Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ruler

Sima Yan 晉武帝

Sīmǎ Yán

Attested AD 266

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sima Yan was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Yan	炎
Posthumous name	Emperor Wu of Jin	晋武帝

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 266 晋武帝即尊位
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 41, passage 278

Career and standing

Emperor
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 41, passage 278

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 41Volume 41: Book of Shu 11: Biographies of Huo, Wang, Xiang, Zhang, Yang, and Fei · 2 passages

今中抚军名炎，而汉年极於炎兴，瑞出成都，而藏之於相国府，此殆天意也。” Now the Central Pacifier is named Yan, Han's years end in Yanxing, the omen appeared at Chengdu and was stored in the chancellor's mansion—surely this is heaven's intent."

是岁，拜充为梓潼太守，明年十二月而晋武帝即尊位，炎兴於是乎徵焉。 That year Xiang Chong was appointed governor of Zitong; in the twelfth month of the next year Emperor Wu of Jin took the throne, and Yanxing was thereby fulfilled.