Jin - Chinese Contexts

Chinese Contexts

  • Jin Chinese (晋语), Jin-yu spoken dialect
  • Jin (surname) (金, 晉, 靳), Chinese surname
  • Catty (斤), a unit of weight in China
  • Shanxi, abbreviated as Jìn (晋), a province of China
  • Ancient Chinese history:
    • Jin of Xia (廑, 1810–1789 BCE), 13th ruler of the Xia Dynasty
    • Jin (Chinese state) (晉, 11th century BCE–376 BCE), a state of the Zhou Dynasty in northern China
    • Jin Dynasty (265–420) (晋), Chinese dynasty
    • Jin (Five Dynasties) (晋, 907–923), predecessor to Later Tang Dynasty
    • Later Jin Dynasty (晋, 936–947), Chinese dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
    • Jin Dynasty (1115–1234), (金), a Jurchen ruling dynasty (see below for other Jin Dynasties)
      • Jurchen people

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