{"slug": "taiyuan", "label": "Taiyuan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiyuan", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72778", "qid": "Q72778", "description": "capital city of Shanxi province, China", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-452, 1303], "span_label": ["453 BCE", "1303 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "song-dynasty", "label": "Song dynasty", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "shanxi", "label": "Shanxi", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "buddhism", "label": "Buddhism", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jin-chinese-state", "label": "Jin (Chinese state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zhao-state", "label": "Zhao (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "spring-and-autumn-period", "label": "Spring and Autumn period", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "northern-han", "label": "Northern Han", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jin-dynasty-11151234", "label": "Jin dynasty (1115–1234)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kaifeng", "label": "Kaifeng", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jurchen-people", "label": "Jurchen people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "northern-wei", "label": "Northern Wei", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -452, "year_label": "453 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 8", "text": "May 8 – The Chinese city of Jinyang is severely flooded in the Battle of Jinyang, where the elite families of Jin, Zhao, Zhi, Wei and Han fight. The Wei and the Han swap allegiances to side with Zhao and eliminate the Zhi house, ending the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360983885#China", "title": "453 BC", "revid": 1360983885, "section": "Events › Italy › China"}}, {"year": 530, "year_label": "530 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Xiao Zhuang Di is arrested and imprisoned in a Buddhist temple at Jinyang (Shanxi). He is succeeded by Chang Guang Wang, who becomes the new ruler of Northern Wei.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364758665#China", "title": "530", "revid": 1364758665, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 562, "year_label": "562 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The secondary capital Taiyuan in Northern Qi is rebuilt and becomes a center of Buddhism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749268#Asia", "title": "562", "revid": 1364749268, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 979, "year_label": "979 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Tai Zong invades the Northern Han and besieges the capital of Taiyuan. A relief force sent by the Liao Dynasty is defeated. The Kingdom is absorbed into the Song Dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908361#China", "title": "979", "revid": 1341908361, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 1125, "year_label": "1125 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November", "text": "November – Jin–Song War: Emperor Taizong of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty declares war on the Chinese Song dynasty – and orders his armies to invade Song territory. He sends the Western army to the city of Taiyuan in Shanxi province and the Eastern army to Bianjing (modern-day Kaifeng), the Song capital. The Song forces are not expecting an invasion and are caught off guard.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270881#Asia", "title": "1125", "revid": 1365270881, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1303, "year_label": "1303 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 25", "text": "September 25 – 1303 Hongdong earthquake: An earthquake destroys the cities of Taiyuan and Pingyang, some 200,000 people are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360891664#July–September", "title": "1303", "revid": 1360891664, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}