 Zuev reads the names of these states as the "Hujie" (呼揭) or "Wūjiē" (烏揭), "Jiankun" (堅昆) (i.e.Kyrghyz) and "Dingling" (丁零).While other scholars have regarded the Hujie ~ Wujie as most likely an offshoot of the Wusun, Zuev considers it possible that they were a remnant of the Yuezhi.