What does the origin of Naaman do?

The origin of the title "Nan Man" was first recorded in the Zhou Dynasty. Xiaoya Picking Chrysanthemums in the Book of Songs of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty said: "Fools are beautiful, but big countries are enemies. Uncle Fang, a veteran, is strong enough. Uncle Fang leads the way, and his hearing is ugly. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom It's wonderful to show Uncle Fang your permission and conquer the armadillo. " We can know the origin of Naaman.

Thus, people in the ancient Western Zhou Dynasty called themselves "Huaxia", and called the aliens around China Dongyi, Nanman, Xirong and Beidi respectively to distinguish China. The ethnic minorities living in the south of China in the pre-Qin period were collectively called "Nanman". To call them barbarians means that these peoples are uncivilized and do not understand Chinese etiquette.

Because the ancient economic and cultural center of China has always been in the Central Plains in the north, mainly in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and Guanzhong, Shaanxi. As for the south, it was developed very late, and it has been in a backward state of economy and culture for a long time in history, and there are many ethnic minorities, so it is called that pretty.

The function of Nan Man is to make the ancient Central Plains Dynasty always want to eliminate this threat, which led to the existence of this kind of discrimination against Nan Man's regime by the Central Plains Dynasty. There is regional discrimination, which is generally related to the political, economic and cultural development at that time; This kind of racial discrimination against south men is generally related to beauty and ugliness, height and black and white skin color. The so-called "Dongyi, Xirong, Nanman and Beidi" is not only a concept of race, but also a concept of orientation. Therefore, even if the concept of race of barbarians disappears and is replaced, regional discrimination still exists.

The Central Plains Dynasty adopted various means, such as war and assimilation, so that Nan Man gradually merged with the northern Central Plains culture over time. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the rulers of the Northern Dynasties did not call the Southern Dynasties "Naman", but in the early days of the Northern Dynasties, they still called the surrounding areas of Mongolia "Rouran". When the Yuan Dynasty ruled, the Han people, as fourth-class citizens, would definitely not call them Northern Emperors in front of the Mongols, but only "Tatars" behind their backs. When the Qing dynasty ruled, the ruler was Manchu, who started from Baishan Heishui and naturally did not call himself "Dongyi". With the development of history, the derogatory term "Nan Man" gradually disappeared in the long river of history.