Nanjing during the Warring States Period belonged to Wu, Yue, and Chu in sequence.
3100 years ago, Nanjing was the fief of Zhou Zhang of the Western Zhou Dynasty. In 571 BC, the State of Chu already established Tangyi in Liuhe and established Tangyi Dafu. This was the earliest local establishment recorded in Nanjing's history and was also the beginning of Nanjing's city construction. As of 2020, it has been 2591 years. In 541 BC, the State of Wu built the city of Sezhu in Gaochun, which was also called Gucheng because of its strong city.
Around 495 BC, the State of Wu built a city in the Chaotian Palace area. In 473 BC, Yue defeated Wu and built Yue City in Changganli outside the Zhonghua Gate. In 333 BC, when Chu conquered Yue, King Xiong Shang of Wei of Chu wanted to use the Yangtze River moat in Nanjing as a barrier to plot his empire, so he built Jinling City in Stone City, from which the name Jinling came.
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Historically, Nanjing has both benefited from and suffered from its unique geographical location and extraordinary Feng Shui environment. It has suffered from military disasters many times in the past, but it has also suffered many times. Rebuilding prosperity from the rubble. And when the Central Plains was occupied by foreigners and the Han nation was about to suffer annihilation, the Han nation would usually choose Nanjing to recuperate, determined to make the Northern Expedition and restore China. The second Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty and the Republic of China was successful.
The Northern Expeditions of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xiao Liang Dynasty, and Liu Song Dynasty failed. When the Southern Song Dynasty was first established, the ministers decided to make Jiankang the capital to show the plan of restoring the Central Plains. Unfortunately, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty had no intention of the Northern Expedition and decided to go to Lin'an. However, due to public opinion, he still decided to make Jinling the capital. The Taiping Rebellion had Nanjing as its capital, and one of its mobilization bases and legitimacy was the expulsion of alien rule. Therefore, Nanjing is regarded as the place of rejuvenation of the Han people and has a special status and value in Chinese history.