Emperor Mu of Jin

Emperor Mu of Jin
5th Emperor of Eastern Jin Dynasty
Reign18 November 344 – 10 July 361
PredecessorEmperor Kang
SuccessorEmperor Ai
RegentEmpress Dowager Chu Suanzi
Born343
Died10 July 361(361-07-10) (aged 18)
Jiankang, Eastern Jin
Burial
Yongping ling (永平陵), Nanjing, Jiangsu
SpouseHe Fani
Full name
Era dates
Yonghe (永和): 345 – 356
Shengping (升平): 357 – 361
Posthumous name
Emperor Mù
穆皇帝 (lit. "solemn")
Temple name
Xiaozong (孝宗)
HouseHouse of Sima
DynastyEastern Jin
FatherEmperor Kang
MotherChu Suanzi

Emperor Mu of Jin (simplified Chinese: 晋穆帝; traditional Chinese: 晉穆帝; pinyin: Jìn Mù Dì; Wade–Giles: Chin Mu-ti; 343 – July 10, 361[1]), personal name Sima Dan (司馬聃), courtesy name Pengzi (彭子), was an emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. While he "reigned" 17 years, most of these years were as a child, with the actual power in such figures as his mother Empress Chu Suanzi, He Chong, his granduncle Sima Yu the Prince of Kuaiji, Yin Hao, and Huan Wen. It was during his reign that Jin's territory temporarily expanded to its greatest extent since the fall of northern China to Han-Zhao, as Huan destroyed Cheng-Han and added its territory to Jin's, and Later Zhao's collapse allowed Jin to regain most of the territory south of the Yellow River.

  1. ^ According to Sima Dan's biography in Book of Jin, he died aged 19 (by East Asian reckoning) on the dingsi day of the 5th month of the 5th year of the Shengping era of his reign. This corresponds to 10 Jul 361 in the proleptic Gregorian calendar [(升平五年)五月丁巳,帝崩于显阳殿,时年十九.] Jin Shu, vol.08