The word "Xiongnu" will be familiar to everyone. It refers to a nomadic people on the northern grasslands of ancient my country. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, they have been active near and north of the Great Wall of China. On the Mongolian Plateau; during the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms period, they successively established the "Han" (304~329, Tugehu), "Daxia" (407~431, Tiefu Xiongnu), "Northern Liang" in the Central Plains. " (407~431, Lu Shuihu) and other regimes. During the eight hundred years between the third century BC and the fifth century AD, the Xiongnu had been active on the stage of Chinese history, and the word "Xiongnu" was also frequently used in Chinese Appeared in classics.
With the passage of time, the change of political power, and the decline of the nation, the Xiongnu tribe eventually merged with other ethnic groups and disappeared, and the term "Xiongnu" has become a historical term for us today. Let’s talk about the origin of the word “Xiongnu” and related topics.
There is no doubt that the nation of Xiongnu came first, and then the name “Xiongnu” came into being. As for the origin of this word, we must first discuss the origin of the Xiongnu nation. The famous Chinese classics master Wang Guowei's "Guifang Kunyi Yiyan Kao" is the first famous work in modern China to study the origin of the Xiongnu people. Interpreting with ancient book records, it is believed that the Guifang, Kunyi, and Maohu during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the 烋狋 during the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Rong and Di after the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Hu after the Warring States were all in the same system as the Xiongnu, and were members of the same ethnic group and different races. Name:
(Xiongnu) When seen in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, they were called Guifang, Hunyi, and Maohuan. In the Zongzhou period, they were called Jixi. After the Warring States Period, they were also called Hu and Xiongnu (Wang Guowei's "Guifang Kunyi Xiong Kao")
Based on Mr. Guantang's conclusion, we can conclude that this conclusion is credible. , the word "Xiongnu" must have only appeared in the "Warring States Period". Judging from the existing ancient books, the word "Xiongnu" first appeared in the two books "Yi Zhou Shu" and "Warring States Policy":