[4] During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, Ye was an important city for the Jie-led Later Zhao dynasty that unified most of northern China, later becoming its capital in 335 during the reign of Shi Hu.
Eventually, under the leadership of Gao Huan (a Chinese general who was Tuoba in his ways and "outlook"[6]), the sinicization-dissenting 'northern garrisons' mutinied and captured Luoyang in 534.
"At three days' notice its inhabitants were required to accompany Gao Huan to his own base, the city of Ye...where he declared himself the first Eastern Wei emperor.
At that time Ye was being used by a resistance force led by Yuchi Jiong, which was defeated by Yang Jian, founder of the Sui dynasty, and the city was razed to the ground.
Extensive excavations of the city have been made in recent years, allowing Chinese historians to make detailed plans of the site.