Uprising of the Five Barbarians

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civil war ethnic conflict historical event rebellion

The Uprising of the Five Barbarians was a series of early 4th-century rebellions by non-Han ethnic groups in northern China that devastated the Western Jin dynasty and led to the fragmentation of its rule.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Disaster of Yongjia	1
Uprising of the Five Barbarians canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil war ⓘ ethnic conflict ⓘ historical event ⓘ rebellion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rebellion of the Five Barbarians NERFINISHED ⓘ Wu Hu Uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Ethnic conflicts in Asia ⓘ Jin dynasty (266–420) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebellions in China ⓘ
ChineseName	五胡之亂 NERFINISHED ⓘ 五胡亂華 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Western Jin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn	Chinese official histories NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	316 ⓘ
followedBy	Eastern Jin dynasty in the south ⓘ Sixteen Kingdoms period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	ethnic tensions between Han Chinese and non-Han groups ⓘ political instability of the Western Jin dynasty ⓘ power struggles among Jin imperial princes ⓘ social and economic grievances of non-Han populations ⓘ weak central authority of the Western Jin court ⓘ
hasEffect	decline of Han Chinese dominance in northern China ⓘ rise of multi-ethnic polities in North China ⓘ
historicalContext	War of the Eight Princes NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Jin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	formation of non-Han regimes in northern China ⓘ long-term north–south division in Chinese history ⓘ
languageOfName	Chinese ⓘ
location	northern China ⓘ
mainRegion	North China Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Jin imperial court NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Jin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	Di NERFINISHED ⓘ Han Chinese warlords ⓘ Jie NERFINISHED ⓘ Qiang NERFINISHED ⓘ Xianbei NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiongnu NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	collapse of the Western Jin dynasty ⓘ
result	collapse of Western Jin control in the north ⓘ devastation of northern China ⓘ fragmentation of Jin rule ⓘ large-scale massacres and destruction ⓘ massive population displacement ⓘ
significantEvent	Disaster of Yongjia NERFINISHED ⓘ capture of Luoyang in 311 ⓘ end of the Western Jin in the north ⓘ fall of Chang’an in 316 ⓘ
startTime	304 ⓘ
timePeriod	early 4th century ⓘ

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Western Jin dynasty → notableEvent → Uprising of the Five Barbarians ⓘ

this entity surface form: Disaster of Yongjia