Person259–307
Emperor Hui of Jin
Sima Zhong, son of Sima Yan and second emperor of the Western Jin (reigned 290–307). Developmentally disabled, he was a figurehead in the hands of regents, of his empress Jia Nanfeng and of the princes who fought the War of the Eight Princes over him; he died in January 307, probably poisoned.
- Dates
- 259 – 8 January 307
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- East Asia
- In the threads
- East Asia in the 1st–5th centuries
Events
- War of the Eight Princes23 April 291 – between 28 June 306 and 6 February 307 · East Asia