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Chinese History - Non-Chinese peoples and neighboring states
Fuyu 夫余 (扶余; Korean: Puyŏ)

People settling in modern Manchuria, a tribe belonging to the Tungus ethnics (Altaic language family), appearing at the end of Warring States period (Zhanguo 戰國). From the time of emperor Han Wudi 漢武帝 on the Fuyu rulers payed tributes to the Chinese court and were formally administered as the Chinese commandery Xuantu 玄莵. Until the end of Eastern Han (Donghan 東漢) the Fuyu rulers pursued the politics of submitting to the Chinese and withstanding the attacks of the Xianbei tribes 鮮卑 and the army of the Korean kingdom of Koguryŏ (Chinese: Gaogouli 高句麗). After the end of Han, Fuyo had good relationships with the Chinese potentates of the northeast, the Gongsun 公孫 clan. In 285, the Xianbei general Murong Hui 慕容廆 crushed the Fuyu kingdom, king Yilü 依慮 killed himself. His son Yiluo 依羅 was able to reestablish the power of Fuyu until 483 when the belligerent kingdom of Koguryŏ conquered Fuyu. The remnants of the Fuyu people settled in the area of the rivers Nenjiang 嫩江 and Songhua 松花 (Heilongjiang). The Fuyu kingdom had its own administration in units (jia 加) named after animals (horse-unit, dog-unit, etc.). The aristocracy employed many servants or slaves (xiahu 下戶). The Fuyu cultural relics show clear influences of China.

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