Later Zhao

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Later Zhao dynasty.

Zhao, briefly known officially as Wei (衛) in 350 AD, known in historiography as the Later Zhao (simplified Chinese: 后赵; traditional Chinese: 後趙; pinyin: Hòu Zhào; 319–351) or Shi Zhao (石趙), was a dynasty of China ruled by the Shi family of Jie ethnicity during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Among the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Later Zhao was the second in territorial size to the Former Qin dynasty that once unified northern China under Fu Jian. In historiography, it is given the prefix of "Later" to distinguish it with the Han-Zhao or Former Zhao, which changed its name from "Han" to "Zhao" just before the Later Zhao was founded.

During this period, the Kuchean monk Fotu Cheng held a high-ranking position within the court of the dynasty's founder Shi Le. She Le's success Shi Hu continued to show reverence to Fotu Cheng, and promoted religious freedom.

Further reading

• Later Zhao, Wikipedia