Jiankang (建康 城 Jiànkāng chéng) is the capital of the Eastern Jin Empire (317–420 CE) and the Southern Dynasties , within the boundaries of modern Nanjing . The largest city in the world in the VI century.
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At the peak of prosperity, Jiankang competed with Luoyang in terms of population and level of commercial development; with the looting of Luoyang, the Huns in 311, Jiankang became a temporary capital (ep. Jin , 265-420), however, the Hou Jing uprising, which began in 547, after a year's siege devastated the city (549); the struggle for the unification of the Sui empire almost completely wiped it off the face of the earth.
Changing the name several times, the city became again called Jiankang during the Southern Song Dynasty .
Background
Settlements on the territory of Jiankang existed from the Zhou Dynasty. In the period of Spring and Autumn, Jinling County was founded by the kingdom of Wu, which was later renamed Qin Shihuang to Molin. Molin was inferior in importance to Gus (modern Suzhou ), but this situation was changed when Sun Quan (182–252, ruler of the kingdom of the Three Kingdoms era) chose the territory of Molin to establish his capital in 229. The city was named Jianye ье (Jiànyè) however, due to the practice of a taboo on names (the hieroglyph “E” was included in the personal name of the last emperor of the Western Jin Sima E ), it gained its most famous historical name.
Geographical location and economics
Jiankang was located on the Qinhuai River, a tributary of the Yangtze , surrounded by mountains, which protected it from northern raids and promoted the development of commerce. The city was teeming with markets that were not assigned to a specific territory, like Chang'an and Luoyang, and probably did not close at night. Unlike the northern capitals, no agricultural land was located inside the city walls - only elite orchards in the estates of the nobility.
In the ep. There were more than 700 Buddhist temples in the city of Liang, of which the most famous was Qihuan si衹 洹 寺, in which monks from Central and South Asia stayed. The total number of worshipers was 20-40 thousand people.
Jiankang was the center of the economy of South China, which was distinguished by the active use of money (in comparison with the dominance of barter at the beginning of the epic Tang) and international trade. These features became the prerequisite of economic transformation, which later distinguished the economy of the Song Empire .
Famous residents
- In Jian ep Jing served the Taoist scholar of Guo Pu (郭璞 Guō Pú).
- Born in Jiankang:
- Zu Chongzhi祖 冲 之, mathematician and astronomer of the 5th century
- Zhou Wenju 周文 矩, X century painter
- Shen Yue