qiang rebellions — a persistent problem for the eastern han - also took place during emperor he's reign. (they had first started during his father emperor zhang's reign, but were not a major problem until his reign.) in 92, when the official in charge of qiang affairs, deng xun (鄧訓) died, the qiang had been pacified apparently by deng's good governing tactics, but after deng's death, the new official nie shang (聶尚) apparently inadvertently offended the qiang chief mitang (迷唐), and mitang rebelled. in 93, the new official in charge of qiang affairs, guan you (貫友), was able to defeat mitang by alienating the other tribes from mitang's own, but mitang was not captured and remained a threat. after guan's death, his successor shi chong (史充), indeed, would suffer major losses against mitang. mitang, however, would eventually surrender in 98 after running out of allies, and emperor he in fact received mitang in an official audience that year. in 100, however, mitang, suspicious of han officials' intentions in ordering him to move a long distance—under the rationale that his people were then living on poor soil and the new location provided better opportunities—rebelled again. however, for the rest of his years, mitang would basically be a nuisance and not a major threat.