The article briefly reviews information about the first northern campaign (354 AD) of a prominent dignitary and general of the Eastern Jin Empire (317 – 420 AD) named Huan Wen (312–373 AD) against the Northern Chinese “barbarian” kingdom of Former Qin (351 – 395 AD) with its capital in Chang'an. As a result of the historical-biographical and historicalgeographical analysis of the reviewed information on this campaign, it was revealed that the unsuccessful outcome of the initially successful campaign of Huan Wen was due to the factional struggle between the Jingzhou and Yangzhou groups of the Eastern Jin nobility, as well as the general degradation of the central government apparatus.

Tsyrenov Chingis Tsibikdorzhievich, Candidate of Sciences (History), Research Scientist, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies SB RAS, 6, Sakhyanova st., Ulan-Ude, 670047, Russian Federation, e-mail: chts17@mail.ru

Tsyrenov Ch.Ts. Huang Wen's First Northern Campaign and the “Barbarian” Kingdom of Former Qin. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2021, vol. 35, pp. 44-51. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2021.35.44 (in Russian)

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