Sima Liang

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Sima Liang (* after 232; † May 291 ) was a Chinese prince of the western Jin dynasty . He was the first of the eight princes who fought against each other for power in ancient China in the War of the Eight Princes .

Life

Sima Liang was a younger son of the strategist and politician Sima Yi and the uncle of the first Emperor of Jin, Jin Wudi . Sima Liang was Prince of Runan and had his princely seat in Xuchang City . At the end of April 291 he was appointed Prime Minister (taizai) of China. Sima Liang only held this office for a few weeks; at the end of May of the same year he fell victim to an attempted coup by his relative Sima Wei . In the sources Sima Liang is counted among the eight princes, although the actual military clashes of this so-called conflict did not begin until the year 300.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robin Yates / Ralph Sawyer: Military aspects of the War of the Eight Princes 300-307. In: Nicola di Cosmo (ed.): Military Culture in Imperial China. Cambridge et al. a. 2009, p. 114.
  2. ^ Robin Yates / Ralph Sawyer, p. 115.
  3. ^ Robin Yates / Ralph Sawyer, p. 116.
personal data
SURNAME Sima Liang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese prince of the western jin dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH after 232
DATE OF DEATH May 291