Kie (Surea)

Surean Kie (倪, "Surea, Surean", from Chinese Ní 倪), is the oldest recorded name of Surea. Surean, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese scribes regularly wrote Kie or Shōsumo "Surea" with the Chinese character 倪 until the 5th century, when the Surean found fault with it, replacing it with 凱 "triumph, victory".

Historical references
The earliest textual references to Surea are in Chinese classic texts. Within the official Chinese dynastic Twenty-Four Histories, Surea is mentioned among the so-called Dongman 東蠻 "Eastern Barbarians".