State of Jin

E190260

The State of Jin was a powerful feudal state of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, prominent during the Spring and Autumn period for its military strength and complex aristocratic politics.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
State of Jin canonical 4
Jin (state) 2
state of Jin 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spring and Autumn period hegemon
Zhou dynasty vassal state
ancient Chinese state
aristocraticClan Fan clan (范氏)
Han clan
surface form: Han clan (韓氏)

Wei clan
surface form: Wei clan (魏氏)

Zhao clan
surface form: Zhao clan (趙氏)

Zhi clan (智氏)
Zhonghang clan (中行氏)
capital Jiang (絳)
Xintian (新田)
chronicleSource Guoyu
surface form: Guoyu (Discourses of the States)

Records of the Grand Historian
Zuo Zhuan
conventionalLongName Jin
currency knife money
spade money
dissolvedInto State of Han
state of Wei
surface form: State of Wei

state of Zhao
surface form: State of Zhao
endTime 453 BCE
era Spring and Autumn period
Western Zhou period
surface form: Western Zhou

early Warring States period
founder King Cheng of Zhou
surface form: King Cheng of Zhou (as enfeoffing ruler)

Tang Shu Yu (唐叔虞)
governmentType feudal aristocratic state
hereditary monarchy
historicalEvent Partition of Jin
knownFor complex aristocratic politics
military strength
struggle for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn period
language Old Chinese
locatedIn North China
surface form: Northern China

Yellow River basin
majorBattle Battle of An
Battle of Bi
Battle of Chengpu
modernTerritoryIncludes Shanxi Province
parts of Henan Province
parts of Shaanxi Province
namedAfter Jin River (晉水)
nativeName
notableRuler Duke Dao of Jin (晉悼公)
Duke Mu of Jin (晉穆侯)
Duke Wen of Jin (晉文公)
Duke Xian of Jin (晉獻公)
partitionDate 453 BCE
partOf Zhou dynasty
surface form: Zhou dynasty feudal system
religion Chinese ancestral worship
early Chinese folk religion
rival State of Chu
State of Qi
State of Qin
state of Zheng
surface form: State of Zheng
startTime 11th century BCE
suzerain King of Zhou

Referenced by (7)

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State of Chu majorRival State of Jin
Xiong clan politicalRival State of Jin
Spring and Autumn period hasPart State of Jin
this entity surface form: state of Jin
King Zhuang of Chu opponentState State of Jin
state of Zhao predecessor State of Jin
subject surface form: State of Zhao
this entity surface form: Jin (state)
State of Han predecessor State of Jin
this entity surface form: Jin (state)
state of Wei predecessor State of Jin
subject surface form: State of Wei