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Shi Le
Military leader who rose from servitude to found Later Zhao
Mural of the event “Wu Hu Disturbance”, which this person took part in.
After the War of the Eight Princes wholly drained the vitality of the Central Plains, frontier nomadic peoples seized the void. The five major peoples Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Di, and Qiang moved south together to topple the already decaying Han central regime.
Also known as Emperor Ming of Later Zhao · Shi Shilong
Shi Le, courtesy name Shilong, was a man of the Jie people born at Wuxiang in Shangdang in 274. He joined an anti-Jin military group early on and later controlled Hebei from his base at Xiangguo. He took the title Prince of Zhao in 319 and founded the Later Zhao, captured Liu Yao in 328, ended Former Zhao in 329 and became emperor in 330. He died in 333, with the temple name Gaozu and the posthumous title Emperor Ming.
Life and times
Dates c. 274 CE–333 CE
- 304Wu Hu DisturbanceTook part