NOTES ON NAMES OF NON-CHINESE 

 TRIBES IN WESTERN SZECHCWAN. 



J. HUSTON EDGAR, F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I. 



Weichow or Sin-pao-kuan is, perhaps, the most 

 ancient centre on the Szechcwan Frontier. To the south 

 is the traditional birthplace of the great Yii, and to the 

 north is Mou Chow j&jHTan ancient centre, from which 

 exploring parties of the Han sought to find a direct route to 

 Graeco-Bactria ;fc JC which had been lately conquered by 

 the Yueh Chi R £. In the struggles which ensued from the 

 earliest times we constantly find the names Ti £, Ch'iaDg 

 5ll, Yong ft, T'u Fan th ll> Yi %, and Man SJ. It is unlikely 

 that the writer can throw any new light on the ancient 

 hordes of China, but the opinions of the native historians 

 may be of some interest to many. 



(1) Ti or Chi £. — The Ti are mentioned in the Shi' Chi 

 & IB with the Tsoh $p and frequently with the Chiang. 

 Kang Hsi after quoting from the Odes & '&&^M&* &^ 

 M $C ^ 2fc 3E gives the location of the Ti-Chiang. We are 

 also told that the "White Horse" tribe was the most 

 powerful of the ten odd Ti-Ch'iang Divisions. Mention is 

 also made of the "Blue" and " White " Ti # ft, & ft. 



In the Wen Ch'eng Tze Hwei 3C #c ^ ^ we are told "Ti" ' 

 was a name for the Western YiM % and the Ti-Ch'iang £ 5£ 

 were dispersed in the west of the Kwang Han g? & region. In 

 the " New Dictionary " " Ti " is given as the "Ti-Ch'iang ' 

 and a horde of the "Hsi Yong"® ft; and in the T'zeluen 

 fftigthe same people are given as " the Hsi Yong " M ft. 

 Turning now to the Histories of Wen Ch'uan, Lifan, and 

 "Mao Chow " $C Jfl, if, 1%M we find mention made of a 

 " Ti Kueh " It is said that "The mountain containing the 

 grave of the God of Agriculture, Heo Chi M :W is sur- 

 rounded by water in Ti Kueh " & ft H * K, *, # * * ; and 

 a note explains that the Ti Kueh has been proved to be 

 the regions of Tieh Chi, Mao Chow, and Wei Chow. Then 

 we have the fact stated that the territory Ban Pang # SI 

 (8! B* & fc # * # ft ft *) was composed of Chiang and li 

 * ft; and also in the Ch'ien Ti Territory ft ft (a later name 

 to the same region) w^s_to_h^mm^the_ SixYi^even 



3 MOU ft (m ;il MENG CHOW) is pronounced MAOCHOW. 



