Emperor Min of Jin
晉愍帝
简体 晋愍帝
“Surrendered Chang'an, poured wine for his captors, and was killed”
A teenager raised to the throne in a capital already surrounded. When Chang'an fell in 316 he rode out in a sheep-drawn cart with a jade seal in his mouth, the ritual of total surrender, and was made to serve wine at Xiongnu banquets before being executed. The Western Jin ended with him.
The court that survived crossed the Yangtze and refounded itself at Jiankang, and for the next 272 years there were two Chinas.
No empress of these last two reigns has been painted; the Western Jin silk covers the two long reigns that preceded them.
The empresses of this reign
No empress of this reign has been painted yet. The collection is still growing — see the rest of the Jin.
About this page
Written for this site to place Min's reign around the paintings. For the full biography, the dynastic histories and the scholarship behind them, start at Wikipedia.
Every Jin emperor
Western Jin
西晉 / 西晋 266 – 316Eastern Jin
東晉 / 东晋 317 – 420| Reign | Emperor | Painted empresses |
|---|---|---|
| 317 – 323 | Yuan 晉元帝 / 晋元帝 Sima Rui 司馬睿 / 司马睿 | |
| 323 – 325 | Ming 晉明帝 / 晋明帝 Sima Shao 司馬紹 / 司马绍 | |
| 325 – 342 | Cheng 晉成帝 / 晋成帝 Sima Yan 司馬衍 / 司马衍 | |
| 342 – 344 | Kang 晉康帝 / 晋康帝 Sima Yue 司馬岳 / 司马岳 | |
| 344 – 361 | Mu 晉穆帝 / 晋穆帝 Sima Dan 司馬聃 / 司马聃 | |
| 361 – 365 | Ai 晉哀帝 / 晋哀帝 Sima Pi 司馬丕 / 司马丕 | |
| 365 – 372 | Fei (Haixi) 晉廢帝 · 海西公 / 晋废帝 · 海西公 Sima Yi 司馬奕 / 司马奕 | |
| 372 | Jianwen 晉簡文帝 / 晋简文帝 Sima Yu 司馬昱 / 司马昱 | |
| 372 – 396 | Xiaowu 晉孝武帝 / 晋孝武帝 Sima Yao 司馬曜 / 司马曜 | |
| 396 – 418 | An 晉安帝 / 晋安帝 Sima Dezong 司馬德宗 / 司马德宗 | |
| 419 – 420 | Gong 晉恭帝 / 晋恭帝 Sima Dewen 司馬德文 / 司马德文 |