Ancient books in the pre-Qin period often referred to the ethnic groups in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and its south as "Yue". In fact, these "Yue" are not a nation, but a collective name of many ethnic groups. Each ethnic group has a caste and is not subordinate to each other, or it is called "wuyue" (southern Jiangsu-northern Zhejiang), or "Dongou Yue" (southern Zhejiang-northern Fujian), or "Fujian Yue" (northern Fujian-eastern Fujian), or "Yangyue" (Jiangxi
In 333 BC, Chu Weiwang led an army to attack Yue State, defeated Yue State and seized the land of wuyue. Since then, a new name "Baiyue" has appeared in literature.
Refers to the southern coastal areas of ancient China where the ancient Yue people were distributed. According to "History of Han Geography", the distribution of Baiyue is "enough to meet seven or eight thousand miles, Baiyue lives together, each with its own caste".
In other words, from now on, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi and northern Vietnam, which are seven or eight thousand miles away, are the most concentrated distribution areas of Guyue people; The local scattered distribution also includes Hunan, Jiangxi and Anhui.
The name "Baiyue" was first found in the Warring States literature "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals". Yan Shigu quoted the minister as saying: "From toe to toe, there are seven or eight thousand miles, and Baiyue is mixed, each with its own caste." It is recorded in Yue, Juwu, Yangyue, Ouyue, Dongyue, Minyue, Nanyue, Luoyue, Xiou, Yiyue, Kuiyue and Mountain.
During the Western Han Dynasty, the southern minorities can be roughly divided into "Baiyue" and "Southwest Yi". Southwest Yi refers to today's ethnic minority areas in Guizhou, Yunnan, southern Sichuan and southern Gansu.
For example, Yelang in Guizhou is located in Zunyi and Tongzi. For example, Du Qiong is today's Xichang City, Sichuan; For example, in Yunnan, the Miao people are in today's Yunnan; Then there is Baimayi, which is the Di nationality in Gansu Province today.
"History of Han Geography" quoted Minister Zan as saying: "From toe to toe, there are seven or eight thousand miles, and there are more than a hundred differences, each with its own caste." According to historical records, the Yue nationality is one of our Chinese nations.
There are two main theories about the origin of the Yue nationality. The first one is recorded in Records of the Five Emperors: "Emperor Zhuan Xu is the grandson of the Yellow Emperor and the son of Chang Yi. Jingyuan is a governor with a plan and dredge. Repair materials anywhere, take them with you like the sky, control righteousness according to ghosts and gods, cure qi and educate, and sincerely sacrifice.
As for the secluded mausoleum in the north, toe crossing in the south, quicksand in the west and flat wood in the east. What is moving and static, the god of size, the sun and the moon shine.