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  Encyclopedia: Three Kingdoms
Sima Yan seized the throne in 264 after forcing Cao Huan's abdication, effectively overthrowing the Wei Dynasty and establishing the successor Jin Dynasty.
Sima Zhao (司馬昭) (211-264) was the son of Prime Minister Sima Yi of the Kingdom of Wei, during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.
Sima Yan (grandson of Sima Yi), after accepting the surrender of Liu Chan, overthrew the Wei emperor and proclaimed his own dynasty of Jin in 264, ending forty-six years of Cao dominion in the north.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Three-Kingdoms   (7330 words)

  
 Three Kingdoms
Indeed, the Sima clan, was a power unto itself, dating back to the great landowning families of the Eastern Han.
Sima Yan (grandson of Sima Yi), after receiving the surrender of Liu Shan, overthrew the Wei emperor and proclaimed his own dynasty of Jin in 264, ending forty-six years of Cao dominion in the north.
Sima Yan launched five simultaneous offensives from Jiankang to Jiangling and the Xichuan fleet sailed downriver to Jingzhou.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/th/three_kingdoms.html   (2595 words)

  
 History of Weiqi
We know that the first emperor of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan, was a great Weiqi fan.
Sima Yan was playing Weiqi with Zhang Hua at the time and Du illustrated on the board how a fast pace attack could bring a swift end to Wu.
Unfortunately, Sima Yan's son Jin Hui Di was a dumb king and he almost gave up the kingdom that his father had established.
www.yutopian.com /go/misc/gohistory.html   (3418 words)

  
 From Unity to Division - by Sean Williams
The Sima family conquered Shu and Wu, and unified the country.
But Sima Yan had not foreseen where these weapons would go after ordering disarmament.
Jin’s rulers, despite Sima Yan’s attempts, had fallen victim to strong military leaders in a very similar manner as the Han Dynasty in 420, only to be replaced to three weak, short-lived dynasties (Theobald, “Jin Dynasty (265-420) and Southern Dynasties (420-589)”).
kongming.net /novel/writings/seanw/han-dyansty-utd.php   (1554 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Three Kingdoms Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
In deliberations, Cao placed his own supporters in important posts and excluded Sima, whom he regarded as a threat.
Following Sun Quan's death in 252, the kingdom of Wu went into a period of steady decline.
The fall of Shu signalled a change in Wei politics.
www.ipedia.com /three_kingdoms.html   (2611 words)

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