Editing Names of China (section)

=== Mangi ===
[[File:1837 Malte-Brun Map of the Mongol Empire in Asia and Europe - Geographicus - AsiaMongol-mb-1837.jpg|thumb|1837 map of Mongol Empire, showing {{lang|la|Mangi}} in southern China]]
From Chinese {{Transliteration|zh|Manzi}} (southern barbarians). The division of north and south China under the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] and [[Song dynasty]] weakened the idea of a unified China, and it was common for non-Han peoples to refer to the politically disparate North and South by different names for some time. While Northern China was called [[#Cathay or Kitay|Cathay]], Southern China was referred to as Mangi. {{Transliteration|zh|Manzi}} often appears in documents of the Mongol-led [[Yuan dynasty]] as a disparaging term for Southern China. The Mongols also called Southern Chinese {{Transliteration|mn|Nangkiyas}} or {{Transliteration|mn|Nangkiyad}}, and considered them ethnically distinct from North Chinese. The word ''{{Transliteration|zh|Manzi}}'' reached the Western world as {{lang|la|Mangi}} (as used by Marco Polo), which is a name commonly found on medieval maps. The Chinese themselves considered ''{{Transliteration|zh|Manzi}}'' to be derogatory and never used it as a self-appellation.<ref>{{harvp|Yule|2005|p=177}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnCMBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA247 |title=Dynastic China: An Elementary History|author= Tan Koon San |date=15 August 2014|page=247 |publisher=The Other Press|isbn=9789839541885 }}</ref> Some early scholars believed {{lang|la|Mangi}} to be a corruption of the Persian {{Transliteration|fa|Machin}} ({{lang|fa|ماچين}}) and Arabic {{transliteration|ar|Māṣīn}} ({{lang|ar|ماصين}}), which may be a mistake as these two forms are derived from the Sanskrit {{Transliteration|sa|Maha Chin}} meaning Great China.<ref>{{harvp|Yule|2005|p=165}}</ref>