Why didn’t Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, live long?
After the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen successively established their capitals here, which was known as the Southern Dynasties in history. The Southern Dynasties, Wu Dynasty and Jin Dynasty were collectively called the Six Dynasties. Nanjing is adjacent to the Yangtze River in the northwest, with Dragon Pan Purple Mountain in the east, Qingliang Mountain in the west, Xuanwu Lake in the north, and Yuhuatai in the south. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, the situation is extremely dangerous. Regarding the feng shui of Nanjing, when Zhuge Liang, the military advisor of the Shu Kingdom, was going down the river and saw the ancient city of Jinling, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Zhongshan has dragons and beards, and stones and tigers are perched on it. It really is the residence of an emperor." Wang Dao, a minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, once said: "Jiankang was the ancient Jinling." However, it is very strange that this ancient city with strong royal power and the six dynasties that had their capitals here were all short-lived. In the 69th year of Soochow, The 102nd year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the 59th year of the Song Dynasty, the 23rd year of the Qi Dynasty, the 55th year of the Liang Dynasty, and the 32nd year of the Chen Dynasty. Later, the capital was established here in the early Ming Dynasty, which lasted only more than 50 years. The Taiping Rebellion established its capital in Nanjing and maintained it for 9 years. In 210 BC, Qin Shihuang visited Jinling and was deeply attracted by the aura of tigers and dragons here, but the alchemists who accompanied him were taciturn. Qin Shihuang asked: "Jinling has a magnificent shape and a myriad of atmospheres. Why are you so silent?" The two alchemists worriedly said to Qin Shihuang: "Jinling has a dangerous terrain and majestic momentum. It is the terrain of dragon veins. The king's aura is extremely strong. Five hundred years later, Jinling will have the aura of the emperor." !"