Wang Jun captures Xiling
The Zizhi tongjian records Wang Jun's capture of Xiling in 280.
What this does and does not establish
Wikisource revision 2080689, juan 81, physical row 17. The second-month date precedes this clause in the same row; 濬 refers to 王濬. This is distinct from Sun Hao's excluded arrival at Luoyang.
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- Region
- East Asia
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- Taikang 1, lunar month 2, gengshen
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read zztj081.wikitext, heading at row 13 and the complete annual section, including row 17's preceding 二月. The heading identifies Taikang 1 as gengzi. Read rows 31–32 of sinica-280-01-08.html: AD 280-01-08 is lunar month 11, day 19 of jihai, Wu Tianji 3 and Jin Xianning 5. Read rows 31–32 of sinica-280-12-27.html: AD 280-12-27 is Taikang 1, gengzi, lunar month 11, day 19. The second month of the intervening gengzi year therefore falls within civil AD 280; no civil day conversion is asserted. Original quotation begins at line 17, character 466.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Zizhi tongjian
Sima Guang and collaborators
Quoted text (Classical Chinese)
庚申，濬克西陵AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
On gengshen, Jun captured Xiling.
Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Sima Guang et al., Zizhi tongjian, juan 81; Wikisource contributors, https://zh.wikisource.org/w/index.php?oldid=2080689; CC BY-SA 4.0; project English translations shared alike.
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