Emperor Wu of Jin
Western Jin · Jin · 1st ruler
晉武帝 Jìn Wǔdì司馬炎 Sīmǎ Yán
Wade–Giles: Chin Wu-ti · Ssu-ma Yen
Reigned 266–290 (24 years)
Reigned 24 years (266–290). Died at 55 (East Asian reckoning) of natural causes. 1st ruler of Western Jin.
Facts
- Reign
- 8 February 266 – 16 May 290 (1st ruler of Western Jin)
- Length of reign
- 24 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 16 May 290
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- 55
- Cause of death
- Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)
- Path to the throne
- Abdication from another dynastyReceived the throne from an emperor of another family or regime in a change of dynasty led by the new emperor (e.g. Cao Pi, Yang Jian, Zhao Kuangyin)
- Predecessor
- Cao Huan
- Successor
- Emperor Hui of Jin
- Era names
- 泰始 Tàishǐ (proclaimed 266)
- 咸寧 Xiánníng (proclaimed 275)
- 太康 Tàikāng (proclaimed 280)
- 太熙 Tàixī (proclaimed 290)
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
- 4
- General amnesties
- 9
- Empresses installed
- 2
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 8
- Rebellions faced
- 8
- Capital relocations
- 0
Emperors of Western Jin
- 1stEmperor Wu of Jin晉武帝 Jìn Wǔdì司馬炎 Sīmǎ Yán266–290 · 24 years · Natural causes, age 55266–29024 yearsNatural causes, age 55
- 2nd, 4thEmperor Hui of Jin晉惠帝 Jìn Huìdì司馬衷 Sīmǎ Zhōng290–301; restored 301–307 · 16 years · Disputed, age 48290–301; restored 301–30716 yearsDisputed, age 48
- 3rdSima Lun司馬倫 Sīmǎ Lún301 · 116 days · Suicide (incl. forced)301116 daysSuicide (incl. forced)
- 5thEmperor Huai of Jin晉懷帝 Jìn Huáidì司馬熾 Sīmǎ Chì307–311 · 4 years · Assassinated, age 30307–3114 yearsAssassinated, age 30
- 6thEmperor Min of Jin晉愍帝 Jìn Mǐndì司馬鄴 Sīmǎ Yè313–316 · 3 years · Assassinated, age 18313–3163 yearsAssassinated, age 18