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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.
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.
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 fate of the Jin dynasty was then sealed for good, despite the earlier victory against great odds at Guide. The Southern Song dynasty, wishing to give the Jin dynasty the coup de grâce, declared war upon the Jurchens, and placed a large army in the field. The remainder of the Jin army took shelter in Caizhou, where they were closely ...
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 conquest of Wu by Jin was a military campaign launched by the Jin dynasty against the state of Wu from late 279 to mid 280 at the end of the Three Kingdoms period of China. The campaign, which started in December 279 or January 280, [ a ] concluded with complete victory for the Jin dynasty on 1 May 280 [ b ] when the Wu emperor Sun Hao ...
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 ...
Han-Zhao: Sima Yue dies and his funeral procession is ambushed by Shi Le, who annihilates the Jin army [5] Disaster of Yongjia: Liu Yao and Wang Mi sack Luoyang and capture Emperor Huai of Jin [5] Han-Zhao: Liu Yao takes Chang'an [5] Han-Zhao: Wang Mi is killed by Shi Le [5] 312: Han-Zhao: Jin retakes Chang'an after routing Liu Yao [5]