Early Jin

Jin
晉
265–420
The Jin Empire (yellow) at its greatest extent, c. 280 (Western Jin)
Capital		Luoyang (265–311) Chang'an (312–316) Jiankang (317–420)
Languages		Middle Chinese
Religion		Buddhism, Daoism, Chinese folk religion
Government		Monarchy
Emperor
•	AD 265–290(first)	Emperor Wu of Jin
•	419–420(last)	Emperor Gong of Jin
History
•	Establishment	265
•	Reunification of China under Jin rule	280
•	Jin evacuates to region south of the Huai River, Eastern Jin begins	317
•	Abdication to Liu Song	420
Area
•	280 (Western Jin peak)	3,100,000 km2 (1,200,000 sq mi)
•	347 (Eastern Jin peak)	2,800,000 km2 (1,100,000 sq mi)
Population
•	300 est.	35,000,000
Currency		Chinese coin, Cash
Preceded by Succeeded by Cao Wei Eastern Wu Northern and Southern dynasties Liu Song
Today part of		China  Vietnam  Mongolia

Jin dynasty
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, a tomb painting from Jiankang (Nanjing) now located in the Shaanxi Provincial Museum.
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jìn Cháo Gwoyeu Romatzyh Jinn Chaur Wade–Giles Chin4 Ch'ao2 IPA [tɕîn ʈʂʰǎu] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jeun3 Chiu4 IPA [tsɵ̄n tsʰȉːu] Jyutping Zeon3 Ciu4 Southern Min Tâi-lô Tsìn Tiâu Middle Chinese Middle Chinese Tsìn Djew
Sima Jin
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sīmǎ Jìn Wade–Giles Ssu-ma Chin Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Si1ma5 Jeun3 IPA [síː ma̬ː tsɵ̄n]
Liang Jin
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaning	Two Jins
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liǎng Jìn Wade–Giles Liang Chin Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Leung2 Jeun3 IPA [lœ̌ːŋ tsɵ̄n]

Eastern Jin
The Jin Empire (yellow), c. 400 (Eastern Jin)
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dōngjìn Wade–Giles Tung Chin Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Dung1 Jeun3 IPA [tóŋ tsɵ̄n]

The Jin dynasty or the Jin Empire (/dʒɪn/;Chinese: 晉朝; pinyin: Jìn Cháo, sometimes distinguished as the Sima Jin or Liang Jin) was a Chinese dynasty traditionally dated from AD 265 to 420. It was founded by Sima Yan, son of Sima Zhao who was made Prince of Jin and posthumously declared the founder of the dynasty. It followed the Three Kingdoms period (220-280 AD), which ended with the conquest of Eastern Wu by the Jin.

There are two main divisions in the history of the dynasty. The Western Jin (265–316) was established as a successor state to Cao Wei after Sima Yan usurped the throne, and had its capital at Luoyang or Chang'an (modern Xi'an); Western Jin reunited China in 280, but fairly shortly thereafter fell into a succession crisis, civil war, and invasion by the "Five Barbarians." The rebels and invaders began to establish new self-proclaimed states in the Yellow River valley in 304, inaugurating the "Sixteen Kingdoms" era. These states immediately began fighting each other and the Jin Empire, leading to the second division of the dynasty, the Eastern Jin (317–420) when Sima Rui moved the capital to Jiankang (modern Nanjing). The Eastern Jin dynasty was eventually overthrown by the Liu Song.