entity Updated 2026-08-22 Tags: People, Frontier, Northern-Steppe, Warring-States

东胡 / Donghu

东胡 / Donghu enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·秦纪》114-3|荆轲刺秦为何久久不行动?在等谁? as the northern frontier opponent defeated by 秦开 in the episode’s background note on 秦武阳. The source says Qin Kai had once been a hostage among northern Hu peoples, then returned to 燕国 and forced Donghu back more than a thousand li.

For this ingest, Donghu matters mainly as part of Qin Wuyang’s inherited reputation. The page does not yet synthesize Donghu history beyond the source’s frontier-memory function.

Connections

  • 秦开 - Yan general associated with defeating Donghu.
  • 秦武阳 - descendant whose prestige is partly explained through Qin Kai.
  • 燕国 - Warring States polity connected to the frontier note.