The history of Jiangzhou
In the spring of the ninth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign (589), Sui soldiers captured Jiankang and destroyed the Chen Dynasty, gaining "30 prefectures, 100 counties, 400 counties, and 500,000 households." After the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, in order to fundamentally eliminate Jiankang's status as the capital and its impression in people's minds, so as to avoid being occupied by others and continue to proclaim the emperor, an edict was issued to "build the city of Kang, the palaces, and the land for cultivation." As a result, all the palaces, palaces, pavilions and pavilions in Jiankang during the Six Dynasties were razed to the ground and turned into farmland, sweeping away the prosperity of the imperial capitals of the Six Dynasties. Nanjing not only ended its history as the capital of the Six Dynasties, but also suffered the greatest destruction since its founding.
Emperor Yang Jian issued an edict: "Jiangzhou was established in Stone City." Jiangzhou was named after Jiangshan. Jiangshan is the name of Zijin Mountain during the Eastern Wu Dynasty. During the Han Dynasty, Zijin Mountain was described by Feng Shui masters as "the place where the king's energy gathers", hence the name Zhongshan. During the Eastern Wu Dynasty, in order to avoid the taboo of Sun Quan's grandfather Sun Zhong, the name was changed to Jiang Shan after the Moling Lieutenant Jiang Ziwen who died in Zhongshan at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Therefore, only Stone City was left as the state capital of Jiangzhou, which governed the three counties of Jiangning, Lishui and Dangtu.
In the second year of Emperor Yang’s Daye of the Sui Dynasty (606), the three counties of Jiankang, Tongxia and Moling were merged into Jiangning, and the three counties of Linyi, Danyang and Hushu were abolished, and their territories were also merged into Jiangning. . The following year, Jiangzhou was renamed Danyang County, and Jiangning and Lishui were still under Danyang County.
The Sui Dynasty consciously implemented the policy of suppressing Jinling and destroyed the cities and palaces of Jiankang in the Six Dynasties. The Tang Dynasty continued to implement the policy of suppressing Jinling, which resulted in little development of urban construction in the area. However, Jinling was still an important town in southeastern China and the economic and cultural center at that time.
In the ninth year of Tang Wude (626), the administrative agency state "Yangzhou" located in Stone City was moved to Jiangdu (today's Yangzhou City). Jinling was successively called "Jiangzhou" and "Yangzhou". In the Tang Dynasty, Nanjing used names such as Danyang, Jiangning, Guihua, Baixia and Shangyuan.
In the third year of Tang Wude (620), Du Fuwei returned Jiangnan to the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty established Yangzhou as Jiangning and Lishui counties, and changed Jiangning to a naturalized county. In the seventh year, Pingfu Gong'er changed Yangzhou to Jiangzhou, and in the eighth year, it was changed to Yangzhou. At the end of the same year, the governor's office and state governance of Yangzhou were moved to Hanzhou in the north of the Yangtze River (today's Jiangdu, Yangzhou). In the eighth year, the naturalized county was changed to Jinling County. In the ninth year, it was changed to Baixia County, which belonged to Runzhou. In the ninth year of Zhenguan (635), it was changed to Jiangning County. In the second year of Zhide (757), Jiangning County was established in Jiangning County. In the first year of Qianyuan (758), Jiangning County was renamed Shengzhou. In the second year of Shangyuan (761), Jiangning was renamed Shangyuan County. In the first year of Baoying (762), Shengzhou was abolished. In the third year of Guangqi's reign (887), Shengzhou was restored.
After the middle of the Tang Dynasty, many famous poets came to Jinling to travel and pay tribute, and created a considerable number of "Jinling Nostalgic" poems, among which Cui Hao, Li Bai, Liu Yuxi, Du Mu, Li Shangyin, Wei Zhuang and others are the most famous, reflecting the social style of Nanjing at that time.