Minyue (Chinese: 閩越; Pinyin: Mǐnyuè, Mínyuè) was an ancient kingdom in what is now the Fujian province in southern China[a].

A compromise was made to allow Zhuang Zhu to call up troops, but only from Kuaiji Commandery, and finally an army was transported by sea to Dong'ou.

Han general Yang Pu wanted to attack Minyue for their betrayal; however, the emperor felt that their forces were already too exhausted for any further military action, so the army was disbanded.

The next year, Zou Yushan learned that Yang Pu had requested permission to attack him and saw that Han forces were amassing at his border.

Zou Yushan made a preemptive attack against the Han, taking Baisha, Wulin, and Meiling, killing three commanders.

Emperor Wu of Han felt it was too much trouble to occupy Minyue, as it was a region full of narrow mountain passes.

Perhaps the Taiwan aborigines were also Minyue people, derived in ancient times from the southeast coast of mainland China, as suggested by linguists Li Jen-Kuei and Robert Blust.

It is suggested that in the southeast coastal regions of China, there were many sea nomads during the Neolithic era and that many spoke ancestral Austronesian languages, and were skilled seafarers.