Bouyei (Chinese people)
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- Work cat.: Pu-i tsu chien shih, 1984.
- Britannica Macro.(Puyi (Chung-chia))
- Ethnologue(Bouyei (Buyi, Bui, Bo-i, Buyei, Buyui, Puyi, Pui, Pu-i, Pu-jui, Pujai, Puyoi, Dioi, Zhongjia))
- Encyc. world cultures:v. 6, p. 422-423 (Bouyei, 2.5 million in Guizhou Prov.; before 1949 the Bouyei were called the Chungchia (Zhongjia))
- Worldmark encyc. of cultures:v. 3, p. 147-149 (Buyi)
- Perkins, D. Encyc. of China(Bouyei, known also as Zhongjia)
- Chung-kuo shao shu min tsu, 1981(Pu-i)
- Joshua Project - Peoples by country profiles, via WWW, Dec. 11, 2006(Bouyei of China; the Puyi (also known as the Bouyei) live on the Yunnan-Guizhou plateau of China; alternate people names: Bo-i, Bui, Buman, Buyayi, Buyi, Buyui, Buzhong, Chung-Chia, Dioi, Kuei, Kui, Pu-i, Pu-Jui, Pui, Pujai, Puyi)
- Antioch Missions - Chinese Church Support Ministries Web site, Dec. 11, 2006:about nationalities/others/Bouyei (The Bouyei are the tenth largest of China's minorities, numbering approximately three million people. It appears that the official division between the Bouyei and Zhuang in China is defined by provincial borders. The Northern Tai speaking groups in Guangxi are labeled Zhuang, and those in Guizhou, Bouyei. Until one generation ago, the Bouyei were more commonly known as the Chungchia. Countries: China, Vietnam. Other names: Buyi, Pu-i, Po-ai, Pui, Puyi, Bo-i, Buzhong, Buman, Buyayi, Chung-chia, Zhongjia, Bui, Buyui, Pu-Jui, Pujai, Puyoi, Shuihu, Quinjiang, Dioi, Kui, Kuei)
The Bouyei (also spelled Puyi, Buyei and Buyi; Bouyei: Buxqyaix, [puʔjai] or "Puzhong", "Burao", "Puman"; Chinese: 布依族; pinyin: Bùyīzú; Vietnamese: người Bố Y), otherwise known as the Zhongjia, are an ethnic group living in Southern Mainland China. Numbering 3.5 million, they are the 10th largest of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. The Bouyei primarily live in the Qianxinan and Qiannan prefectures of southern Guizhou Province, as well as in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Some 3,000 Bouyei also live in Northern Vietnam, where they are one of that nation's 54 officially recognized ethnic groups. In Vietnam, they are located in Mường Khương District of Lào Cai and Quản Bạ District of Hà Giang Province.
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