Huyan

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The Huyan (Chinese: 呼衍; Wade-Giles: Huyen) was a noble house that led the last remnants of the Northern Huns (Ch. Xiongnu, Hsiung-nu, etc) to Dzungaria during the 2nd century, after the Battle of Ikh Bayan. The noble clan of Huyan, is a patrilineal lineage or last name, much as the Ashina and Yujiulu.[1][2]

By the 3rd century BC, the upper stratum of the Hun (Ch. Xiongnu, Hsiung-nu, etc) was made up of five aristocratic houses, the Luanti (house of Shanyu and the Tuqi of the east and west), Huyan (Tr. Kuyan = Jack rabbit), Xubu (Tr. Suybu = West Tribe), Qiulin and Lan (Tr. Lan = Orchard). Both noble houses of Huyan (Kuyan), and Xubu (Suybu), settled in the east, Qiulin and Lan in the west, while Luanti at the center of Mongolia.[1][2] [3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Lin (1986), p. 33-45, 114-119
  2. ^ a b Wang (2004), p. 132-147,
  3. ^ Gumilev L.N., "Hunnu in China", Moscow, 'Science', 1974

[edit] References

  • Lin, Gan (1986). A Comprehensive History of Xiongnu. Beijing: People's Press. CN / K289.
  • Wang, Zhonghan (2004). Outlines of Ethnic Groups in China. Taiyuan: Shanxi Education Press. ISBN 7-5440-2660-4.
  • Gumilev L.N., "Hunnu in China", Moscow, 'Science', 1974, ISBN 5-8599-0092-9
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