After the Qin and Han dynasties, starting from the existence of kings, the Western Han capital Chang'an, the eastern Han capital Luoyang, the kings were all real seals, Qin and Jin, as the most important strategic places, could not be sealed, so the Eastern and Western Han had neither a King of Qin nor a King of Jin.
Before the emperors became emperors, most of them were also crowned kings, either as the King of Yan, or the King of Chu, or the King of Wei, and if you count them, you will find that the number of well-known emperors who were ascended to the throne by the King of Jin is the largest.
Map of the Jin Dynasty during the Spring and Autumn Period
Sima Yan, Emperor of Jinwu
Sima Yan should be said to be the first emperor after the Qin and Han dynasties to be ascended to the throne by the King of Jin
Some people will say, wasn't the first King of Jin Sima Zhao?
Yes, Sima Zhao accepted the title of King of Jin in 264 AD after ten resignations to the title of King of Jin, and died more than a year later, without ascending the throne as emperor at the time of his death, so there can be no talk of the King of Jin ascending the throne.
After Sima Zhao's death, Sima Yan attacked the king of Jin and paid homage to the Xiangguo of the Cao Wei clique, and half a year later, in February 266, Sima Yan forced Cao Huan to take the throne, opened the country and changed the Yuan, becoming the veritable first emperor to be ascended to the throne by the King of Jin.
Since the King of Jin sat in the world, it was very obvious that he respected Jin, and the emperor did not easily seal the King of Jin.
Portrait of Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin
Sui Emperor Yang Guang
In the Sui Dynasty, the inertia of honoring the Jin was still there.
Yang Guang was crowned King of Jin by Yang Jian in the first year of the emperor's reign, and he followed Yang Jian to pacify Southern Chen, which can also be described as a young man.
Yang Guang stayed in the position of King of Jin for twenty years, until the twenty years after the emperor's reign, Yang Jian deposed Yang Yong and installed Yang Guang as crown prince.
Four years later, Yang Jian died and Yang Guang ascended the throne as emperor, and there is an opinion that Yang Jian was killed by Yang Guang.
Portrait of Emperor Sui
Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Li Zhi
In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, raised the throne of the king of Qin as never before, and the status of the king of Jin decreased relatively much, and the sons of Emperor Taizong were either crowned King of Wei or King of Wu, while King of Jin was given to Li Zhi, and there was no significant difference between the kings of Qi, Jin, Wei, and Wu. If it weren't for Changsun Wuji's operation, Li Zhi might not have been able to sit on the emperor's throne.
Li Zhi stills
An Qingxu, son of An Lushan
In the later period of the Anshi Rebellion, An Lushan could not resist the urge to become emperor, and in 756 AD, he instructed an old monk to persuade him to enter, proclaiming himself Emperor Xiongwu, with the state name Dayan, and the capital Luoyang.
After An Lushan established the Great Yan regime, he made his second son An Qingxu the King of Jin, and what An Lushan did not expect was that more than a year later, in 757 AD, he was killed by An Qingxu.
An Qingxu proclaimed himself emperor after killing his father, An Lushan. Two years later, in 759, An Qingxu was killed by the general Shi Siming and received the nickname "剌".
Mt. Anroku image
Later Tang Zhuangzong Li Cunxuan
In the late Tang Dynasty, forces honored by the Jin Dynasty were also accumulating strength, especially represented by Li Keyong. In 895, Li Keyong was crowned King of Jin by Emperor Zhaozong of Tang because of his meritorious service as King Qin.
After Li Keyong's death, his eldest son Li Cunxuan attacked the king of Jin, and after more than ten years of conquest, he proclaimed himself emperor in 923 and established the Later Tang Dynasty.
Three years later, during the war against Li Siyuan, Li Cunxuan died in the rebellion of his concubine Guo Congqian. After that, Later Tang, Later Jin, and Later Han were not crowned King of Jin.
Portrait of Li Cunxuan
Zhou Shizong Chai Rong
Chai Rongben was the nephew of Empress Guo Wei of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and was very popular with Guo Wei because of his temperament and skillful ability to handle affairs.
After Guo Wei's heirs were all killed by Emperor Yin of Later Han, Chai Rong was adopted by him as his adopted son, and in 953 he was crowned King of Jin, and served as Yin Jing the Prince of Kaifeng, becoming the symbol of the crown prince at that time.
A year later, Guo Wei died, and Chai Rong took the throne in front of Ling in accordance with Guo Wei's edict, for Emperor Shizong of Zhou.
Portrait of Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong
Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Guangyi
In 961 AD, Empress Dowager Du, the mother of Emperor Taizong of Song and Emperor Taizong of Song, died, leaving behind the famous "Golden Alliance" before her death, the meaning of the Golden Alliance, which was to the effect that in order to prevent others from seizing power, Empress Dowager Du suggested that after the death of the eldest the eldest brother Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, after the death of Zhao Guangyi, the younger brother Zhao Tingmei took the throne, and after Zhao Tingmei died, he passed the throne to the eldest son Zhao Dezhao.
The second half of Zhao Kuangyin's life lived in the shadow of the Golden Alliance, and in 973 AD, in the face of Zhao Guangyi, who was constantly growing, Zhao Kuangyin had to make Zhao Guangyi the "King of Jin".
Three years later, the axe sounded and Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne as emperor. Since then, the King of Jin has gained the glory of self-esteem in the Zhao and Song dynasties, and no one in the Song Dynasty has been crowned King of Jin after Zhao Guangyi.
Portrait of Emperor Taizong of Song Zhao Guangyi
Emperor Yuan Taiding also grandson Temur
Yesun Temur was the sixth emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, and his father, a grandson of Kublai Khan, was made King of Jin, and during his father's time, Timur succeeded King of Jin.
After the death of Emperor Yuan Yingzong, Temur was proclaimed emperor and reigned for 5 years.
Former Taiding Emperor image
After the Ming Dynasty, the status of the King of Jin declined greatly, and Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty divided his sons as kings, among which the third son of the emperor, Zhu Huan, was crowned King of Jin, and after the Qing Dynasty, he was never crowned King of Jin again.