Sima Yan founds the Jin dynasty
Sima Yan, whose family had held real power in Wei since his grandfather Sima Yi’s coup of 249, made the last Wei emperor, Cao Huan, abdicate and was enthroned at Luoyang as the first emperor of the Jin dynasty.
- Date
- 8 February 266exact dateDate in the Julian calendar
- Place
- Luoyangtoday: Han–Wei city site east of modern Luoyang, Henan, China · East Asia
- Participants
- Sima Yan, Cao Wei, Jin dynasty (266–420)
- Threads
- East Asia in the 1st–5th centuries
- Also known as
- Founding of the Jin dynasty; Western Jin; End of Cao Wei; Основание Цзинь; Западная Цзинь; Конец царства Вэй; 魏晉禪讓
In February 249 Sima Yi overthrew the regent Cao Shuang in the Incident at the Gaoping Tombs, and from then on the Sima family governed Wei in the emperor’s name — first Sima Yi, then his sons Sima Shi and Sima Zhao. In 260 the young emperor Cao Mao was killed in an abortive attempt to overthrow Sima Zhao. In 263 Wei armies conquered Shu Han; Sima Zhao was made Duke of Jin that year and King of Jin in 264, but died in September 265 without taking the throne, and his son Sima Yan inherited his titles. Cao Huan abdicated on 4 February 266, and on 8 February Sima Yan ascended an altar in the southern suburbs of Luoyang, took the throne and proclaimed the Taishi era; the deposed emperor was made Prince of Chenliu.
By the Chinese calendar these days fell in the twelfth month of a year that corresponds mostly to 265, so many works, among them the Russian Wikipedia, date the founding of the Jin to 265. Sima Yan, known as Emperor Wu of Jin, conquered Wu in 280 and reunited China. To avoid the weakness of Wei, whose imperial clan had had no power of its own, he made many of his relatives princes with their own armies; after his death in 290 their rivalry erupted in the War of the Eight Princes.
Connections
Consequences
- Conquest of Wu by Jinbetween 21 December 279 and 18 January 280 – 1 May 280 · East AsiaThe new dynasty went on to conquer Wu and reunite China in 280
Same participants
- Queen Himiko’s embassy to the Wei courtbetween 238 and 239 · East Asiavia Cao Wei
Same place
- Liu Xiu restores the Han: the Eastern Han25 · East Asia
- The Book of Han is writtenc. 54 – 111 · East Asia
- Cai Lun presents papermaking to the Han court105 · East Asia
- Zhang Heng presents the first seismoscope132 · East Asia
- An Shigao begins translating Buddhist texts in Luoyang148 · East Asia
- Envoys from Da Qin (Rome) at the Han court166 · East Asia
- Partisan Prohibitions: purges of scholar-officials166–184 · East Asia
- Lokaksema translates the first Mahayana sutras into Chinese179 · East Asia
- Chen Shou writes the Records of the Three Kingdomsbetween 280 and 297 · East Asia
Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within a year of this event
Western and Central Europe
- Secession of the Gallic Empire260–274
- Crisis of the Third CenturyMarch 235 – 20 November 284
- Plotinus teaches in Rome: the rise of Neoplatonismc. 244 – 270
Eastern Europe
- Crisis of the Bosporan Kingdomc. 250 – c. 275
- Kyiv culturec. 200 – between 400 and 430
- Chernyakhov culturebetween 200 and 250 – between 400 and 430
Balkans and Anatolia
- Sack of Athens by the Herulibetween 267 and 268
- Gothic invasions of the Balkans and Asia Minor238–271
Middle East and Egypt
Africa
- Plague of Cyprianc. 249 – between 262 and 270
Central and Northern Asia
- Toprak-Kala, palace of the kings of Khwarezm200–299
- The Kushano-Sasanian kingdom in Bactriabetween 230 and 262 – between 350 and 370
South Asia
- Vijayapuri of the Ikshvakus: the monasteries of Nagarjunakondabetween 210 and 250 – between 300 and 350
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Óc Eo, the port of Funanbetween 1 and 100 – between 601 and 700
- Gold pendant copying a coin of Antoninus Pius at Óc Eobetween 152 and 600
North America
- Late Basketmaker II erac. 50 – c. 500
- Hopewell traditionbetween 200 and 100 BC – c. 500
Latin America
- Nazca culture and the Nazca Linesbetween 200 and 100 BC – between 500 and 800
The same period
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Emperor Wu of Jin
- Wikipedia (English): Cao Huan
- Wikipedia (English): Cao Mao
- Wikipedia (English): Jin dynasty (266–420)
- Wikipedia (Russian): У-ди (Западная Цзинь)
- Wikipedia (Russian): Цао Хуань
- Wikipedia (Russian): Цзинь (265—420)
- Цзинь шу, гл. 3: анналы У-ди (кит. текст, Викитека)
- Dien A. E., Knapp K. N. (eds.) The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 2: The Six Dynasties, 220–589. — Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- История Китая с древнейших времён до начала XXI века: в 10 т. Т. III: Троецарствие, Цзинь, Южные и Северные династии, Суй, Тан (220–907) / отв. ред. И. Ф. Попова, М. Е. Кравцова. — М.: Наука — Восточная литература, 2014.