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The Fateful Decision to Invade Jin In 382 CE, Fu Jian, Heavenly King of Former Qin, stunned his court by declaring his intent to launch a full-scale invasion of the Eastern Jin dynasty. “For over twenty years I’ve pacified the four directions – only the southeast remains. I cannot eat or sleep thinking of…
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A series of three military campaigns launched by Huan Wen, a powerful general and de facto ruler of the Eastern Jin dynasty, between 354 and 369 CE, aimed at recovering the Central Plains from non-Han regimes that had occupied northern China after the collapse of Western Jin.