Huligai

The Huligai were a Jurchen group originally based along the lower Songhua and Mudan rivers. Under the Yuan dynasty they lived near present-day Yilan.

After 1368 the Huligai moved south with other Jurchens. In 1388 the Ming sought them, the Odoli and Tuowen as allies against the Mongols. Their chief Ahacu became commander of the Ming Jianzhou Guard in 1403. The Huligai formed a major part of the Jianzhou Jurchens, who traded with the Ming at Kaiyuan and Fushun.