Emperor Yuan of Jin

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Emperor Yuan of Jin 晉元帝
Portrait of Emperor Yuan from Sancai Tuhui
First Emperor of Eastern Jin Dynasty
Reign	26 April 318 – 3 January 323
Predecessor	Emperor Min
Successor	Emperor Ming
Born	276
Died	3 January 323(323-01-03) (aged 47) Jiankang, Eastern Jin
Burial	Jianping ling (建平陵), Nanjing, Jiangsu
Consorts	Empress Yuanjing Empress Dowager Jianwenxuan
Issue	Emperor Ming Sima Pou Sima Chong Sima Xi Emperor Jianwen Princess Xunyang
Full name Family name: Sima (司馬) Given name: Rui (睿) Era dates Jianwu (建武): 317–318 Taixing (太興): 318–322 Yongchang (永昌): 322–323 Posthumous name Emperor Yuan 元皇帝 (lit. "original") Temple name Zhōngzōng (中宗)
House	House of Sima
Dynasty	Eastern Jin
Father	Sima Jin
Mother	Xiahou Guangji

Emperor Yuan of Jin (Chinese: 晉元帝; pinyin: Jìn Yuán Dì; Wade–Giles: Chin Yüan-ti; 276 – 3 January 323^[1]), personal name Sima Rui (司馬睿), courtesy name Jingwen (景文), was an emperor of the Jin dynasty and the first emperor of the Eastern Jin. His reign saw the steady gradual loss of Jin territory in the north, but entrenchment of Jin authority south of the Huai River and east of the Three Gorges. For generations, Jin was not seriously threatened by the Wu Hu kingdoms to the north.