Emperor Min of Jin
Emperor Min of Jin | |||||||||
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Emperor of the Jin Dynasty | |||||||||
Reign | 313 – 7 February 318 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Emperor Huai of Jin | ||||||||
Successor | Emperor Yuan of Jin | ||||||||
Crown Prince of the Jin Dynasty | |||||||||
Tenure | 312–313 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Sima Chi | ||||||||
Successor | Sima Shao | ||||||||
Born | 300 | ||||||||
Died | 7 February 318 | (aged 17–18)||||||||
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Father | Sima Yan | ||||||||
Mother | Lady Xun |
Emperor Min of Jin (simplified Chinese:
Emperor Min surrendered in 316 to Liu Yao, a general of the Xiongnu state Han-Zhao, and was later executed by Liu Cong, the emperor of Han, in 318 – like his uncle Emperor Huai had been in 313.[2]
Prior to becoming emperor[edit]
Sima Ye was a son of Sima Yan (
When the Jin capital Luoyang fell to Han-Zhao forces in 311, Prince Ye's uncle Emperor Huai was captured, and his father Prince Yan was killed. Prince Ye himself, at age 13, was able to escape from Han forces, and he got to Mi (
Reign[edit]
In spring 313, the captured Emperor Huai was executed by the Han emperor Liu Cong. The news, however, took three months to get to Chang'an. Once it did, Crown Prince Ye held an official mourning for his uncle and then ascended the throne as Emperor Min. At that time, the city of Chang'an was so poor that it had less than a hundred households, and there were only four wagons available. The officials lacked official uniforms and seals. The military matters were largely entrusted to the generals Qu Yun and Suo Chen. Emperor Min issued an edict ordering Sima Bao, the Prince of Nanyang, who still had a sizable force in Qin Province (
In fall 316, the Han general Liu Yao, the Prince of Zhongshan, made a major attack against Emperor Min's territory. After he captured the Beidi Commandery (
After capture by Han-Zhao[edit]
Liu Cong initially created the former Jin emperor the Marquess of Huai'an. In early 318, at a feast, he had the marquess serve as butler, and a number of former Jin officials could not control themselves and cried out loud at their former emperor's humiliation. Furthermore, around this time, there were a number of uprisings against Han, each claiming to want to capture Han's crown prince Liu Can to exchange him for the former Jin emperor. Liu Can therefore recommended that Sima Ye be executed, and Liu Cong agreed, executing him after receiving Liu Can's report.
Era name[edit]
- Jianxing (
建 興 Jiànxīng) 313–317
Ancestry[edit]
Sima Yi (179–251) | |||||||||||||||||||
Sima Zhao (211–265) | |||||||||||||||||||
Empress Xuanmu (189–247) | |||||||||||||||||||
Emperor Wu of Jin (236–290) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wang Su (195–256) | |||||||||||||||||||
Empress Wenming (217–268) | |||||||||||||||||||
Lady Yang | |||||||||||||||||||
Sima Yan (281–311) | |||||||||||||||||||
Lady Li | |||||||||||||||||||
Emperor Min of Jin (300–318) | |||||||||||||||||||
Xun Fei | |||||||||||||||||||
Xun Xi | |||||||||||||||||||
Xun Xu (d. 289) | |||||||||||||||||||
Zhong Yan | |||||||||||||||||||
Lady Zhong of Yingchuan | |||||||||||||||||||
Lady Xun of Yingchuan | |||||||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ Chan, Alan K. L.; Lo, Yuet-Keung (2010-08-04). Philosophy and Religion in Early Medieval China. State University of New York Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-4384-3189-5.
- ^ Davis, Timothy M. (2015-11-09). Entombed Epigraphy and Commemorative Culture in Early Medieval China: A Brief History of Early Muzhiming. BRILL. p. 45. ISBN 978-90-04-30642-4.