IT WAS a journey that started 1,700 years ago. Around 300CE, the Jin Dynasty that controlled a unified China fell apart due to the violent wars between its dukes and princes.
Following the collapse of the central government, the northern nomadic tribes – described as “barbarians” by the Chinese – crossed the Great Wall in great numbers and established strongholds in northern China.
The invaders were ruthless, killing anyone who had ties to the former dynasty. This prompted a mass exodus of northerners, a large number of whom were former court officials, to the south.
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