Editing Taiyuan (section)

===Pre-Qin dynasty history===
From about 859 BC the area around modern-day Taiyuan was occupied by the [[Rong people]]. In 662 BC the Rong were driven out by the [[Beidi|Di]] people.<ref name="先秦史籍中的太原">{{cite web |last=Li |first=Guangjie |date=April 22, 2010 |title=先秦史籍中的"太原" |trans-title="Taiyuan" in the pre-Qin historical records |url=http://www.tydao.com/2010/0420/ws100422xianqin.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312053143/http://www.tydao.com/2010/0420/ws100422xianqin.htm |archive-date=12 March 2011 |access-date= |website=tydao.com |language=zh-cn}}</ref>

In 497 BC, the first ancient city of Jinyang was built around the southern Jinyuan District of present-day Taiyuan, by Dong Anyu ({{linktext|lang=zh|董|安|于}}), who was a steward of {{ill|Zhao Jianzi|zh|赵简子}} ({{lang|zh-Hans|赵鞅}}), an upper-level official of the state of Jin.<ref name="太原市政府网站-历史沿革"/><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqAtZ9is8OgC&q=%E5%A4%AA%E5%8E%9F%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97&pg=PA101 |script-title=zh:太原指南汉 |publisher=[[:zh:五洲传播出版社|China Intercontinental Press]] |isbn=9787508502175 |language=zh-cn |access-date=18 October 2020 |archive-date=19 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219042606/https://books.google.com/books?id=WqAtZ9is8OgC&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=%E5%A4%AA%E5%8E%9F%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97&source=bl&ots=TjSNAMODbA&sig=opr83cWZ7R4IFmi2NIplejEL9L0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAmoVChMIjaWa3ZHMxwIVBhs-Ch3wZAbN |url-status=dead }}</ref>

During the [[Battle of Jinyang]] in 453 BC, [[Zhi Yao]] diverted the flow of the Fen River to inundate the city of Jinyang, caused significant damage to the Zhao. Later, [[Zhao Xiangzi]] alerted Wei and Han, who both decided to ally with Zhao. On the night of 8 May 453 BC, Zhao troops broke the dams of the Fen River and let the river flood the Zhi armies, and eventually annihilated the Zhi army, with the help from Wei and Han.<ref>Sima Qian vol. 43 司马迁 史记 卷43</ref>

The [[Partition of Jin|Tripartition of Jin]] happened in 403 BC, when the state of Jin, then a strong power in Northern China, was divided into three smaller states of [[Han (Warring States)|Han]], [[Zhao (state)|Zhao]] and [[Wei (state)|Wei]]. This event is the watershed between the [[Spring and Autumn period|Spring and Autumn]] and [[Warring States period|Warring States]] periods in Chinese history.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}