Swords to plowshares During the Jin dynasty, in about 371 AD, six families with six different surnames took up residence on Kinmen and thus began the island's 1600-plus-year history of human habitation. Throughout history the island served as a refuge for people coming from the southeast coast.
打從晉朝建武年間（西元三七一年）六姓族人移居開始，開基一千六百多年的金門，一直是大陸東南沿岸居民避難之所。