The Jié are members of a small tribe in Northern China in the 4th century CE.

They establish the Later Zhao state.According to the Book of Wei, their name derives from the Jiéshì area (modern Yushe County in Shanxi province) where they reside.

The Chinese graphic pejorative literally means "castrated male sheep".According to the Book of Jin, the ancestors of Shi Le, the founder of Later Zhao, were a separate tribe of Xiongnu known as Qiāngqú.

Pulleyblank identified Qiangqu with Kangju, who might be Tocharian in origin.