In 808 BC, Marquis Mu married a woman from the royal family of Qi to be one of his concubines.
During this time, his eldest son, Ji Chou (Marquis Wen of Jin), was born.
In 802 BC, after emerging victorious in a battle against the Qianmu (千畝) tribe, his other son, Ji Chengshi (Huan Shu of Quwo), was born.
[1] He tried to make the old Jin city of Jiang into a capital, but it was largely abandoned in favour of an area named Houma called Xintian.
[2] After he died in 785 BC, his younger brother, Shang Shu, usurped the throne.