▁ ▁() ▁ ▁Tib et an : ▁ ▁( kr ung ▁h wa ) ▁▁▁▁ ▁() ▁▁ ▁(/ t ʂ õ <0xCB> <0xA7> ▁x ɔ <0xCB> <0xA8> <0xCB> <0xA9> / ▁or ▁/ t ʂ õ <0xCB> <0xA7> ▁x wa <0xCB> <0xA8> <0xCB> <0xA9> /) ▁ ▁Z hu ang : ▁ ▁( Old ▁orth ography : ▁) ▁ ▁Hu ax ia ▁▁ ▁The ▁name ▁Hu ax ia ▁(/ ; ▁) ▁is ▁generally ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁sob ri quet ▁in ▁Chinese ▁text . ▁Under ▁traditional ▁interpret ations , ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁combination ▁of ▁two ▁words ▁which ▁originally ▁referred ▁to ▁the ▁eleg ance ▁of ▁the ▁traditional ▁att ire ▁of ▁the ▁Han ▁Chinese ▁and ▁the ▁Conf u cian ▁concept ▁of ▁r ites . ▁ ▁H ua ▁which ▁means ▁" flow ery ▁beauty " ▁( i . e . ▁having ▁beauty ▁of ▁dress ▁and ▁personal ▁ad orn ment ▁). ▁ ▁X ia ▁which ▁means ▁great ness ▁or ▁grande ur ▁( i . e . ▁having ▁great ness ▁of ▁social ▁custom s / c our tes y / pol ite ▁man ners ▁and ▁r ites / cer em ony ▁). ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁original ▁sense , ▁Hu ax ia ▁refers ▁to ▁a ▁conf eder ation ▁of ▁tribes — l iving ▁along ▁the ▁Y ellow ▁River — who ▁were ▁the ▁ancest ors ▁of ▁what ▁later ▁became ▁the ▁Han ▁eth nic ▁group ▁in ▁China . ▁During ▁the ▁W arring ▁States ▁( 4 7 5 – 2 2 1 ▁B CE ), ▁the ▁self - aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁Hu ax