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Name: Xin Dynasty

Type: Polity

Start: 9 AD

End: 23 AD

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A short-lived Chinese dynasty established by Han dynasty consort Wang Mang, who usurped the throne of Emperor Ping of Han.

Establishment


  • January 9: The Xin Dynasty was short-lived Chinese dynasty established by the Han dynasty consort kin Wang Mang, who usurped the throne of Emperor Ping of Han.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 11: During the widespread rebellion against Wang Mang, the state of Goguryeo was free to raid Han's Korean commanderies; Han did not reaffirm its control over the region until AD 30.

  • October 23: After Wang's death, the Han monarch was restored by Liu Xiu, a distant descendant of Emperor Jing of Han, therefore the Xin dynasty is often considered an interregnum period of the Han dynasty, dividing it into the Western Han (or "Former Han") and the Eastern Han (or "Later Han").

  • Disestablishment


  • October 23: After Wang's death, the Han monarch was restored by Liu Xiu, a distant descendant of Emperor Jing of Han, therefore the Xin dynasty is often considered an interregnum period of the Han dynasty, dividing it into the Western Han (or "Former Han") and the Eastern Han (or "Later Han").
  • Selected Sources


  • (1986), "Han foreign relations", in Twitchett, Denis; Loewe, Michael (eds.), The Cambridge History of China: Volume I: the Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 B.C. – A.D. 220, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 450.
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