Editing Ran Min (section)

===As Shi Min===
During the reign of Shi Hu, Shi Min rose to the rank of general and was tasked with defeating the Former Yan state. Although the siege of the Former Yan capital failed, with all of Shi Hu's besieging armies being destroyed except for Shi Min's, he did manage to defeat the Jin dynasty during their attempted invasion and was made Duke of Wuxing. When Shi Hu died, his son Shi Shi succeeded him as emperor.

Angered that Shi Shi had gained power, Shi Min helped his brother Shi Zun rebel and depose and kill Shi Shi. However, he reneged on his promise to make Shi Min crown prince, instead giving this position to his general Shi Yan. Knowing that Shi Min was planning to depose him, Shi Zun attempted to have him executed, but Shi Min was informed of this by the prince Shi Jian and surrounded the Imperial palace, dragging out Shi Zun and Shi Yan and executing them. He then made Shi Jian emperor, but he and his ally Li Nong seized control of the government.

Shi Jian, fearful of Shi Min, had his generals try to depose him, but when they failed Shi Jian accused them of treason and had them executed to prevent them from revealing his involvement. She Jian then had the Jie, a part of the Wu Hu ethnic group, rebel against Shi Min, but he defeated them and gave the order that each civil servant or soldier who brought him the head of a Wu Hu should be promoted. He then deposed Shi Jian and placed him under house arrest, before executing him and destroying his entire clan. He then changed his name to Ran Min, and the state to Ran Wei.