Jiankang
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Jiankang (建康城 in pinyin: Jiànkāng chéng), formerly known as Jianye (建業 Jiànyè) until Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 – 420), was an ancient city in China, located west of present-day Nanjing, in south Jiangning County (江寧縣 Jiāngníng Xiàn). It was during the Sui Dynasty that Jiankang was renamed to Jiangning.
Ruins of Jiankang's city walls can still be seen today. The city had been a capital city of the Six Dynasties, namely:
- Eastern Wu (222 - 280)
- Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 - 420)
- Song Dynasty (420 - 479)
- Qi Dynasty (479 - 502)
- Liang Dynasty (502 -557)
- Chen Dynasty (557 -589)
Xu Song (许嵩, Xǔ Sōng) in Tang Dynasty wrote a book, Jiankang Shilu (建康实录, Jiànkāng Shílù), that provides a historical account of Jiankang, which gave rise to the term "Six Dynasties".
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| Preceded by: Luoyang | Capital of China 317-420 | Succeeded by: Daxing |
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