《General History of China》Episode 88 Synopsis
Taking over the Central Plains
The Manchus are one of the earliest recorded residents in the Northeast. Their ancestors were the Sushen people. As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, they took the initiative to pay tribute to the central dynasty. The Emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty also affectionately called the area where the Sushen people were located the Northern Territory of this dynasty.%.The descendants of the Sushen people were called Yilou people in the Han Dynasty.During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Yilou people were called Wuji people and developed into seven major tribes.During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Wuji people were called the Mohe people and were still one of the seven major tribes.
