Editing Taiyuan (section)

===Jin dynasty and Sixteen Kingdoms===
During the [[Jin dynasty (265–420)|Jin dynasty]], Taiyuan was again changed into a vassal state. Following the ending of the Jin dynasty, [[Five Barbarians|ethnic minority peoples]] settled a series of short-lived sovereign states in northern China, commonly referred to as [[Sixteen Kingdoms]]. Taiyuan was part of [[Former Zhao]], [[Later Zhao]], [[Former Qin]], [[Former Yan]], [[Former Qin]] again, [[Western Yan]], and [[Later Yan]] chronologically.

In 304, [[Liu Yuan (Han Zhao)|Liu Yuan]] founded the [[Xiongnu]] state of [[Former Zhao]], whose army raided the area around Taiyuan for years and eventually obtained Taiyuan in 316.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} In 319, Taiyuan became part of [[Later Zhao]], founded by [[Shi Le]]. Later, Taiyuan was obtained by [[Former Yan]] in 358, and by [[Former Qin]] in 370.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

Fu Jian died in 384. His son [[Fu Pi]] declared himself an emperor in 385, with Jinyang (central city of Taiyuan) as the capital. But the next year, Fu Pi was defeated by the [[Western Yan]] prince [[Murong Yong]] in 386, and Taiyuan became part of Western Yan.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}