High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The War of the Eight Princes or Rebellion of the Eight Kings or Rebellion of the Eight Princes (simplified Chinese: 八王之乱; traditional Chinese: 八王之亂; pinyin: bā w ng zhī lu n; Wade-Giles: pa wang chih luan) was a civil war for power among princes and dukes (wang ch. 王) of the Chinese Jin Dynasty from AD 291 to AD 306. It was fought mostly in northern China and devastated 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).
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