Emperor Min of Jin

Emperor Min of Jin
Emperor of the Jin Dynasty
Reign7 June 313[1] – 7 February 318
PredecessorEmperor Huai of Jin
SuccessorEmperor Yuan of Jin
Crown Prince of the Jin Dynasty
Tenure312–313
PredecessorSima Chi
SuccessorSima Shao
Born300
Died7 February 318(318-02-07) (aged 17–18)
Names
Family name: Sima (司馬; sī mǎ)
Given name: Ye (鄴 or 業, yè)
Posthumous name
Full: Xiaomin (孝愍, xiào mǐn)
literary meaning "filial and suffering"
Short: Min (愍, mǐn)
literary meaning "suffering"
FatherSima Yan
MotherLady Xun

Emperor Min of Jin (simplified Chinese: 晋愍帝; traditional Chinese: 晉愍帝; pinyin: Jìn Mǐn Dì; Wade–Giles: Chin Min-ti; 300 – February 7, 318), personal name Sima Ye (司馬鄴 or 司馬業), courtesy name Yanqi (彥旗), was an emperor of the Jin dynasty and the last of the Western Jin.[2]

Emperor Min surrendered in 316 to Liu Yao, a general of the Xiongnu state Han-Zhao, and was later executed by Liu Cong, the emperor of Han, in 318 – like his uncle Emperor Huai had been in 313.[3]

  1. ^ (建兴元年夏四月...壬申,即皇帝位,大赦,改元。) Jin Shu, vol.05
  2. ^ Chan, Alan K. L.; Lo, Yuet-Keung (2010-08-04). Philosophy and Religion in Early Medieval China. State University of New York Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-4384-3189-5.
  3. ^ Davis, Timothy M. (2015-11-09). Entombed Epigraphy and Commemorative Culture in Early Medieval China: A Brief History of Early Muzhiming. BRILL. p. 45. ISBN 978-90-04-30642-4.