East Asia in the 1st–5th centuries
China, Korea and Japan from Wang Mang’s usurpation of the Han throne in AD 9 to the 5th century: the Xin interregnum, the restored Eastern Han with its capital at Luoyang, the arrival of Buddhism and the embassies from Japan to the Chinese court.
8 events · 1 region · East Asia
At the start of the 1st century the Han empire stood at the eastern end of the Silk Road, as Rome did at the western end. In AD 9 the regent Wang Mang took the throne and founded the Xin dynasty; his reforms, a change in the course of the Yellow River and famine provoked peasant risings, and in 25 a member of the Han clan, Liu Xiu, restored the dynasty with its new capital at Luoyang. Under the Eastern Han, Buddhism reached China from Central Asia, the ruler of Na, one of the states of the Wa in Japan, sent envoys to the court, and Ban Gu and Ban Zhao wrote the Book of Han.
Events
- Wang Mang proclaims the Xin dynasty10 January 9 · East Asia
- The Yellow River changes its course11 · East Asia
- Red Eyebrows rebellion17–27 · East Asia
- Battle of Kunyangbetween June and July 23 · East Asia
- Liu Xiu restores the Han: the Eastern Han25 · East Asia
- Envoys of Na receive a gold seal from Emperor Guangwu57 · East Asia
- Buddhism reaches China: the court of Liu Ying at Pengcheng65 · East Asia
- The Book of Han is writtenc. 54 – 111 · East Asia
Key participants
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Han dynasty
- Wikipedia (English): History of China
- Wikipedia (Russian): Империя Хань
- Wikipedia (Russian): История Китая
- Twitchett D., Loewe M. (eds.) The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 1: The Ch’in and Han Empires, 221 B.C. – A.D. 220. — Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
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