Emperor Wu of Jin - Personal Information

Personal Information

• Father: Sima Zhao, King Wen of Jin, posthumously honored as Emperor Wen of Jin, son of Sima Yi
• Mother: Wang Yuanji (王元姬)

• Spouses:
  • Empress Yang Yan (created 266, d. 274), mother of Prince Gui, Emperor Hui, and Prince Jian, and Princesses Pingyang, Xinfeng, and Yangping
  • Empress Yang Zhi (created 276, d. 290), cousin of Empress Yang Yan, mother of Prince Hui
• Major concubines:
  • Consort Zuo Fen (左芬), poet
  • Consort Hu (胡芳), daughter of Hu Fen (胡奮), mother of Princess Wu'an
  • Consort Zhuge Wan (諸葛婉)
  • Consort Shen, mother of Princes Jing, Wei and Ai
  • Consort Xu, mother of Prince Xian
  • Consort Gui, mother of Prince Zhi
  • Consort Zhao, mother of Prince Yu
  • Consort Zhao, mother of Prince Yǎn
  • Consort Li, mother of Princes Yun and Yàn
  • Consort Yan, mother of Prince Gai
  • Consort Chen, mother of Prince Xia
  • Consort Zhu, mother of Prince Mo
  • Consort Cheng, mother of Prince Ying
  • Consort Wang Yuanji (王媛姬), mother of Emperor Huai
  • Consort Xie Jiu (謝玖), later concubine of Emperor Hui
  • Consort Zhao Can (趙粲)

• Children:
  • Sima Gui (司馬軌), died early, posthumously created Prince Dao of Piling (289)
  • Sima Zhong (司馬衷), the Crown Prince (created 267), later Emperor Hui of Jin
  • Sima Jian (司馬柬) (b. 262), initially the Prince of Ru'nan (created 270), later the Prince of Nanyang (created c. 276), later Prince Xian of Qin (created 289, d. 291)
  • Sima Jing (司馬景), Prince Huai of Chengyang (created 269, d. 270)
  • Sima Wei (司馬瑋) (b. 271), initially created the Prince of Shiping, later Prince Yin of Chu (created c. 289, executed by Empress Jia Nanfeng 291)
  • Sima Xian (司馬憲), Prince Shang of Chengyang (created 270?, d. 273?)
  • Sima Zhi (司馬祉) (b. 271), Prince Chong of Donghai (created and d. 273)
  • Sima Yu (司馬裕) (b. 271), Prince Ai of Shiping (created and d. 277)
  • Sima Yǎn (司馬演) (note different tone than his father and brother), Prince Ai of Dai (created 289)
  • Sima Yun (司馬允) (b. 272), initially Prince of Puyang (created 277), later Prince Zhongzhuang of Huainan (created 289, killed by Sima Lun 300)
  • Sima Gai (司馬該) (b. 272), Prince Huai of Xindu (created 277, d. 283)
  • Sima Xia (司馬遐) (b. 273), Prince Kang of Qinghe (created 289, d. 300)
  • Sima Mo (司馬謨) (b. 276), Prince Ai of Ruyin (d. 286)
  • Sima Ai (司馬乂) (b. 277), Prince Li of Changsha (created 289, demoted to Prince of Changshan 291, restored 301, killed by Sima Yong 304)
  • Sima Ying (司馬穎) (b. 279), initially the Prince of Chengdu (created c. 289), later the Crown Prince (created 304), later demoted back to Prince of Chengdu (304, forced to commit suicide 306)
  • Sima Yàn (司馬晏) (b. 283) (note different tone than his father and brother), Prince Xiao of Wu (initially created 289, demoted to Prince of Bingtu 300, later created Prince of Dai, restored to Prince of Wu in 301, killed by Han Zhao forces 313)
  • Sima Chi (司馬熾), initially the Prince of Yuzhang (created 290), later the Crown Prince (created 304), later Emperor Huai of Jin
  • Sima Hui (司馬恢) (b. 283, d. 284), posthumously created Prince Shang of Bohai
  • Eight other sons who died early without being created princes
  • Princess Changshan
  • Princess Changguang
  • Princess Pingyang
  • Princess Xinfeng
  • Princess Yangping
  • Princess Wannian
  • Princess Xiangcheng
  • Princess Wu'an
  • Princess Yingyang
  • Princess Rongyang
  • Princess Fanchang