Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Western Jin Emperor

Emperor Min 湣帝

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Attested AD 313 - AD 316

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Min was a Western Jin Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 313 to AD 316 建興中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 108, passage 58

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 108Volume 108 Records 8: Murong Hui · 2 passages

建興中，湣帝遣使拜廆鎮軍將軍、昌黎、遼東二國公。 Emperor Min offered guard-general rank and twin ducal patents.

征虜將軍魯昌說廆曰：「今兩京傾沒，天子蒙塵，琅邪承制江東，實人命所系。 Lu Chang argued only imperial seals could awe rival tribes, saying, "Both capitals have fallen and the Son of Heaven wanders; Langye rules Jiangdong by interim decree—the mandate of life and death rests there.