Between Winds and Clouds

The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)

Bin Yang

 

Table 7.1 Official Terms for the Yunnan Indigenes in the Yuan Period

Based on chapters of Yuan Shi concerning Yunnan.

Table 7.1 Official Terms for the Yunnan Indigenes in the Yuan Period

General Terms	yuanren (people afar; subjects afar) yi (barbarians) manyi (barbarians) man (barbarians)
Native Chieftains	yiqiu (head of barbarians; native chieftain) tuguan (native officials) manguan (barbarian officials) tuqiu (native chief, indigenous chief)
Indigenous Masses	turen (native people, indigenous people)