1, different objects. During the period from the end of the Western Jin Dynasty to the unification of the Central Plains in the Northern Wei Dynasty (304-439), five northern ethnic groups moved inward and established political power in northern China and Sichuan, among which 16 countries were named the Warring States. Wuhu refers to Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Bian and Qiang;
Sixteen countries in the Eastern Jin Dynasty refer to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was named after Si Marui, who guarded Jiankang (now Nanjing) in 3 17 AD. The history of "Sixteen Kingdoms" originated from the Spring and Autumn of Sixteen Kingdoms written by Cui Hong in the Northern Wei Dynasty: "Five Liang, Four Yan, Three Qin, Two Zhao, Sixteen in Summer". From the establishment of the Han Dynasty by Liu Yuan, a Xiongnu aristocrat, in 304 AD, to the destruction of the Western Jin Dynasty in 3 16 years, and then to the unification of the North in 439, 100 years.
The former Zhao (Xiongnu), the later Zhao (Jie), the former Yan (Xianbei), the former Liang (Han), the former Qin (Bian), the later Qin (Qiang), the later Yan (Xianbei), the western Qin (Xianbei), the later Liang (Bian) and the southern Liang (Xianbei) were successively established.
2. Different concepts. The five lakes and sixteen countries mainly talk about sixteen alternative minority regimes in the north; Sixteen countries in the Eastern Jin Dynasty: the history of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and its confrontation with sixteen countries after its establishment.
3. The start time is different. The Sixteen Countries of Wuhu began in 304 AD at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty. Sixteen countries in the Eastern Jin Dynasty began in 3 17 AD after the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Sixteen Countries in Eastern Jin Dynasty
Baidu encyclopedia-sixteen countries