Among the nine unified dynasties, Jin is the dynasty that everyone is most reluctant to mention, for no other reason, that is, the injustice of winning the country and the bloody clan infighting, which almost ruined the Chinese civilization, and made the Sima royal family not want to recognize this ancestor.
When Sima Shao, Emperor of the Jin Ming Dynasty, once asked Wang Dao and Wen Qiao about the history of their ancestors, and as a result, Wang Daohua told Luoshui's oath and the matter of killing the monarch on the street.
Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
After Sima Shao listened, he covered his face and lay on the bed, and said bitterly: "The ancestors did this way before, how can the national fortune prosper for a long time?"
Yes, the two Jin Dynasty national fortunes did not last long, the Western Jin Dynasty Guozuo was only fifty years, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty Guozuo also nodded in a hundred years.
Of course, in addition to the curse of the short-lived fortune of the country, the usurping Sima clan did not fall into the good, when the Western Jin Dynasty died in the country, all the heirs of the Sima Zhao family were extinct, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty was a little better, but except for the founding emperor Sima Rui, the rest of the emperors were also all extinct.
It can be said that the royal family of the Sima clan is one of the most miserable royal families in history, and the founding emperor is almost extinct, and the Sima clan is the first.
Let's take a look at Sima Rui, the founder of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sima Rui, the great-grandson of Sima Yi, the grandson of Sima Ling, the king of Langya, and the son of Sima Jin.
Sima Rui
However, compared with the Western Jin Dynasty, the imperial power of the Eastern Jin Dynasty fell aside, although there were many emperors, but very few could have real power.
At the beginning, after Sima Rui crossed to the south, the power in his hands was limited, and he could only rely on the cooperation with the Langya Wang clan to establish the country and become the emperor, and the congenital power was insufficient, which led to the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty, the power and authority of the Sima clan were sluggish, and they were always played and controlled by various gate lords and warlords.
It can be said that throughout the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Sima clan suffered no less humiliation and disasters than the "Eight Kings Rebellion".
Sima Rui was once bullied and placed under house arrest by Wang Dun, and finally died of depression, but fortunately, there were many children and grandchildren, and six sons were born before and after, namely Sima Shao, Sima Pei, Sima Chong, Sima Xi, Sima Huan, Sima Yu, of which Sima Huan died young.
Although the other sons lived to adulthood, there were many heirs.
Sima Pei had a son, Sima Anguo, who died at an early age and died as an heir;
Sima Chong lived to be thirty-one years old, but he had no heirs;
There are also three sons, Sima Shao, Sima Xi and Sima Yu.
Gu Kaizhi's "Female History"
Sima Shao's family has produced six emperors, but he is still the heir
After Sima Rui's death, his eldest son Sima Shao succeeded to the throne as Emperor Ming of Jin, the one who said before that Sima's national fortune was short-lived.
During Sima Shao's reign, he was also bullied by Yu Liang, taking advantage of Sima Shao's serious illness, Yu Liang led the troops to admonish, which directly led to Sima Shao's death in panic and anxiety.
Sima Shao had only two sons, Sima Yan and Sima Yue.
Sima Yan was only five years old when he succeeded to the throne, and the power of the court was held by the Empress Dowager Yu Wenjun.
Of course, Sima Yan also has two sons, namely Sima Pi and Sima Yi, and the reason why he passed on the throne to his younger brother may be because the country depends on Changjun!
Sima Yue reigned for only three years, and died young, and the throne passed to his only son, Sima Dan, who was not a long-lived monarch and died at the age of nineteen.
Sima Dan had no heirs, and the throne returned to Sima Yan's eldest son Sima Pi, so far Sima Yue was the heir.
may feel like a puppet, Sima Pi is also very simple, directly chose to cultivate immortals, and even only took pills without eating, and was poisoned alive, he had no heirs, and the throne was passed to his younger brother Sima Yi.
Huan Wen failed to usurp the throne in the end
This Sima Yi was even more miserable, he was bullied by Huan Wen, led the troops to abolish him on the grounds of impotence, and wantonly slaughtered the descendants of the royal family, although he gave birth to three princes, but he was not recognized, and finally became an heir.
Sima Yan, Sima Yue, Sima Dan, Sima Pi, Sima Yi, these five emperors, in fact, are all descendants of Sima Shao, Emperor Ming of Jin, with Sima Yi's heir, it also indicates that Emperor Sima Shao of Jin Ming is completely extinct, and the throne will be inherited by Sima Rui's other sons.
Sima Yu has four emperors, but he is also an heir
At this time, Sima Rui's only surviving son was the sixth son Sima Yu, who was supported by Huan Wen, so he was worried that Huan Wen would abolish him, and died of worry after less than eight months of reign.
Sima Yu had seven sons, but only Sima Daosheng, Sima Yu, Sima Daozi and Sima Yao lived to adulthood, except for Sima Yao and Sima Daozi Youzi, the other two died without children, and the throne was passed to the older Sima Yao.
Sima Yao was covered to death with a quilt by his favorite concubine Zhang Guiren, leaving two sons, Sima Dezong and Sima Dewen.
The Eastern Jin Dynasty died at the hands of Sima Dewen
At this time, Liu Yu had already risen, first abolished Sima Dezong to support Sima Dewen, and then abolished Sima Dewen to stand on his own, and then slaughtered the Sima clan, including Sima Daozi's heirs, so far Sima Yu's family is also extinct.
Sima Xi has a line, and he has children who survived until the Eastern Jin Dynasty perished
Sima Xi is the fourth son of Sima Rui, although this line failed to produce an emperor, but it was slightly luckier than the other two brothers, and could have an heir to survive until the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Sima Xi has three sons who have lived to adulthood, namely Sima Zong, Sima Yu and Sima Zun, these three people have children, but after so many years of changes and Liu Yu's deliberate slaughter, when the Eastern Jin Dynasty fell, only two people were not slaughtered, namely Sima Qiuzhi and Sima Anzhi.
Cao Chao's curse
These two are Sima Xi's great-grandsons and Sima Rui's great-great-grandsons.
It can be said that the Eastern Jin Dynasty has been established for a hundred years, and the royal family has gone through so many reproductions, and in the end, there are only two people left, and they are also the only descendants of the founding emperor Sima Rui.
Looking at it this way, the fifteen emperors of the two Jin Dynasty actually have fourteen heirs, and the heirs are as high as 93%, and the strength of this heir is also the first time in the past and present, maybe Cao Chao's curse really worked back then.