Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Emperor Wu of Jin 晉武帝

Jin Wudi

Attested AD 280

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Wu of Jin was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 280 晉武平吳
Strongly inferred · History of Song 98, passage 46

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 晉 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 46

Events and relationships

Pacified Wu
AD 280 平吳 · Military · Conqueror · Mode quotation Speaker Emperor Gaozong (高宗)
Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 46

Assessments and attributes

Assessment after-conquest-court-and-people-forgot-ritual-and-calamity-followed · Mode quotation Speaker Emperor Gaozong (高宗)
Directly stated · History of Song 98, passages 46-47

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 98Volume 98 Treatises 51: Rites 1 · 1 passage

南渡中興，銳意修復，高宗嘗謂輔臣曰：「晉武平吳之後，上下不知有禮，旋致禍亂。 After the southward relocation and dynastic restoration, vigorous efforts were made to rebuild institutions. Emperor Gaozong once told his chief ministers: 'After Emperor Wu of Jin conquered Wu, court and people alike forgot ritual, and calamity followed swiftly.