Xin dynasty

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The Xin dynasty was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty (9–23 CE) founded by Wang Mang between the Western and Eastern Han periods, known for its ambitious but ultimately disastrous reforms.

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Label Occurrences
Xin dynasty canonical 11
Xin dynasty under Wang Mang 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dynasty ⓘ
administrativeReform reorganization of commanderies and kingdoms ⓘ
capital Chang'an ⓘ
claimedPrecedent Zhou dynasty institutions ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
conventionalLongName Xin dynasty ⓘ
country China ⓘ
currencyReform introduction of new coinage types ⓘ
demiseCause military defeats ⓘ
peasant uprisings ⓘ
widespread rebellions ⓘ
economicPolicy state monopolies on key commodities ⓘ
endTime 23 ⓘ
ethnicMajority Han Chinese ⓘ
firstRuler Wang Mang ⓘ
follows Western Han dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Han dynasty
founder Wang Mang ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
historicalAssessment generally viewed as a failed reformist regime ⓘ
historicalEra Early Imperial China ⓘ
linked to: Imperial China

First century CE ⓘ
ideologicalBasis Confucian classicism ⓘ
linked to: Confucian classics
keyFigure Wang Mang ⓘ
landReform attempted nationalization of land ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
lastRuler Wang Mang ⓘ
legalStatus interregnum between Western Han and Eastern Han ⓘ
legitimacyClaim restoration of ancient Zhou institutions ⓘ
nativeName 新朝 ⓘ
linked to: Wang Mang
notableFor ambitious economic reforms ⓘ
disastrous policy outcomes ⓘ
usurpation of the Han throne ⓘ
notableRebellion Lulin uprising ⓘ
Red Eyebrows rebellion ⓘ
overthrownBy forces restoring the Han dynasty ⓘ
precedes Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Han dynasty
predecessorState Western Han dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Han dynasty
region East Asia ⓘ
religion Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Confucianism ⓘ
shortName Xin ⓘ
socialReform limitations on slavery ⓘ
startTime 9 ⓘ
successorState Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Han dynasty
taxPolicy restructuring of land taxes ⓘ
timeSpan 14 years ⓘ
titleOfRuler Emperor of Xin ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chang'an → servedAsCapitalOf → Xin dynasty ⓘ
Former Han → followedBy → Xin dynasty ⓘ
Xin dynasty → conventionalLongName → Xin dynasty ⓘ
Emperor Guangwu of Han → predecessorState → Xin dynasty ⓘ
subject linked to: Shizu
Gengshi Emperor → overthrew → Xin dynasty ⓘ
Emperor Guangwu of Han → predecessorState → Xin dynasty ⓘ
subject linked to: Wenshu
Battle of Kunyang → relatedDynasty → Xin dynasty ⓘ
Wang Mang → dynastyFounded → Xin dynasty ⓘ
Qian Han → followedBy → Xin dynasty ⓘ
Qian Han → succeededBy → Xin dynasty ⓘ
Emperor Ping of Han → succeededByRegime → Xin dynasty under Wang Mang ⓘ
linked to: Xin dynasty