jìn​huì​dì

Emperor Hui of Jin

Senses

晋惠帝/ 晉惠帝 jìn​huì​dì Emperor Hui of Jin

Emperor Hui of Jin (259-307), personal name 司马衷 sī​mǎ​zhōng, second emperor of the 晋朝 jìn​cháo (reigned 290-307). He is famously associated with the line 'why not eat meat porridge?' due to his ignorance of a famine. His reign was marked by instability and the War of the Eight Princes.

References

see 何不食肉糜/何不食肉糜 晋惠帝/晉惠帝