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Encyclopedia > Sima Yan

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Emperor Wu of Jin China, sim. ch. 晋武帝, trad. ch. 晉武帝, py. jin4 wu3 di4, wg. Chin Wu-ti (between 234 and 236-May 17, 290) was a grandson of Sima Yi and the first emperor of the Jin Dynasty (265-420). Emperor Wu was known for his extravagance and sensuality, espcially after the unification of China after 280; legends boasted of his unimaginable potency over ten thousand concubines.


Personal information

Family name Sima (司馬 py. si1 ma3) in Chinese
Given name Yan (炎 py. yan2)
Era names Taishi (泰始 tai4 shi3) 265-274
 Xianning (咸寧 xian2 ning2)275-280
 Taikang (太康 tai4 kang1) 280-289
Taixi (太熙 tai4 xi1) January 28, 290-May 17, 290
Father Sima Zhao
Mother
Wife empress Yang and her younger sister, then Empress Dowager Yang,
all daughters of Yang Jun
Major concubines
Children many, including Emperor Hui of Jin China
 Emperor Huai of Jin China
 Prince of Chu
 Prince of Chengdu
Prince of Changsha
Duration of reign 265 to 290
Tomb
Temple name ch. 世祖, py. shi4 zu3, wg. shih-tsu, literary meaning: "genesis progenitor"
Courtesy name ch. 安世, py. an1 shi4, wg. an-shih
Posthumous name 武 (py. wu3), literary meaning: "martial"
Preceded by:
---		 Jin Dynasty (265-420) Succeeded by:
Emperor Hui

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Encyclopedia: Three Kingdoms (7330 words)
Sima Yan seized the throne in 264 after forcing Cao Huan's abdication, effectively overthrowing the Wei Dynasty and establishing the successor Jin Dynasty.
Sima Zhao (司馬昭) (211-264) was the son of Prime Minister Sima Yi of the Kingdom of Wei, during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.
Sima Yan (grandson of Sima Yi), after accepting the surrender of Liu Chan, overthrew the Wei emperor and proclaimed his own dynasty of Jin in 264, ending forty-six years of Cao dominion in the north.
Sima Yan - definition of Sima Yan in Encyclopedia (116 words)
Sima Yan - definition of Sima Yan in Encyclopedia
Chin Wu-ti (between 234 and 236-May 17,290) was a grandson of Sima Yi and the first emperor of the Jin Dynasty (265-420).
Emperor Wu was known for his extravagence and sensuality, espcially after the unification of China after 280; legends boasted of his unimaginable potency over ten thousand concubines.
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