Editing Jin dynasty (266–420) (section)

==== Decline ====
{{main|War of the Eight Princes|Upheaval of the Five Barbarians|Disaster of Yongjia}}
Emperor Wu died in 290, and in 291 conflict over his succession caused the devastating [[War of the Eight Princes]]. The dynasty was greatly weakened by this civil conflict, and it soon faced more upheaval when the [[Upheaval of the Five Barbarians]] began in 304. During this unrest, the Jin capital [[Luoyang]] was [[Disaster of Yongjia|sacked]] by [[Han-Zhao]] ruler [[Liu Cong (Han Zhao)|Liu Cong]] in 311, and Jin emperor Sima Chi, posthumously known as [[Emperor Huai of Jin|Emperor Huai]], was captured and later executed. Emperor Huai's successor Sima Ye, posthumously known as [[Emperor Min of Jin|Emperor Min]], was then also captured and executed by Han-Zhao forces when they seized [[Chang'an]] (present-day [[Xi'an]]) in 316. This event marked the end of the Western Jin.<ref name="Rene" /> The surviving members of the Jin imperial family, as well as large numbers of Han Chinese from the [[North China Plain]], subsequently fled to southern China. These refugees had a large impact on the lands they moved to—for example, they gave [[Quanzhou]]'s [[Jin River (Fujian)|Jin River]] its name upon their settlement there.