Weji

Weji was a name used for forest Tungusic peoples of the lower Songhua and Amur. Under the Yuan they belonged with the Gilimi to the Water Tatar circuit.

Yuan annals recorded Weji uprisings in 1343, 1346 and 1347. After the Ming emerged, chiefs Xiyangha and Suoshiha led people south to the Hulan basin, where the Ming enrolled them in the Wuzhe Guard. Those remaining on the Amur were counted among the Wild Jurchens; Nurhaci's Jianzhou subdued their Woji tribe in campaigns from 1596 to 1625.