Kuo Jin

'Kuo' has two meanings: one is 'to expand,' the other is 'to clear.' Having found yourself in the age of the Eastern Jin and the Sixteen Kingdoms, you should strike out boldly in midstream, vow to launch a northern expedition, first drive the Five Barbarians out of the Central Plains, then sweep away the aristocratic clans and powerful families of the court. This is what is called clearing the realm, founding a new enterprise, and carrying on Huaxia. That's the theory. But in the autumn of Yonghe 5 (AD 349), once a transmigrator arrives in the Eastern Jin and becomes one of its most common refugees, the first question is: how do I survive this winter? How do I keep from falling below the 'kill line'? Yet another old, well-worn transmigration tale.