Chouchi (), or Qiuchi (), was a polity in China ruled by the Yang clan of Di ethnicity in modern-day Gansu Province. Its existence spanned both the Sixteen Kingdoms and Northern and Southern dynasties periods, but it is not listed among one of these regimes in historiography.
History
At the beginning of the 3rd century CE, Yang Teng (), chieftain of the White Neck Di (), had occupied the southeast area of modern Gansu province, at the upper course of the Han River. His followers Yang Ju () and Yang Qianwan () paid tribute to the emperors of the Cao-Wei Dynasty and were rewarded with the title of prince ( ).
