Standard dialect of Yue language that originated in the vicinity of Guangzhou (Canton) in southern China.
1This latter seems to be connected with the Yüeh tribes.
2He had been sent in 138 to conclude an alliance with the Yüeh-chih against the Hsiung-nu.
3The following particulars are given concerning the President of the Ministry, whose name was Lü Yüeh.
4They began with the Canton insurrection; then Peking was alarmed by Wu Yüeh's bomb (1905).
5Even the barbarian Kou-tsien, King of Yüeh, has wise saws and modern instances quoted to him in his distress.
6Formerly, a king of Yüeh-she raised a large force and invaded this country, wishing to carry the bowl away.
7"KING" OF YÜEH (barbarian, but with legendary descent from ultra-remote imperial Chinese).
8The Ephtalites (Yeh-ta, Haytal) were a mixed group which contained elements of the old Yüeh-chih and spoke an Indo-European language.
9The allusion to Indo-Europeans refers to the studies by G. Haloun and others concerning the Ta-Hsia, the later Yüeh-chih, and the Tocharian problem.
10Moreover, the barbarian states of Wu and Yüeh each in turn acted very effectively as Protector, and are never included in the Five-Great-Power series.