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The Jin Dynasty established by the Sima family was divided into two periods, the Western Jin Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty. However, the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty and the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty did not occur as continuously as people remember. In fact, this historical process is full of twists and turns.
The fate of the Western Jin Dynasty was already predetermined after the end of the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" in the first year of Guangxi (306). At that time, the "Five Hu" forces, represented by Liu Yuan, the founding emperor of Han and Zhao, rose, and the northern Han Zhao repeatedly attacked Luoyang, the capital of the Western Jin Dynasty. In the fifth year of Yongjia (311), the Han and Zhao army captured Luoyang and captured the third emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Chi, the Jin Huai Emperor, in an event known as the "Yongjia Rebellion".
Despite the fall of Luoyang, most of the region remained nominally loyal to the Western Jin Dynasty. In the first year of Jianxing (313), Emperor Huai of Jin was killed by Liu Cong, the emperor of Han Zhao, and officials and scholars in Chang'an elected Sima Ye, nephew of Emperor Huai of Jin, to the throne and became Emperor of Jin. Emperor Jin was widely recognized by various forces nominally loyal to the Western Jin Dynasty, becoming the last emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty.
However, in the fourth year of Jianxing (316), the Han Zhao general Liu Yao captured Chang'an and captured Emperor Shu of Jin, which meant that the Western Jin Dynasty had effectively perished. Although the Western Jin Dynasty had effectively collapsed, this period of nominal loyalty to the Western Jin Dynasty continued because his succession was agreed by various forces nominally loyal to the Western Jin Dynasty, and because he himself was captured rather than killed, especially in the Jiankang area led by Sima Rui.
Thus, in the first year of Taixing (318), when Emperor Shu of Jin was killed by Liu Cong, emperor of Han Zhao, Sima Rui was officially declared emperor, that is, the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty marked the official end of the nominal rule of the Western Jin Dynasty, which became a new era in Chinese history.
This period of history is full of twists and turns, reflecting the complexity of regime change in that era. It also reveals the delicate relationship between nominal and actual rule, and the tactics used by people in the era to compete for power.
The establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty marked the beginning of a new era in Chinese history. This period will have its own characteristics and developments, which deserve our in-depth discussion and study.
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