Shi Le (石勒) (274-333),
courtesy name Shilong (世龍), formally Emperor Ming of (Later) Zhao ((後)趙明帝), was the founding emperor of the
Chinese/
Jie state
Later Zhao. In young age, he was sold as a slave by
Jin Dynasty (265-420)'s ethnically
Han officials, but he later helped start a rebellion and eventually became a powerful general for the
Xiongnu state
Han Zhao, conquering most of northern China in Han Zhao's name but holding the territory under his own control. In 319, after a dispute with the Han Zhao emperor
Liu Yao, he broke away from Han Zhao and formed his own state, Later Zhao, and in 329 he captured Liu Yao and conquered Han Zhao, adding western China to his empire as well.
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