Definition of "Chin"

The most amazing poems in human history are the Huêi-wên-tʻü or the revolving chart, by Lady Su Huêi, of the Chin Dynasty (265-419), and the Chʻien-tzŭ-wên, or thousand-character literature, by Chou Hsing-ssŭ, (fifth century a.d.)

1929, Witter Bynner, transl., The Jade Mountain‎, Alfred A. Knopf, published 1967, page xxxvi

The second significant feature in the development of Chinese literature is the immense influence of Buddhist literature on the development of every sphere of Chinese literature since the East Chin Period (A.D. 317).

1964, Lai Ming, A History of Chinese Literature‎, New York: John Day Company, page 3

Wang Tao, the head of a great northern family, emigrated to the south and there became the chief architect of the Eastern Chin dynasty, a regime noted for excellent calligraphy.

1979, Bradley Smith, Wan-go Weng, China: A History in Art‎, Doubleday & Co., pages 100–101

In the fourth year of the reign of the Emperor Hsiao Wu of the Chin Dynasty , Hsüeh Tao-hsün of An-lu County in the Chiang-hsia Commandery [in Hupeh Province] was twenty-two.

1985, Classical Chinese Tales of the Supernatural and the Fantastic: Selections from the Third to the Tenth Century‎, Hong Kong: Joint Publishing, page 135