Donghu people
The Donghu (; simplified Chinese: 东胡; traditional Chinese: 東胡; pinyin: Dōnghú) were a tribal confederation of nomadic Hu people that were first recorded from the 7th century BCE and were taken over by the Xiongnu in 150 BCE. They lived in northern Hebei, southeastern Inner Mongolia and the western part of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang along the Yan Mountains and Greater Khingan Range. == Name == === Nomenclature === The Classical Chinese name Chinese: 東胡 literally means "Eastern Barbarians".