The south Hunnu was under a strong Chinese influence and the north
Hunnu people moved farther to the North. The remaining 100 thousand
families, or over 500 thousand Huns, joined the Cian-bi people, who
formed the Cian-bi State. Tanishikhuai (136-181) played an important
role in organizing and consolidating the Cian-bi State. The Cian-bi State
grew stronger and expanded its territory in the east and occupied the
territory stretching as far as to the Korean peninsula. The Cian-bi State
was situated on the territory stretching from the lake of Baikal to the
Chinese wall, and from the Korean peninsula to the Ile Tarbagatai.
Tanishikhuai divided his State into 3 parts: eastern, central and
western. In 181 CE Tanishikhuai passed away and his son Khelyang took
over. The State affairs deteriorated under his rule. The Cian-bi State
broke up. However, Kebinen, lord of one of the aimags, gathered over
10 thousand soldiers and reunited the Cian-bi State. In 235 CE Kebinen
died. As a result, in the middle of the 3rd century CE, after his death,
the Cian-bi State was divided into the east and west Cian-bi States,
and gradually collapsed.
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