Jie people

For the Jie/Jiye people in Eastern Equatoria state, South Sudan, see Jiye people.
For the Jie people of northern Uganda, see Jie (Uganda).
Jie
羯
*ki̯at
Map of Sixteen Kingdoms in 338 AD, showing the Later Zhao, a state ruled by the Jie.
Total population
assimilated into Han
Regions with significant populations
Later Zhao
Languages
Jie

The Jie (Chinese: 羯; pinyin: Jié; Wade–Giles: Chieh2; Middle Chinese: [ki̯at]), also known as the Jiehu (羯胡), were an ethnic group of northern China in the 4th century. They were part of the Five Barbarians during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Under Shi Le and his family, they established the Later Zhao dynasty which dominated northern China from 319 to 351 AD. The Jie ceased to play a role in Chinese history after Ran Min's killing order and the wars that followed the collapse of Later Zhao. Some figures from the Northern Dynasties were identified as being descended from the Jie.

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