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Which ancient state gave Shanxi its literary name Jin?

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Fogong Temple: timber pagoda — Shanxi Timber pagoda of the Fogong Temple, 1056, Song dynasty; at Yingxian, Shanxi province, China.

The ancient state that gave the province of Shanxi its literary name, Jin, was the fief of Jin (or state of Jin). This fief was established during the Xi (Western) Zhou period (1046–771 BCE) in the area of modern Quwo, located along the Fen River valley in the southwestern part of the province.1