Jie (ethnic group)

Jie (ethnic group)

The Jie (

Some historians conjecture the Jie to have been be a medieval tribe related to the modern Kets, living between the Ob and Yenisey tributaries—it is worth noting that the character 羯 ("jié") is pronounced "kit" in Cantonese and "katsu" or "ketsu" in Japanese, implying that the ancient pronunciation may have been fairly close to "Ket". Others link the Jie with the Sogdians, and suggest that the family name of Shi from Jie who ruled the Later Zhao state originated in the Sogdian statelet of Tashkent, which was later also known as the Kingdom of Shi. An Lushan, the Tang rebel general, had a Sogdian stepfather and was called a Jiehu. Yet others trace the Jie to those Great Yuezhi or Tocharians who had remained in Sogdiana. [ [http://www.confucius2000.com/poetry/szzqyxywh.htm The Connection between Later Zhao and the West] (in Chinese)]

Notes

ee also

* List of past Chinese ethnic groups

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041212143602/http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/twain/1279/royalhouse/jie.htm 羯語記載 The language of Jie ( Kiet ) -- earliest Turkic language phrase recorded in Chinese Chronicle] (Chinese Traditional Big5 code page) via Internet Archive


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