Luoyang (Han, Wei, and Jin)

Timeline

1. c. 25–220Luoyang · HenanEmperor Guangwu, Liu Xiu, established the capital at Luoyang, building the Southern and Northern Palaces, the Hall of Enlightenment, the Imperial Academy, and the Imperial University. Luoyang became the political, economic, and cultural center of the Eastern Han for two centuries, with a flourishing population, one of the largest cities in the world at the time.
2. c. 220–316Luoyang · HenanCao Pi received the abdication and established Wei with its capital at Luoyang, which Western Jin inherited. Under Wei and Jin, Luoyang expanded its palaces and residential wards, xuanxue (Neo-Daoist learning) flourished, and it became the cultural center of the northern aristocratic clans, until the Yongjia Disturbance brought the fall and sacking of Luoyang.
3. c. 316–500Luoyang · HenanAfter Yongjia, Luoyang lay desolate for decades. In the Taihe era, Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei moved the capital to Luoyang, building a new capital on the foundations of the old Han-Wei city, and Luoyang once again became the northern political center and a center of Buddhist art.