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The Jin dynasty (/ dʒ ɪ n /, [2] Chinese: 金朝; pinyin: Jīn cháo), [a] officially known as the Great Jin (大金; Dà Jīn), was an imperial dynasty of China that existed between 1115 and 1234. [ b ] As the ruling Wanyan clan was of Jurchen descent, it is also often called the Jurchen dynasty or the Jurchen Jin .
The Jin dynasty or Jin Empire, sometimes distinguished as the Sima Jin or the Two Jins, was an imperial dynasty in China that existed from 266 to 420. It was founded by Sima Yan, eldest son of Sima Zhao, who had previously been declared the King of Jin. There are two main divisions in the history of the dynasty.
Liu Cong captured the Jin capital Luoyang and Emperor Huai in 311. In 316, Liu Cong's cousin Liu Yao seized Chang'an (modern day Xi'an) and Emperor Min, ending the Western Jin dynasty. Sima Rui, a Jin prince who had moved to the South, continued the dynasty as the Eastern Jin from Jiankang (modern day Nanjing). The collapse of Jin authority in ...
Map showing the Song-Jurchen Jin wars. The Jin–Song Wars were a series of conflicts between the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty (1115–1234) and the Han-led Song dynasty (960–1279). In 1115, Jurchen tribes rebelled against their overlords, the Khitan-led Liao dynasty (916–1125), and declared the formation of the Jin.
Map of Jiankang as the capital of the Southern Dynasties. Drawing by Chen Yi of the Ming dynasty. Jiankang (Chinese: 建康; pinyin: Jiànkāng), or Jianye (建業; Jiànyè), as it was originally called, was the capital city of the Eastern Wu (229–265 and 266–280 CE), the Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420 CE) and the Southern Dynasties (420–552), including the Chen dynasty (557–589 CE).
When the Mongols invaded Jin territory in 1211, Ala 'Qush, the chief of the Ongut, supported Genghis Khan and showed him a safe road to the Jin dynasty's heartland. The first important battle between the Mongol Empire and the Jin dynasty was the Battle of Yehuling at a mountain pass in Zhangjiakou which took place in 1211.
The Jin court relocated to Jiankang, starting the era of Eastern Jin, which ended in 420 when it was usurped by Liu Yu, who founded the Liu Song dynasty. The Sixteen Kingdoms were a series of barbarian states occupying northern China after the fall of Western Jin.
The Jin dynasty (Chinese: 晋朝; pinyin: Jìn Cháo, 266–420) was a major Chinese imperial dynasty.Following the devastation of the Three Kingdoms period, the Jin unified those territories [1] and fostered a brief period of prosperity between 280 and 304 CE.