Emperor Hui of Jin

Facts

Reign (first)

16 May 290 – 3 February 301 (2nd ruler of Western Jin)

Reign (restored)

30 May 301 – 8 January 307 (4th ruler of Western Jin)

Length of reign

16 years

Born

Unknown

Died

8 January 307

Age at accession

32

Age at death

48

Cause of death

DisputedPrimary sources or accepted accounts conflict and cannot be narrowed to one

Path to the throne

Designated heirRestoredSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, who had chosen the heir (by testament, naming a crown prince, etc.)

Predecessor

Emperor Wu of Jin, Sima Lun (restoration)

Successor

Sima Lun, Emperor Huai of Jin

Era names

• 永熙 Yǒngxī (proclaimed 290)
• 永平 Yǒngpíng (proclaimed 291)
• 元康 Yuánkāng (proclaimed 291)
• 永康 Yǒngkāng (proclaimed 300)
• 永寧 Yǒngníng (proclaimed 301)
• 太安 Tài'ān (proclaimed 302)
• 永安 Yǒng'ān (proclaimed 304)
• 建武 Jiànwǔ (proclaimed 304)
• 永興 Yǒngxīng (proclaimed 305)
• 光熙 Guāngxī (proclaimed 306)

Ages are given in East Asian reckoning (sui): a person is one year old at birth and gains a year at each New Year, so the figure is one or two years higher than the Western age.

During the reign

Number of times each event is recorded in the official histories. How each item is counted

Era name changes

11

General amnesties

23

Empresses installed

5

Crown princes deposed

4

Personal campaigns

1

Rebellions suppressed

6

Rebellions faced

11

Capital relocations

0