The Huyan was a noble house that led the last remnants of the Northern Xiongnu, to Dzungaria

Dzungaria

Dzungaria, also called Zungaria, is a geographical region in northwest China corresponding to the northern half of Xinjiang. It covers approximately , lying mostly within Xinjiang, and extending into western Mongolia and eastern Kazakhstan...

 during the 2nd century, after the Battle of Ikh Bayan

Battle of Ikh Bayan

The Battle of Ikh Bayan , was a major expedition launched against the Xiongnu by the Han Dynasty in June, 89. The battle was a success for the Han under Dou Xian The Battle of Ikh Bayan , was a major expedition launched against the Xiongnu by the Han Dynasty in June, 89. The battle was a success...

. The noble clan

Royal House

A royal house or royal dynasty consists of at least one, but usually more monarchs who are related to one another, as well as their non-reigning descendants and spouses. Monarchs of the same realm who are not related to one another are usually deemed to belong to different houses, and each house is...

 of Huyan, is an earlier maternal lineage or last name, subsequently replaced by Suybu tribe, much as the Ashina

Ashina

Ashina was a tribe and the ruling dynasty of the ancient Turks who rose to prominence in the mid-6th century when their leader, Bumin Khan, revolted against the Rouran...

 (阿史那) and Yujiulu

Yujiulü Shelun

Yujiulü Shelun was khagan of the Rouran from 402 to 410. He came to power after his father Heduohan was defeated and killed by the Touba Northern Wei. Shelun led retaliatory raids against Northern Wei, but suffered a serious defeat in 399 and was forced to flee westward...

 (郁久閭).

By the 3rd century BCE, the upper stratum of the Xiongnu

Xiongnu

The Xiongnu were ancient nomadic-based people that formed a state or confederation north of the agriculture-based empire of the Han Dynasty. Most of the information on the Xiongnu comes from Chinese sources...

 was made up of five aristocratic houses, the Luanti

Luanti

The Luanti was a clan and the ruling dynasty of the ancient Xiongnu that flourished between 3rd century BCE to 4th century CE. The form Luanti is from the Hanshu chapter 94a, l. 7a, and the form Xulianti...

 (攣鞮, house of Shanyu and the Tuqi of the east and west), Huyan (呼衍, Tr. Kuyan = Jack rabbit), Xubu (須卜, Tr. Suibu, Suybu = [s/h]Yui Tribe), Qiulin (丘林) and Lan

Lan

Łan , in Polish means "field," and is a unit of land measurement used in Poland. Since the 13th century, its value has varied from one location to another. A Franconian łan consisted of 43.2 morgs = 23 to 28 hectares...

 (蘭, Tr. Lan = Orchard). Both noble houses of Huyan (Kuyan), and Xubu (Suybu), settled in the east, Qiulin and Lan in the west, while Luanti at the center of Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

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Prominent people with family name Huyan

• Huyan Zan
  Huyan Zan
  Huyan Zan was a military general who lived during the Northern Song Dynasty period of Chinese history.-Biography:Huyan Zan's ancestral home was in Taiyuan, Bingzhou . His family was of Xiongnu origin and was gradually assimilated into Han Chinese society after the Western and Eastern Jin dynasties...
  
   (呼延贊), general of the Northern Song Dynasty
• Huyan Zhuo (呼延灼), fictional character in the Chinese classical novel Water Margin and fictitious descendant of Huyan Zan