Western Jin dynasty

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The Western Jin dynasty was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty (266–316 CE) that briefly reunified China after the Three Kingdoms period before collapsing into internal strife and invasions.

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Label Occurrences
Western Jin dynasty canonical 5
Jin dynasty (266–420) 3
Western Jin 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dynasty
imperial dynasty
capital Chang'an
surface form: Chang’an

Luoyang
country China
currency Chinese cash
demonym Jin
endTime 316
eraName Taikang
Taishi
Yongning
firstRuler Emperor Wu of Jin
followedBy Eastern Jin dynasty
Sixteen Kingdoms
follows Three Kingdoms period
foundedBy Sima Yan
geographicRegion North China
southern China
surface form: South China
governmentForm monarchy
historicalPeriod Six Dynasties period
house Sima clan
surface form: House of Sima
knownFor brief reunification of China after the Three Kingdoms
internal aristocratic conflicts
northern nomadic invasions
languageFamily Chinese language
surface form: Sinitic languages
lastRuler Emperor Min of Jin
legislature imperial court of Jin
military Jin imperial army
notableEvent Uprising of the Five Barbarians
surface form: Disaster of Yongjia

Uprising of the Five Barbarians
War of the Eight Princes
unification of China in 280
notableReform reduction of military power of regional warlords
officialLanguage Classical Chinese
partOf Western Jin dynasty self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jin dynasty (266–420)
predecessor Cao Wei
Eastern Wu
Shu Han
religion Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
surface form: Daoism
startTime 266
successorState Cheng Han
Former Liang
Former Yan
Former Zhao
Later Zhao
writingSystem Chinese characters

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Three Kingdoms period followedBy Western Jin dynasty
Chang'an servedAsCapitalOf Western Jin dynasty
this entity surface form: Western Jin dynasty (briefly)
Shu Han followedBy Western Jin dynasty
Cao Wei followedBy Western Jin dynasty
Cao Wei followedBy Western Jin dynasty
this entity surface form: Jin dynasty (266–420)
Cao Wei overthrownByState Western Jin dynasty
this entity surface form: Jin dynasty (266–420)
Records of the Three Kingdoms compilerDynasty Western Jin dynasty
this entity surface form: Western Jin
Western Jin dynasty partOf Western Jin dynasty self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Jin dynasty (266–420)
Luoyang capitalOf Western Jin dynasty
Xianbei interactedWith Western Jin dynasty