An early clear account of "Kunlun Nu" comes from the Old Book of Tang and the Tale of nanman: "South of Linyi, all of them had curly hair and black bodies, and the common name was 'Kunlun'. ”
During the Tang Dynasty, China was an eastern superpower, and Tang Taizong Li Shimin used this peak national strength to be called "Heavenly Khan" by the countries surrounding China. Therefore, for a long time, the capital of China at that time was an "international metropolis" that gathered all races in the world.
In the midst of prosperity, the "Kunlun Nu" of "curly hair and black body" is particularly rare, and in China, which is dominated by yellow skin, the "black" color is very unusual. However, from the "slave" character in the historical records, it can be seen that the status of this group of people in the Tang Dynasty was not high, it belonged to the nature of "slaves", and they could only do the work of cattle and horses.
At the same time, in the tombs of nobles during the Tang Dynasty, a large number of "Kunlun Nu" murals can be seen, which may be in the context of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, the "Kunlun Nu" that is a bit "heterogeneous" is widely sought after, and at the level of "slave", it is a hot seller.
The problem arises, in the general knowledge of our people today, black people are often equated with "black Africans", that is, black people are the symbolic race of Africa. Just as the yellow people are concentrated in East Asia, the mention of East Asia means "East Asian yellow people".
However, in ancient times, when navigation technology was relatively underdeveloped, Africa went to Chang'an, Chinese mainland, which was a very difficult road, and Master Xuanzang during the Tang Dynasty went to the Indian Peninsula near China, a back and forth is a lifetime.
Therefore, in terms of the road, the kunlun slaves during the Tang Dynasty in China are unlikely to come from Africa, after all, in terms of kunlun nu being accepted and sought after by the aristocratic market, the black-skinned Kunlun nu is not a unique or unique case in the Chinese capital.
Otherwise, the "number" cannot be supported, and it has left its name in the history books and appears in the murals in the tombs of the major princes and nobles. Of course, it is not excluded that the dark-skinned people really followed the Arab caravan from Africa, and everything is possible.
China's "Kunlun Nu" is not from Africa, so where does he come from?
In Ding Fubao's "Great Dictionary of Buddhist Studies", the word "Kunlun" was traced and a very clear result was obtained, the dictionary believes that "Kunlun" refers to the "Kunlun State", which is the general name of the south China Sea countries, and our Vietnam, Malaysia and other places today belong to the category of "Kunlun".
Zhou Went non-"Lingwai Dai Answer" Volume 3 "Kunlun Layer Period Country" Tiaoyun: "There are many wild people on the island, who are like black paint, fists, lured and captured with food, and sold as slaves." It also proves that overseas in China, the act of using blacks as slaves exists, and buying and selling them is an international trade.
China is surrounded by the sea on both the east and south sides, so in ancient times it referred to overseas, often referring to the south.
According to some scholars, "Kunlun" also has a specific point, which was once Saigon, today's Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is emphasized that in the third century AD, it was constructed as a large-scale slave market.
The main customers of this market are dignitaries from China. As for how the dark-skinned people came to be, the Negritos were captured from the Malay Peninsula.
The Negritos are one of the "non-mainstream" ethnic groups in Asia, distributed in the Andaman Islands, the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines and certain islands in Oceania. Like black Africans, they had dark skin, but they were shorter than black Africans.
It is in this way that this race is currently also known as the "dwarf black man". So Kunlun nu is essentially our Fellow Asians.