东晋 (Dōngjìn): Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420)

Meanings

1 Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420)
2 southern successor to the Western Jin, capital at Jiankang (modern Nanjing)

Characters

东

Examples

东晋偏安江南。

Dōngjìn piān'ān Jiāngnán.

The Eastern Jin held on to a corner of the south.

陶渊明是东晋的诗人。

Táo Yuānmíng shì Dōngjìn de shīrén.

Tao Yuanming was a poet of the Eastern Jin.

Tips

history

After Luoyang fell in 311, Sima Rui re-established the dynasty at Jiankang (建康, modern Nanjing) — 'Eastern' by capital. The era produced the Orchid Pavilion Preface (《兰亭集序》) and the Battle of Fei River (淝水之战), where 80,000 Jin troops routed a vastly larger northern army.