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Eight Princes, War of the

Years: 291 - 306

The War of the Eight Princes or Rebellion of the Eight Kings or Rebellion of the Eight Princes is a civil war for power among princes or kings of the Chinese Jin Dynasty from 291 to 306.

It is fought mostly in northern China and devastates the country, later triggering the Wu Hu ravaging.

The term stems from biographies of eight princes collected in chapter 59 of the "History of Jin Dynasty" (Jinshu).

“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.”

—Lord Acton, Lectures on Modern History (1906)