| Family name | Sima (司馬 py. si1 ma3) in Chinese |
| Given name | Yan (炎 py. yan2) |
| Era names | Taishi (泰始 tai4 shi3) 265-274
Xianning (咸寧 xian2 ning2)275-280
Taikang (太康 tai4 kang1) 280-289
Taixi (太熙 tai4 xi1) January 28,290-May 17,290 |
| Father | Sima Zhao |
| Mother | |
| Wife | empress Yang and her younger sister, then Empress Dowager Yang,
all daughters of Yang Jun |
| Major concubines | |
| Children | many, including Emperor Hui of Jin China
Emperor Huai of Jin China
Prince of Chu
Prince of Chengdu
Prince of Changsha
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| Duration of reign | 265 to 290 |
| Tomb | |
| Temple name | ch. 世祖, py. shi4 zu3, wg. shih-tsu, literary meaning: "genesis progenitor" |
| Courtesy name | ch. 安世, py. an1 shi4, wg. an-shih |
| Posthumous name | 武 (py. wu3), literary meaning: "martial" |