Emperor Wu of Jin

Pan gu da pu yi.

Last time in Part 5, we pretty much finished off the Three Kingdoms, the Sixteen Kingdoms, and the Jin Dynasty.

Today we're going to cover what happened after the fall of the Eastern Jin and the Sixteen Kingdoms.

Next up was the Northern and Southern Dynasties period.

Today's story involves a disunited China, politically fragmented once again.

And if you think, well, that's not so bad.

There are two Chinese characters for Liang, both using the second tone.

The other Liang Dynasties using the character for cool or cold with the water radical on the left and the character Jing on the right.

After the defeat of Shu Han, Sima Zhao had at first been given the title of Duke of Jin.

Well, now he was the King of Jin, and his adopted son, Sima Yan, was made his crown prince.

But Sima Zhao never really went through with a formal coronation ceremony.

as the son of Sima Zhao, Sima Yan, was next in line.

His star outshone all of the other Simas.

In February 266, he tapped Wei Emperor Cao Huan on the shoulder and told him and his family, Time to go.

Cao Huan abdicated, and that spelled the formal end of the Second of the Three Kingdoms.

And that left only Wu.