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unusual facts about Eastern Jin



Spirit way

Literary sources attest to the resumption of the spirit way construction already by the time of the Eastern Jin (4th century AD), but the surviving spirit way statuary from the "period of disunion" pertains almost exclusively to the last four of the six Southern Dynasties: Liu Song, Southern Qi, Liang and Chen, which were usually centered around Jiankang (today's Nanjing).

Way of the Celestial Masters

After the fall of Luoyang to non-Chinese invaders in 311, the remnants of the court fled to Jiankang (modern-day Nanjing) and established a new state known as the Eastern Jin dynasty.

Western Shu (西蜀), also named Qiao Shu (谯蜀/譙蜀), one of the units of the Eastern Jin period


see also

Battle of Fei

Battle of Fei River (淝水之戰), fought between Former Qin and Eastern Jin Dynasty in AD 383

Xiaowu

Emperor Xiaowu of Jin (362–396), an emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (265–420) in China