe gian g,Anhui,JiangxiandFu gian.

Yan Baihu,or "White Tiger Yan", was a bandit leader of possiblyShanyueorigins. WhenSun Cecame toWu Commanderyin 195, Yan Baihu gave refuge to the displacedXu Gongand threatened the flank of Sun Ce's army. However, Sun Ce paid him no attention and the two avoided any altercations. In 197,Cao Cao's agent Chen Yu provoked Yan into rebellion. Sun Ce sentLü Fanto drive out Chen Yu while he himself attacked Yan. The defeated Yan fled south to joinXu Zhaobut died soon afterwards. Remnants of Yan's band joined Xu Gong in 200 to threaten Sun Ce's rear as he attackedHuang Zuin the west. Sun Ce decided to retreat and finish off the bandits once and for all, only to fall into an ambush and die at their hands.[82]

In 203, they rebelled againstSun Quan's rule and were defeated by the generalsLü Fan,Cheng Pu,andTaishi Ci.In 217, Sun Quan appointedLu Xunsupreme commander of an army to suppress martial activities by the Shanyue in Guiji (modernShao xing). Captured Shanyue tribesmen were recruited into the army. In 234,Zhuge Kewas made governor ofDanyang.Under his governorship, the region was cleansed of the Shanyue through systematic destruction of their settlements. Captured tribesmen were used as front line fodder in the army. The remaining population was resettled in lowlands and many became tenant farmers for Chinese landowners.[83][better source needed]

Post-Han

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Thefall of the Han dynastyand the following period of division sped up the process of sinicisation. Periods of instability and war in northern and central China, such as theNorthern and Southern dynastiesand during theMongol conquest of the Song dynastysent waves of Han Chinese into the south.[84] Waves of migration and subsequent intermarriage and cross-cultural dialogue gave rise to modern Chinese demographics with a dominant Han Chinese majority and minority non-Han Chinese indigenous peoples in the south.[85][86]By theTang dynasty(618–907), the term "Yue" had largely become a regional designation rather than a cultural one, as in theWuyuestate during theFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms periodin what is now Zhe gian g province. During theSong dynasty,a bridge known as the Guojie qiao (World Crossing Bridge) was built atJia xingbetween the modern border ofJiangsu provinceandZhe gian g province.On the northern side of the bridge stands a statue of KingFuchaiof Wu and on the southern side, a statue of KingGou gianof Yue.[87]Successive waves of migration in different localities during various times in Chinese history over the past two thousand years have given rise to different dialect groups seen in Southern China today.[88]Modern Lingnan culture contains both Nanyue and Han Chinese elements: the modern Cantonese language resembles Middle Chinese (the prestige language of the Tang dynasty), but has retained some features of the long-extinctNanyue language.Some distinctive features of the vocabulary, phonology, and syntax of southernvarieties of Chineseare attributed to substrate languages that were spoken by the Yue.[89][90]

Legacy

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In ancient China, the charactersCàngandViệt(bothyuèinpinyinandjyut6inJyutping) were used interchangeably, but they are differentiated in modern Chinese:

  • The characterCàngrefers to the original territory of the state of Yue, which was based in what is now northernZhe gian g,especially the areas aroundShao xingandNingbo.It is also used to writeVietnam,a word adapted fromNanyue(Vietnamese:Nam Việt), (literal English translation asSouthern Yue). This character is also still used in the city Guangzhou for the Yuexiu (Càng tú) district, and when referring to the Nanyue Kingdom.
  • The characterViệtis associated with the southern province ofGuangdong.Both the regional dialects ofYue Chineseand the standard form, popularly calledCantonese,are spoken in Guangdong,Guangxi,Hong Kong,Macauand in many Cantonese communities around the world.

Vietnam

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Việtis theSino-Vietnamesepronunciation of Yue, derived fromMiddle Chinese.The modern name ofVietnamderives fromNanyue,or Nam Việt, except reversed.[91]

Tanka people

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This section is an excerpt fromTanka people § Baiyue connection and origins in Southern China.[edit]

The Tanka are considered by some scholars to be related to other minority peoples of southern China, such as theYaoandLi people(Miao).[92]The Amoy University anthropologist Ling Hui-hsiang wrote his theory of the Fu gian Tanka as descendants of the Bai Yue. He claimed that Guangdong and Fu gian Tanka are definitely descended from the old Bai Yue peoples, and that they may have been ancestors of theMalay race.[93]The Tanka inherited their lifestyle and culture from the original Yue peoples who inhabited Hong Kong during the Neolithic era.[94]After the First Emperor of China conquered Hong Kong, groups from northern and central China moved into the general area of Guangdong, including Hong Kong.[95]

One theory proposes that the ancient Yue inhabitants of southern China are the ancestors of the modern Tanka boat people. The majority of western academics subscribe to this theory, and use Chinese historical sources. (The ancient Chinese used the term "Yue" to refer to all southern barbarians.)[96][97]The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition, states that the ancestors of the Tanka were native people.[98][99]

The Tanka's ancestors were pushed to the southern coast by Chinese peasants who took over their land.[100][101]

During theBritish colonial era in Hong Kong,the Tanka were considered a separate ethnic group from thePunti,Hakka, and Hoklo.[102]Punti is another name for Cantonese (it means "local" ), who came from mainly Guangdong districts. The Hakka and Hoklo are not considered as Puntis.

The Tanka have been compared to theShe peopleby some historians, practising Han Chinese culture, while being an ethnic minority descended from natives of Southern China.[103]

Culture

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The Ou Yue people have their hair cut short and tattooed bodies, their right shoulder is left bare and their clothes are fastened on the left. In the kingdom of Wu they blacken their teeth and scarify their faces, they wear hats made of fish-skin and [clothes] stitched with an awl.[17]

— Zhanguo Ce

The Han referred to the various non-Han "barbarian" peoples of southern China as "Baiyue", saying they possessed habits like adapting to water, having their hair cropped short and tattooed.[104]The Han also said their language was "animal shrieking" and that they lacked morals, modesty, civilization and culture.[105][106]According to one Han Chinese immigrant of the 2nd century BC, "The Yue cut their hair short, tattooed their body, live in bamboo groves with neither towns nor villages, possessing neither bows or arrows, nor horses or chariots."[107][108][109]They also blackened their teeth.[110]

Miniature model of a Yue ship

Militarily, the ancient states of Yue and Wu were distinct from other Sinitic states for their possession of a navy.[111]Unlike other Chinese states of the time, they also named their boats and swords.[112]A Chinese text described the Yue as a people who used boats as their carriages and oars as their horses.[113]The marshy lands of the south gave the Gouwu and Yuyue people unique characteristics. According to Robert Marks, the Yue lived in what is now Fu gian province gained their livelihood mostly from fishing, hunting, and practiced some kind of swidden rice farming.[114]Prior to Han Chinese migration from the north, the Yue tribes cultivated wet rice, practiced fishing andslash-and-burn agriculture,domesticatedwater buffalo,builtstilt houses,tattooed their faces and dominated the coastal regions from shores all the way to the fertile valleys in the interior mountains.[115][116][117][118][119][120][121]Water transport was paramount in the south, so the two states became advanced in shipbuilding and developed maritime warfare technology mapping trade routes to Eastern coasts of China and Southeast Asia.[122][123]

Swords

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Yue sword

The Yue were known for their swordsmanship and producing finedouble-edged swords(Kiếm;Kiếm;jiàn).Kao Gong Jistated thatWuandYuemanufactured the best double-edged swords.[124][125]According to theSpring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue,KingGou gianmet a female sword fighter called Nanlin (Yuenü) who demonstrated mastery over the art, and so he commanded his top five commanders to study her technique. Ever since, the technique came to be known as the "Sword of the Lady of Yue". The Yue were also known for their possession of mystical knives embued with the talismanic power of dragons or other amphibious creatures.[126]

The woman was going to travel north to have audience with King [Gou gian of Yue] when she met an old man on the road, and he introduced himself as Lord Yuan. He asked the woman: “I have heard that you are good at swordsmanship, I would like to see this!" the woman said: “I do not dare to conceal anything from you; my lord, you may put me to the test.” Lord Yuan then selected a stave of linyu bamboo, the top of which was withered. He broke off [the leaves] at the top and threw them to the ground, and the woman picked them up [before they hit the ground]. Lord Yuan then grabbed the bottom end of the bamboo and stabbed at the woman. She responded, and they fought three bouts, and just as the woman lifted the stave to strike him, Lord Yuan flew into the treetops and became a white gibbon (yuan).[127]

— Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue

TheZhan Guo Cementions the high quality of southern swords and their ability to cleave through oxen, horses, bowls, and basins, but would shatter if used on a pillar or rock. Wu and Yue swords were highly valued and those who owned them would hardly ever use them for fear of damage, however in Wu and Yue these swords were commonplace and treated with less reverence.[128]TheYuejue shu(Record of Precious Swords) mentions several named swords: Zhanlu (Black), Haocao (Bravery), Juque (Great Destroyer), Lutan (Dew Platform), Chunjun (Purity), Shengxie (Victor over Evil), Yuchang (Fish-belly), Longyuan (Dragon Gulf), Taie (Great Riverbank), and Gongbu (Artisanal Display). Many of these were made by the Yue swordsmithOu Yezi.[129]

Swords held a special place in the culture of the ancient kingdoms of Wu and Yue. Legends about swords were recorded here far earlier and in much greater detail than any other part of China, and this reflects both the development of sophisticated sword-making technology in this region of China, and the importance of these blades within the culture of the ancient south. Both Wu and Yue were famous among their contemporaries for the quantity and quality of the blades that they produced, but it was not until much later, during the Han dynasty, that legends about them were first collected. These tales became an important part of Chinese mythology, and introduced the characters of legendary swordsmiths such asGan JiangCan tướng andMo YeMạc gia to new audiences in stories that would be popular for millennia. These tales would serve to keep the fame of Wu and Yue sword-craft alive, many centuries after these kingdoms had vanished, and indeed into a time when swords had been rendered completely obsolete for other than ceremonial purposes by developments in military technology.[130]

— Olivia Milburn

Even after Wu and Yue were assimilated into larger Chinese polities, memory of their swords lived on. During theHan dynasty,Liu Pi King of Wu (195–154 BC) had a sword named Wu gian to honour the history of metalworking in his kingdom.[131]

  • The Sword of Goujian, King of Yue
    TheSwordofGou gian,King ofYue
  • Inscription on the Sword of Goujian
    Inscription on the Sword of Gou gian
  • Bronze Yue sword with criss cross pattern
    Bronze Yue sword with criss cross pattern
  • Spear of Fuchai, King of Wu
    SpearofFuchai,King ofWu
  • Base of the Spear of Fuchai
    Base of the Spear of Fuchai
  • Bronze vessel of a Wu king
    Bronze vessel of aWuking

Language

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Further information:Old Yue language

Knowledge of Yue speech is limited to fragmentary references and possibleloanwordsin other languages, principally Chinese. The longest is theSong of the Yue Boatman,a short song transcribed phonetically in Chinese characters in 528 BC and included, with a Chinese version, in theGarden of Storiescompiled byLiu Xiangfive centuries later.[132]

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