He ʻano kahiko a kaulana ka pug a puni ka honua. ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke ʻano o kēia mau ʻīlio. Akā, ua loaʻa iā lākou ma ke ala ʻana i nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe ma Kina kahiko, i ka wā o ka mōʻī Han. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka pua pug ma kahi o 2000 mau makahiki, a ʻo kēia, ʻike ʻoe, mahalo nui nā helu. I loko o nā kenekulia o ko lākou mōʻaukala ma Kina, ua loaʻa i nā pugs a me ko lākou mau kūpuna kumu waina i kahi kūlana hanohano.
Ua manaʻo ʻia lākou he ʻano aliʻi, a no laila ua hoʻopuni mau ʻia kēia mau ʻīlio e ka waiwai a me ka pōmaikaʻi. I kēia manawa he mea paʻakikī iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo, akā hiki i kekahi mau pugs ke noho i loko o nā hale kūikawā, he mau kauā kūikawā kā lākou, ʻoi aku, ua mālama paʻa ʻia kēlā lumi.