In the turbulent times of the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Qi people sprung up, and they established the Later Zhao Empire under the leadership of Shi Le, and ruled a large area of the Central Plains.
During this time, the number of the Qiang people increased rapidly and became the "countrymen" of the Later Zhao, but with the decline of the Later Zhao regime, the Qiang people quickly withdrew from the historical stage and even completely lost their traces, why did they "come and go in a hurry"?
Historians have been divided about the origin of the Qiang people, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern DynastiesPeople often refer to the Xiongnu as the Xiongnu tribe, so many people believe that the Xiongnu are a side branch of the Xiongnu.
But in fact, this was not the case, starting from the Western Jin Dynasty, due to the influence of the Eight Kings Rebellion, the population of the northern region of the Western Jin Dynasty declined significantly.
In order to enrich the region, the rulers of the Western Jin Dynasty moved the nomadic people living in Bingzhou and other places to the Central Plains, and these people were collectively known as "Xiongnu Zahu".
The reason why they were given the name of Xiongnu was because the area where they lived before belonged to the Xiongnu's sphere of influence.
However, after the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, some Xiongnu people were attached to the Han dynasty, which made the power structure of the Xiongnu loose, and it was difficult to complete the reorganization of the various ethnic groups that were originally subject to the Xiongnu.
Having lost their original territory and identity, they had no choice but to call themselves "Huns", but their blood relationship with the Xiongnu was actually very estranged.
Although there is no portrait of the Qiang people today, from the records of a large number of people with high noses and deep eyes who were affected after Ran Min issued the order to kill Hu, the appearance characteristics of the Qiang people are undoubtedly closer to those of the Western Regions.
But at that time, they had already migrated to Shanxi and other places to live, so their identity was weakened, and they were ruled by the Xiongnu for a long time, so they were called the Xiongnu Other.
With the unremitting efforts of scholars of the past generations, there has also been some progress in the question of the origin of the Karma people.
It is recorded in the Book of Jin"The first Xiongnu and other Qiang canals".In ancient Chinese, the pronunciation of Qiangqu is consistent with Kangju.
Therefore, it is very likely that the Qianren are the descendants of the Kangju people, a large country in Central Asia during the Western Han Dynasty, which is also very consistent with their high-nosed and deep-eyed physical characteristics.
According to historical records, the people of the Western Jin Dynasty lived in the vicinity of Wuxiang and Xinxiang County in Shangdang County, Bingzhou, and the number was very limited.
But just over ten years later, Ran Min and Qianyan Murong Hao killed tens of thousands of "Karma Hu", they obviously couldn't have given birth so quickly, what was going on?
Before discussing the rapid growth of the Karma people, we might as well talk about the heroic Shile who made the Karma people really appear on the stage of history.
When he was young, he used to be a farmer slave for a wealthy family, and after Liu Yuan raised an army, he enlisted in the army and participated in the war, and gradually grew into a general.
In the process of Shile's development, his ability was recognized by some Xiongnu nobles, and the former tribal leader promoted Shile as the new leader and changed his surname to Shi.
The Xiongnu soldiers under their command naturally became the basic plate of Zhao after Shi Le's establishment, and these Shi Le's henchmen became the core of the later QianhuHowever, the real Qiang people are actually very limited, and the Xiongnu may occupy a larger proportion.
Judging from this incident, in the early days of Shile's army, the team he commanded was not a narrow sense of the Qian, and among those generals surnamed Shi, there were also leaders of other ethnic groups such as the Xiongnu who changed their names and surnames.
But later, with the establishment of Later Zhao, these people all became the Qiang people, which was also the first time that the definition of the Qiang nationality was expanded.
Secondly, it is not difficult to find from the course of Shile's battle that the expansion of his ranks mainly occurred in the Hebei region.
This is not the territory of the Karma people, so why is Shile able to form such a big appeal?
This has to mention again the "internal migration of Hu people" in the Western Jin Dynasty.
At that time, the main object of migration of the Western Jin Dynasty was the Hu people living in the Bingzhou area, and these people could not quickly integrate into the local life after entering Hebei and other places, so the internal ties were relatively close.
Having left their homeland, they have a deep affection for the land of the state, which makes them have a natural affection for Shile.
Like these immigrants, Schler also has a deep attachment to the state.
For example, in order to appease the general, Liu Cong once named him the assassin of the state, which was completely to "comfort his heart".
Later, after Shile really occupied the state, he also established the "Wuxiang County" there, which can also show his deep affection for his homeland.
Shi Le's thoughts made him win the support of the Xiongnu Zahu in Hebei, and these people joined his team one after another and became an important help for Shi Le.
These people naturally regarded themselves as Shile people after the founding of the Later Zhao Dynasty, so the Later Zhao people actually included a large number of descendants of the Xiongnu and other nomadic peoples.
Because the Qianhu people are very similar to the people of the Western Regions in terms of physical characteristics, many people from the Western Regions also entered the territory of Later Zhao and lived in the territory of the Later Zhao Dynasty and regarded themselves as the Qian.
This is also one of the reasons why in the Ran Wei period, the number of people was able to reach hundreds of thousands.
After the establishment of Later Zhao, the number of the Qiang people in the country continued to rise, and under the leadership of Shi Le, the power of Later Zhao also increased significantly, becoming the most powerful separatist force in the north.
However, due to the brutal rule of Shi Hu and other monarchs, the domestic situation of Later Zhao took a sharp turn for the worse, and finally perished under the attack of various forces.
Among the many forces that eliminated Hou Zhao, Ran Min was the most active.
In order to win the support of the Han people in the Central Plains, Ran Min issued the famous order to kill Hu, which made the Qianren in Later Zhao suffer a cruel **, and the number of Qianhu decreased rapidly.
Later rulers of the northern regime also had a very bad impression of the Qian, and Murong Jun even dug up the corpse of Shi Hu because he dreamed of biting his arm, which was enough to see the resentment of other ethnic groups towards the Qian.
In such a historical background, the people who were lucky enough to escape Ran Min ** naturally did not dare to reveal their identities, not to mention that many of them were not real people in the first place.
Slowly, this once prosperous nation withdrew from the stage of history, and they left no more traces except for the drum, a musical instrument with a Western style.
As an important participant in the Wuhu Rebellion, the Chinese people had a profound impact on the political situation and cultural trend in the Central Plains.
However, due to the fact that the Qi people were not a real nation, this led to the fact that after the fall of the Later Zhao, their people quickly fell apart and integrated into other tribes and disappeared into the long river of history.
Part of the content of this article is referred to from "Later Zhao Qianhu Weiliu Yu Hebei Zhizhou Miscellaneous Nonsense", published in "Ethnic Studies" 2008 01 issue.
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