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Emperor Mu of Jin
Eastern Jin Emperor During Huan Wen's Northern Expeditions
In a side chamber of a palace, a yellow ceremonial robe embroidered with a dragon hangs on a wooden stand, its hem worked with waves and rocks, before a carved folding screen, while a black lacquer chest sits on a low table by a lattice window and no person is in view.
Also known as Sima Dan · Jin Mudi Sima Dan · Sima Pengzi · Xiaozong · Emperor Mu
- Roles
- Monarch / Emperor
Emperor Mu of Jin, Sima Dan, the son of Emperor Kang and Chu Suanzi, was born in 343 and came to the throne at two in 344 as the fifth emperor of the Eastern Jin; he died in 361. Empress Dowager Chu held court, with He Chong as regent, and after He Chong's death Cai Mo and Sima Yu served as regents. In his reign Huan Wen destroyed the Cheng Han state in 347 and took the Shu region, led northern expeditions in 354 and 356, and retook Luoyang in 356.
Life and times
Dates 343 - 361