Shi Hu was originally the adopted son of Schleswig, the first emperor of the post-Zhao Dynasty. Before Schleswig died, he passed the throne to his son Shi Hong and entrusted it to Shi Hu. As a result, after Schleswig died, Shi Hu secretly killed Shihong, and he really died. Shi Hu was particularly cruel when he marched in the war, but anyone who was better than him in the army would surely die. Because he was good at leading troops to fight, Schleswig made him a general. As a result, he took a city and killed every man and woman.

Every time he goes out to war, he deliberately brings no food. On the contrary, when he arrives in a city, he will catch the women in that city. After having fun at night, I killed them as food the next day and gave them to all the soldiers. After seeking power and usurping the throne, he intensified his efforts, putting all his political opponents to death, and killing his wife as soon as she saw something more beautiful. Because his son collided with himself, he ordered to cut off his son's flesh and put him to death.

Shi Hu collected 30,000 beautiful women at a time. In 345 AD alone, as many as 3,000 people who were unwilling to collect beautiful women were killed. In order to accommodate beautiful women, Shi Hu built palaces in Yecheng, Chang 'an and Luoyang, with a manpower of 400,000. When the former Yan Empire entered Yecheng, tens of thousands of maids either starved to death or were cooked by soldiers. Shi Hu built a thousand-riding hunting car with a shaft three feet long and eight feet high. At the same time, he built a beast car with 40 mounts, so that prisoners could fight with beasts in the car.