Region: China · Coordinates: 34.794, 114.340 · 32 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 361 BC | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Wei moved its capital from Anyi to Daliang (summer, fourth month, day jiayin). |
| 225 BC | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Wang Ben attacked Wei, drew the course of the Yellow River and flooded Daliang; in the third month the walls collapsed, King Jia of Wei surrendered and was killed, and Wei was destroyed. |
| AD 319 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Zu Ti was defeated by Shi Hu at Junyi. |
| AD 319 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Zu Ti attacked Chen Chuan at Pengguan, and Shi Le gave Shi Hu fifty thousand to rescue him; at Junyi they fought, Zu Ti's soldiers were defeated, and he withdrew to Liangguo and encamped. |
| AD 907 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Zhu Wen is enthroned as emperor at Daliang (Bianzhou), proclaims the state Great Liang, and makes Kaifeng the Eastern Capital. |
| AD 913 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Yuan Xiangxian leads several thousand Imperial Guards into the palace; Zhu Youguei flees and dies, and Prince Jun is welcomed to Daliang. |
| AD 923 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Li Siyuan's army attacks Fengqiu Gate, and Wang Zan opens the gate and surrenders; Daliang falls (the fall of Later Liang). |
| AD 927 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Emperor Mingzong arrives at Daliang and attacks in all directions; Zhu Shouyin kills his clan and takes his own life. |
| AD 946 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Zhang Yanze breaks the Fengqiumen and enters Daliang. |
| AD 947 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | The Khitan ruler enters the palace at Daliang and abolishes the Eastern Capital. |
| AD 947 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Shi Chonggui, ruler of Jin, is taken north to the Khitan together with the Empress Dowager and his consorts. |
| AD 947 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Liu Zhiyuan reaches Daliang, and Jin's military circuits surrender one after another. |
| AD 948 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Emperor Gaozu of Later Han, Liu Zhiyuan, dies at Wansuidian in Daliang. |
| AD 950 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Imperial guards of Emperor Yin come out of the palace and kill Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao and Wang Zhang. |
| AD 951 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Guo Wei ascends the throne at Chongyuandian and names the state Zhou (Later Zhou). |
| AD 956 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Emperor Shizong of Zhou issues the edict to campaign in Huainan and departs from Daliang. |
| AD 959 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Emperor Shizong of Zhou dies, and Prince Liang Zongxun succeeds at age seven. |
| AD 1126 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | The armies crossed the Yellow River, took Huazhou, and besieged Bian (Kaifeng). |
| AD 1126 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Song sent Kang Wang Gou and others as hostages, presented an oath and maps, and addressed Jin as elder brother-nephew (bo zhi); three garrisons were ceded and the annual tribute increased. |
| AD 1126 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Song's Yao Pingzhong with 400,000 men raided Zong Wang's camp at night but was defeated, and they again besieged Bian. |
| AD 1126 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Zong Han and Zong Wang took the Bian city; the Song ruler Huan came out to Qingcheng and surrendered in the twelfth month. |
| AD 1126 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | On day gengwu, Li Gang, Vice Minister of War, was made Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and Commander of the Eastern Capital; Li Zhuo was made Deputy Commander, and Nie Shan was made Naval Grain Transport Commissioner. |
| AD 1130 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | The Jin took Bianjing; Shangguan Wu, acting garrison commander, fled and was killed by bandits. |
| AD 1137 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Qi was abolished and Liu Yu was demoted to Prince of Shu; a Xingtai Shangshu Sheng (branch secretariat) was set up at Bian. |
| AD 1140 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Zong Bi was made to retake Henan and Shaanxi, from Liyang to Bian, and Sa Lihe was sent from Hezhong to Shaanxi (Henan and Shaanxi were pacified by the sixth month). |
| AD 1150 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Envoys were sent who killed Sa Lihe, Left Chancellor of the Xingtai, at Bian. |
| AD 1161 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | He entered Nanjing (Bian) with the full imperial procession. |
| AD 1232 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Mongol troops attacked Bianjing (Kaifeng); Emperor Aizong went out to the Gate of Heavenly Succession and comforted the officers and troops of the west. |
| AD 1232 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Minister of Revenue Yang Juren was sent with gold and silk to request peace from the Mongol army; on the jiazi day the era was changed to Tianxing. |
| AD 1232 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Feihu Army soldier Shen Fu and others killed more than thirty Mongol envoys, including Tang Qing, at their lodging, and the peace talks were broken off. |
| AD 1232 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Song forces under Shi Songzhi and the Yuan forces jointly besieged Bianjing; the Jin ruler fled to Guide Prefecture and again to Caizhou. |
| AD 1233 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Cui Li rebelled, killed Wanyan Nushen and others, had the empress dowager set up the Prince of Liang, and then conveyed his intent to surrender before the Mongol army. |