The Rong referred to an ancient non-Chinese population who lived to the west of the
Zhou state in modern
Shaanxi,
Gansu and
Ningxia and were often hostile to the Chinese.The name Rong also refers to an ancient dialect from
Jiangsu,
Anhui and
Zhejiang. The Rong fell into a different category after the
Zhou Dynasty, the terminology usually referred to various peoples in the west during the early and late medieval times.The 7th century commentary to the Hanshu by
Yan Shigu says: "Among the various
Rong in the Western Regions, the Wusun's shape was the strangest; and the present barbarians who have green eyes and red hair, and are like a macaque, belonged to the same race as the Wusun."
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