The Yangyue were a tribe of the Yue people, one of the ancient peoples that inhabited in what is now modern South China. According to Chinese historical and classical texts, the earliest description about the Yangyue appeared during the Warring States period. The commonly accepted hypothesis is that they were a tribe of the ancient Yue people who originally lived in the Yang Province, one of the ancient Nine Provinces ; because of this, the tribe was called “Yangyue”, meaning the Yue people from the Yang Province.