Shi Le

Shi Le

Shi Le (Chinese: 石勒; 274–17 August 333), courtesy name Shilong, also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Ming of Later Zhao, was the founding emperor of the Jie-led Later Zhao dynasty of China. He was initially sold as a slave by Western Jin officials, but after attaining freedom, he helped start a rebellion and eventually became a powerful general for the Xiongnu-led Han-Zhao dynasty, 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 and formed his own state, Later Zhao (named as such due to Liu Yao changing his state's name from Han to Zhao, which is distinguished as the Former Zhao). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shi Le has received more than 76,166 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Shi Le is the 6,776th most popular politician (down from 6,190th in 2019).