Dongyi

Dongyi
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.
Traditional Chinese	東夷
Simplified Chinese	东夷
Literal meaning	Eastern Barbarians
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dōngyí Wade–Giles Tung-i IPA [tʊ́ŋ.ǐ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping dung1 ji4 Middle Chinese Middle Chinese /tuŋ jiɪ/ Old Chinese Zhengzhang /*toːŋ lil/

The Dongyi or Eastern Yi (Chinese: 東夷; pinyin: Dōngyí) 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.^[1][2] As such, the name "Yí" 夷 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.