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Jie people
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<p> The Jie were members of a tribe of <a href="/facts/North_China/mmmH3l53">northern China</a> in the fourth century. In historiography, they are regarded as one of the <a href="/facts/Five_Barbarians/t2aBhGbN">Five Barbarians</a> during the <a href="/facts/Sixteen_Kingdoms/Im42hRRz">Sixteen Kingdoms</a> period. Under <a href="/facts/Shi_Le/asq8PXf5">Shi Le</a> and his family, they established the <a href="/facts/Later_Zhao/BG744o1V">Later Zhao dynasty</a> which dominated northern China for most of its existence from 319 to 351. The Jie ceased to play a role in Chinese history after <a href="/facts/Ran_Min/qX71lX6B">Ran Min's</a> culling order and the wars that followed the collapse of Later Zhao, although some historians believe that certain prominent figures from later periods such as <a href="/facts/Hou_Jing/rvHbh4ub">Hou Jing</a> and <a href="/facts/Erzhu_Rong/rxW7xqDA">Erzhu Rong</a> may have been descendants of the Jie. </p>