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=== Jie ===
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The [[Jie people|Jie]] were one of the many miscellaneous ''[[Hu (people)|hu]]'' tribes in [[Bingzhou|Bing province]]. The most famous Jie, [[Shi Le]], was a descendant of the Qiangqu tribe (羌渠) of the Southern Xiongnu. Their exact origins is still debated by modern scholars, as theories range from them originating from the [[Tocharians|Tocharian]] or [[Eastern Iranian people|Eastern Iranian]] people of [[Sogdia]] to the [[Yeniseian people]], but with no general consensus. When a great famine broke out in Bing province in 303, many of the Jie and other ''hu'' people were displaced before being captured and sold into slavery by the provincial inspector. The Jie and ''hu'' were thus scattered throughout [[Hebei]] and [[Shandong]].

Despite their seemingly small population, the Jie were thrusted into prominence by Shi Le, who founded the [[Later Zhao dynasty]] in 319. The Later Zhao dominated northern China for a majority of its existence before its demise in 351. Following [[Ran Min|Ran Min's]] culling order and the wars that followed the Later Zhao collapse, the Jie ceased to appear in records, though some key figures in later history may have descended from them.