<0xE6> <0xB8> <0xA0> 之 <0xE6> <0x88> <0x8E> ), ▁was ▁a ▁semi - p ast oral , ▁semi - ag ric ult ural ▁people ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁from ▁north ▁of ▁J ing ▁River ▁to ▁western ▁H eta o . ▁ ▁They ▁were ▁histor ically ▁an ▁off sh oot ▁of ▁the ▁nom adic ▁Q i ang ▁people ▁living ▁on ▁the ▁grass lands ▁around ▁Long ▁Mountains ▁during ▁the ▁Shang ▁D ynast y , ▁and ▁were ▁frequently ▁at ▁war ▁with ▁the ▁surrounding ▁nom adic ▁tribes ▁like ▁Gu if ang ▁( 鬼 方 ) ▁and ▁X un y u ▁( <0xE7> <0x8D> <0xAF> <0xE9> <0xAC> <0xBB> ), ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁agricult ural ▁Hu ax ia ▁settlement s ▁like ▁Bin ▁( <0xE8> <0xB1> <0xB3> , ▁the ▁prec ursor ▁to ▁Z hou ). ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁times ▁of ▁King ▁G eng ▁D ing ▁in ▁late ▁Shang ▁D ynast y ▁( around ▁ 1 2 th ▁century ▁BC ), ▁faced ▁with ▁a ▁large ▁Northern ▁Di ▁invasion , ▁the ▁aged ▁Duke ▁of ▁Bin ▁G ug ong ▁Dan fu ▁led ▁his ▁cl an ▁south ▁and ▁re located ▁to ▁Q ish an , ▁and ▁the ▁Bin ▁ex od us ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁being ▁occupied ▁by ▁Di ▁nom ads ▁host ile ▁and ▁stronger ▁than ▁Y iqu , ▁who ▁tempor arily ▁subm itting ▁to ▁X ian y un ▁( <0xE7> <0x8D> <0xAB> <0xE7> <0x8B> <0x81> ). ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Wu ▁Y i ▁of ▁Shang , ▁Duke ▁J ili ▁of ▁the ▁now ▁renamed ▁state ▁of ▁Z hou ▁attacked ▁and ▁ev icted