Key points of knowledge on the brief unification of the Western Jin Dynasty and the inward migration of various ethnic groups in the north

The establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty

In 266, Sima Yi's grandson Sima Yan proclaimed himself emperor, changed the name of the country to Jin, made Luoyang the capital, and was known as the Western Jin Dynasty in history. He is Emperor Wu of Jin. In 280, the Western Jin Dynasty destroyed Wu and unified the country.

Rebellion of the Eight Kings

When Emperor Hui of Jin was in power, the eight kings with heavy military forces raised their armies one after another in order to fight for the central power, and launched a 16-year mutual war in Luoyang. The melee was known as the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" in history, and the Western Jin Dynasty declined from then on. The surviving Central Plains population fled to the south one after another, forming the first large-scale population migration climax in ancient Chinese history.

Inland migration of nomadic peoples in the north

During the Eastern Han, Wei, and Jin periods, nomadic peoples in northern my country continued to migrate inland. The Di and Qiang people who originally lived in the northwest moved from west to east into Guanzhong, Shaanxi. The Xiongnu and Jie people, who were distributed on the Mongolian grasslands, moved from north to south to the Shanxi area; while the Xianbei people moved to Liaoning, Shaanxi and the Hetao area. After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, from the early 4th century to the early 5th century, rulers of various ethnic groups in the north established many political regimes. Historically, the 15 major political regimes in the north, together with Chenghan in the southwest, were collectively referred to as the "Sixteen Kingdoms". ?In the late 4th century, the Former Qin Dynasty founded by the Fu clan of the Di ethnic group gradually became stronger and unified the Yellow River Basin. Emperor Fu Jian appointed Wang Meng, a Han man, as prime minister. He pursued reforms, strengthened centralization of power, recruited refugees, established schools, promoted Confucianism, and eased the tension in the former Qin Dynasty. The opposition and contradiction between Hu and Han.

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