Timeline of the Jin dynasty (266–420) and the Sixteen Kingdoms (304–439)

260s

YearDateEvent
266Sima Yan (Emperor Wu of Jin) declares himself emperor of the Jin dynasty[1]

280s

YearDateEvent
280Conquest of Wu by Jin: Sun Hao surrenders to Jin; so ends the Three Kingdoms period[1]
28430,000 Xiongnu submit and settle in Xihe (in Shanxi[1]
285Du Yu, commentator of the Zuozhuan, dies[1]
286100,000 Xiongnu submit at Yongzhou[1]
289Murong Gui of Xianbei submits[1]

290s

YearDateEvent
290Emperor Wu of Jin dies and is succeeded by Sima Zhong (Emperor Hui of Jin) and Yang Jun assumes regency[1]
Liu Yuan is appointed area commander-in-chief of the Five Regions of Xiongnu[1]
291War of the Eight Princes: Empress Jia Nanfeng kills Yang Jun, Sima Liang, and Sima Wei[1]
295Tuoba Luguan divides the Xianbei into three areas[1]
296The Di and Qiang in Qinzhou (秦州 and Yongzhou (雍州), in Shaanxi and Gansu, rebel; Qi Wannian of Di declares himself an emperor[2]
Chouchi: Yang Maosou sets up Chouchi south of Tianshui[3]
297Tuoba Yiyi of Xianbei begins to conquer the Western Regions[2]
298Floods strike Jingzhou (荊州), Yuzhou (豫州), Xuzhou (徐州), Yangzhou (揚州), and Jizhou (冀州) (the middle and lower Changjiang and Huai valleys). Refugees from Lueyang (略陽) and Tianshui (天水) drift into Hanzhong (漢中) (south Shaanxi).[2]
299Qi Wannian is killed[4]

300s

YearDateEvent
300War of the Eight Princes: Sima Lun kills Jia Nanfeng, Sima Yun, Shi Chong, and Pan Yue[2]
301War of the Eight Princes: Sima Lun declares himself emperor and gets killed by Sima Jiong, Sima Ying, and Sima Yong[2]
Li Te rebels in Guanghan (northeast Sichuan)[2]
302War of the Eight Princes: Sima Ai kills Sima Jiong[2]
303Zhang Chang rebels in Jiangxia (江夏) (Yunmeng, Hubei) and sets up Qiu Chen as emperor[2]
Lu Ji is killed[2]
304War of the Eight Princes: Sima Yue imprisons Sima Ai, who is later killed[2]
Emperor Hui of Jin relocated to Chang'an[2]
Former Zhao: Liu Yuan of Xiongnu declares himself Prince of Han (漢)[2]
Cheng Han: Li Xiong creates the Ba-Di state of Cheng Han[2]
305Gongshi Fan, Ji Sang, and Shi Le rebel[5]
Zuo Si dies[5]
306Chen Min declares himself Duke of Chu in the lower Changjiang valley[5]
Liu Baigen and Wang Mi rebel[5]
Sima Ying is killed[5]
Gongshi Fan is defeated[5]
Emperor Hui of Jin dies and is succeeded by Sima Chi (Emperor Huai of Jin), who moves back to Luoyang[5]
Cheng Han: Li Xiong declares himself emperor[5]
307Ji Sang and Shi Le sack Ye, killing more than 10,000 people[5]
Sima Rui is in charge of military affairs in the south[5]
Former Zhao: Shi Le joins Liu Yuan[5]
Murong Gui declares himself Great Chanyu[5]
308Former Zhao: Liu Yuan takes Pingyang and declares himself emperor[5]

310s

YearDateEvent
310Former Zhao: Liu Yao, Shi Le and Wang Mi invade Luoyang, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou[5]
Former Zhao: Liu Yuan dies and his successor Liu He is killed by Liu Cong, who takes over[5]
Fu Hong declares himself Duke of Lueyang[5]
311Former 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]
Former Zhao: Liu Yao takes Chang'an[5]
Former Zhao: Wang Mi is killed by Shi Le[5]
312Former Zhao: Jin retakes Chang'an after routing Liu Yao[5]
Former Zhao: Shi Le captures Xiangguo (襄國) (Xingtai, Hebei)[5]
Former Zhao: Liu Cong briefly takes Jinyang (southwest of Taiyuan, Shanxi) but is routed by Liu Kun[6]
313Emperor Huai of Jin is killed by Liu Cong and is succeeded by Sima Ye (Emperor Min of Jin)[6]
Goguryeo takes Lelang Commandery[7]
Tuoba Yilu names Shengle the northern capital and Pingcheng the southern capital[6]
314Former Liang: Zhang Gui dies and is succeeded by Zhang Shi[6]
315Dai: Tuoba Yilu becomes Prince of Dai[6]
316Former Zhao: Emperor Min of Jin surrenders Chang'an to Liu Yao[6]
317Sima Rui declares himself Prince of Jin at Jiankang[6]
318Emperor Min of Jin is killed by Liu Cong and is succeeded by Sima Rui (Emperor Yuan of Jin)[6]
Former Zhao: Liu Cong dies and his successor Liu Can is killed by Xiongnu general Jin Zhun, and is succeeded by Liu Yao[6]
319Former Zhao: Jin Zhun is killed[6]
Former Zhao: Liu Yao moves to Chang'an and renames his state Zhao[6]
Former Zhao: Fu Hong joins Former Zhao[6]
Later Zhao: Shi Le defeats Jin general Zu Ti at Xunyi and declares himself Prince of [Later] Zhao[6]

320s

YearDateEvent
320Former Zhao: Juqu Zhi rebels and is defeated[6]
321Later Zhao: Shi Le takes control of Youzhou, Jizhou, and Bingzhou[8]
322Wang Dun rebels in Wuchang[8]
Later Zhao: Shi Hu invades Xuzhou and Yanzhou[8]
Emperor Yuan of Jin dies and is succeeded by Sima Shao (Emperor Ming of Jin)[8]
Earliest archaeological evidence of a double stirrup[9][10]
324Wang Dun dies[8]
325Later Zhao: Shi Le takes Sizhou (司州), Xuzhou, and Yanzhou[8]
Emperor Ming of Jin dies and is succeeded by Sima Yan (Emperor Cheng of Jin)[8]
328Later Zhao: Shi Le crosses the Huai River[8]
329Later Zhao: Shi Le takes Luoyang and kills Liu Yao while Shi Hu takes Chang'an[8]

330s

YearDateEvent
330Later Zhao: Shi Le declares himself emperor[8]
Wei: Di Bin creates Di-Wei[11]
333Later Zhao: Shi Le dies and is succeeded by Shi Hong[8]
334Later Zhao: Shi Hu kills Shi Hong and usurps power[8]
335Later Zhao: Shi Hu moves the capital to Ye[8]
337Former Yan: Murong Huang declares himself Prince of [Former] Yan[8]
338Later Zhao: Shi Hu and Murong Huang defeat Tuhe of the Duan tribe[8]

340s

YearDateEvent
342Emperor Cheng of Jin dies and is succeeded by Sima Yue (Emperor Kang of Jin)[8]
Former Yan: Murong Huang moves his capital to Longcheng and invaded Goguryeo, capturing 50,000 of its people[8]
344Former Yan: Murong Huang destroys the Yuwen tribe[12]
Emperor Kang of Jin dies and is succeeded by Sima Dan (Emperor Mu of Jin)[12]
345Later Zhao: Shi Hu starts mass mobilization for the construction of the Luoyang Palace[12]
346Former Liang: Zhang Jun takes Yanqi[12]
347Huan Wen of Jin conquers Cheng Han and takes Chengdu[12]
Later Zhao: Shi Hu builds the Hanlin Park using 160,000 laborers, thousands of whom die[12]
349Later Zhao: Shi Hu dies and Ran Min carries out genocide against the Jie people[12]
Chu Pou of Jin carries out a failed northern expedition[12]

350s

YearDateEvent
350Ran Min declares himself emperor[12]
Fu Hong dies and is succeeded by Fu Jian who takes Chang'an[12]
Duan Qi: Duan Kan declares himself Prince of Qi in Guanggu[13]
351Former Qin: Fu Jian declares himself Heavenly King of [Former] Qin[12]
352Former Qin: Fu Jian declares himself emperor[12]
Wei-Xianbei war: Murong Jun kills Ran Min, takes Yecheng, and declares himself emperor at Jizhou[12]
353Yin Hao of Jin leads a failed northern expedition[12]
354Huan Wen's expeditions: Huan Wen defeats Former Qin at Guanzhong but withdraws[12]
355Former Qin: Fu Jian dies and is succeeded by Fu Sheng[12]
356Zhou Cheng and Yao Xiang of the Qiang people lay siege to Luoyang but are defeated by Huan Wen[12]
Former Yan: Kills Duan Kan[13]
357Former Qin: Fu Sheng is killed and usurped by Fu Jian[12]
Former Yan: Murong Jun moves his capital to Yecheng[14]
359Xie Wan of Jin leads a failed northern expedition[14]

360s

YearDateEvent
361Huan Wen's expeditions: Huan Wen defeats Former Yan and takes Xuchang[14]
Emperor Mu of Jin dies and is succeeded by Sima Pi (Emperor Ai of Jin)[14]
363Ge Hong dies[14]
364Former Yan: Murong Wei invades Henan and takes Xuchang[14]
365Emperor Ai of Jin dies and is succeeded by Sima Yi (Emperor Fei of Jin)[14]
Former Yan: Murong Wei takes Luoyang[14]
369Huan Wen's expeditions: Huan Wen is defeated by Murong Chui at Xiangyi (襄邑) (Suixian, Henan)[14]

370s

YearDateEvent
370Former Qin: Qin troops conquer Former Yan[14]
371Former Qin: Conquers Chouchi[3]
Huan Wen deposes Emperor Fei of Jin and enthrones Sima Yu (Emperor Jianwen of Jin)[14]
372Emperor Jianwen of Jin dies and is succeeded by Sima Yao (Emperor Xiaowu of Jin)[14]
373Huan Wen dies and Xie An dominates the court[14]
375Former Qin: Fu Jian bans Daoism[14]
376Former Qin: Qin conquers Former Liang and Dai[14]
379Former Qin: Qin takes Xiangyang from Jin[14]

380s

YearDateEvent
383Battle of Fei River: Qin army is defeated by Xie Shi and Xie Xuan[14]
Former Qin: Lü Guang subjugates Qiuci[15]
384Later Qin: Yao Chang of Qiang declares himself Prince of Qin[16]
Later Yan: Murong Chui rebels and declares himself Prince of [Later] Yan[14]
Western Yan: Murong Hong declares himself Prince of Jibei and after his death Murong Chong takes over[16]
Jin retakes territory in Henan from Former Qin[16]
385Western Yan: Murong Chong takes Chang'an from Qin[16]
Western Qin: Founded by Qifu Guoren[17]
Former Qin: Fu Jian is killed by Yao Chang[16]
Chouchi: Revived[3]
386Northern Wei: The Tuoba state is revived[16]
Later Qin: Yao Chang declares himself emperor[16]
387Later Liang: Lü Guang declares himself Duke of Jiuquan[16]

390s

YearDateEvent
393Wei: Conquered by Later Yan[18]
394Later Qin: Later Qin conquers Former Qin[16]
Later Yan: Conquers Western Yan[16]
395Northern Wei: Tuoba Gui defeats Later Yan at Canhepi (east-northeast of Liangcheng, Inner Mongolia)[16]
396Northern Wei: Tuoba Gui takes Bingzhou from Later Yan[16]
Emperor Xiaowu of Jin dies and is succeeded by Sima Dezong (Emperor An of Jin)[16]
397Southern Liang: Tufa Wugu declares himself Prince of Xiping[16]
Northern Liang: Duan Ye declares himself Duke of Jiankang in Zhangye[16]
398Northern Wei: Tuoba Gui moves his capital to Pingcheng[16]
399Northern Wei: Tuoba Gui declares himself emperor[16]
Sun En revolts[16]
Faxian leaves for India[16]

400s

YearDateEvent
400Western Liang: Li Gao declares himself Duke of Liang in Dunhuang[16]
Western Qin: Submits to Southern Liang and then Later Qin[17]
Southern Yan: Murong De declares himself emperor in Guanggu[19]
401Northern Liang: Juqu Mengxun kills Duan Ye and declares himself Duke of Zhangye[19]
402Huan Xuan sacks Jiankang and Sun En dies, but his lieutenant Lu Xun takes over[20]
403Later Liang: Surrenders to Later Qin[19]
404Huan Xuan declares himself emperor and dies the same year[19]
405Qiao Zong declares himself Prince of Chengdu[19]
407Xia: Helian Bobo declares himself Heavenly King[19]
Northern Yan: Gao Yun is set up as heavenly king and replaces Later Yan[19]
409Western Qin: Revived[17]

410s

YearDateEvent
410Liu Yu's expeditions: Liu Yu conquers Southern Yan[19]
411Rebel Lu Xun dies[19]
412Faxian returns from India[19]
413Jin recovers Sichuan and Qiao Zong commits suicide[19]
414Western Qin: Conquers Southern Liang[19]
416Jin takes Luoyang from Later Qin[19]
Huiyuan dies[19]
417Liu Yu's expeditions: Jin conquers Later Qin and Liu Yu takes Chang'an[19]
418Jin troops retreat from Chang'an[19]
Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms): Helian Bobo takes Chang'an[19]
419Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms): Helian Bobo leaves Chang'an[19]

420s

YearDateEvent
420Liu Yu (Emperor Wu of Liu Song) replaces the Jin dynasty with the Song dynasty[21]
421Northern Liang: Juqu Mengxun conquers Western Liang[22]
422Emperor Wu of Liu Song dies and is succeeded by Liu Yifu, Emperor Shao of Liu Song[21]
423Kou Qianzhi sets up the Celestial Master at Pingcheng[21]
424Emperor Shao of Liu Song is deposed and succeeded by Liu Yilong (Emperor Wen of Liu Song)[21]
426Northern Wei: Attacks Xia[21]
427Northern Wei: Takes Chang'an and sacks the Xia capital, Tongwan[21]
428Xia: Retakes Chang'an[21]

430s

YearDateEvent
430Northern Wei: Takes Luoyang from Liu Song
Western Qin: Abandons Yuanchuan and Fuhan to the Tuyuhun and relocates to Pingliang and Anding[21]
431Xia: Conquers Western Qin and are in turn conquered by the Tuyuhun[21]
433Xie Lingyun is killed[21]
434Northern Wei: Enters a marriage alliance with the Rouran[21]
Song retakes Hanzhong from Chouchi[21]
435Northern Wei: Attacks Northern Yan[21]
436Northern Wei: Conquers Northern Yan, who's sovereign Feng Hong flees to Goguryeo[21]
439Northern Wei: Conquers Northern Liang; so ends the Sixteen Kingdoms[21]

References

  1. Xiong 2009, p. xc.
  2. Xiong 2009, p. xci.
  3. Xiong 2009, p. 414.
  4. Xiong 2009, p. 400.
  5. Xiong 2009, p. xcii.
  6. Xiong 2009, p. xciii.
  7. Shin 2014, p. 30.
  8. Xiong 2009, p. xciv.
  9. Dien, Albert. "THE STIRRUP AND ITS EFFECT ON CHINESE MILITARY HISTORY"
  10. "The invention and influences of stirrup" Archived December 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  11. Xiong 2009, p. 119.
  12. Xiong 2009, p. xcv.
  13. Xiong 2009, p. 135.
  14. Xiong 2009, p. xcvi.
  15. Twitchett 2008, p. 418.
  16. Xiong 2009, p. xcvii.
  17. Xiong 2009, p. 547.
  18. Xiong 2009, p. 123.
  19. Xiong 2009, p. xcviii.
  20. Xiong 2009, p. xcvii}i.
  21. Xiong 2009, p. xcix.
  22. Xiong 2009, p. 273.

Bibliography

  • Crespigny, Rafe (2007), A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD), Brill
  • Shin, Michael D. (2014), Korean History in Maps, Cambridge University Press
  • Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009), Historical Dictionary of Medieval China, United States of America: Scarecrow Press, Inc., ISBN 0810860538
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