Region: China · Coordinates: 32.050, 118.780 · 32 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 229 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) | Sun Quan moved the capital to Jianye and had Lu Xun assist Crown Prince Deng while he took charge of Wuchang. |
| AD 229 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In the ninth month the ruler of Wu moved the capital to Jianye, using the old government offices as they were, and left the crown prince Sun Deng and the nine offices of the Shangshu at Wuchang, for Lu Xun to assist them. |
| AD 258 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) | Sun Xiu, passing through Qu'e and Buse Pavilion, ascended the throne (with a general amnesty and a new era); Sun Chen, with a thousand soldiers, bowed by the roadside. |
| AD 266 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) | Sun Hao returned the capital to Jianye (Teng Mu remained as Guardian of Wuchang). |
| AD 279 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | With more than 200,000 men in six columns, a great expedition against Wu began, with Jia Chong as commander-in-chief. |
| AD 280 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Wang Jun's navy reached Shitou at Jianye, and Sun Hao, binding himself and carrying his coffin, surrendered, ending Wu. |
| AD 280 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) | Wang Jun arrived first at Jianye, received Sun Hao's surrender, untied his bonds and burned his coffin (the fall of Wu, 280). |
| AD 282 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Former Wu generals Wan Gong and Bo Feng rebelled, killed the Jianye magistrate, and besieged Yangzhou; Ji Xi suppressed them. |
| AD 307 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Prince Rui of Langya was made General Who Pacifies the East and Commander of Yangzhou and Jiangnan, and stationed at Jianye (the starting point of the Eastern Jin). |
| AD 313 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | To avoid the name of Emperor Min (Sima Ye), Jianye was renamed Jiankang and Ye was renamed Linzhang. |
| AD 317 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Prince Rui of Langya ascended to the title of King of Jin, changed the era to Jianwu, and established the ancestral temple and altars at Jiankang (beginning of the Eastern Jin). |
| AD 318 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | On news of Emperor Min's death, the officials presented a posthumous title, Emperor Yuan ascended the throne, and the era was changed to Daxing. |
| AD 322 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Wang Dun's vanguard attacked Shitou; Zhou Zha opened the city gate to join them. The government army was defeated, and Diao Xie, Dai Ruosi, Zhou Yi and others died. |
| AD 324 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Emperor Ming's army crushed Wang Dun's vanguard at Yuecheng and beheaded He Kang; Wang Dun died of vexation. |
| AD 328 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Su Jun advanced from Jiang Mountain toward Xiling and Qingxi Stockade and crushed the government army. Bian Kun, Yang Man and others died in battle, and Yu Liang fled to Xunyang. |
| AD 328 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Su Jun moved Emperor Cheng to Shitou. |
| AD 329 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | In the attack on Shitou, Su Yi was utterly defeated; Teng Han escorted Emperor Cheng and moved him by Wen Jiao's boat. |
| AD 371 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Huan Wen, citing an order from the Empress Dowager Chongde, deposed the Duke of Haixi. |
| AD 371 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, and Huan Wen stationed himself in the Central Hall. |
| AD 402 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Liu Laozhi surrendered to Huan Xuan; at Xinting the government army was defeated and Yuan Xian and others were killed. Huan Xuan took power as chancellor. |
| AD 404 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Huan Xuan usurped the throne and demoted Emperor An to Pinggu Prince. |
| AD 404 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Liu Yu set up the Liutai and provided the hundred officials; Wang Mi and others proclaimed Liu Yu General of Military Dignity and Governor of Xuzhou. |
| AD 410 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Lu Xun reached Huaikou, and martial law was declared inside and outside Jiankang; Liu Yu stationed himself at Shitou. |
| AD 419 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Emperor An died at Dongtang at the age of 37 (there is a theory that Liu Yu had him strangled). |
| AD 420 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Liu Yu reached the capital and received the abdication of Emperor Gong, demoting Emperor Gong to Prince of Lingling (the end of the Eastern Jin). |
| AD 548 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | Hou Jing crossed the Yangzi River and attacked Jianye (the Hou Jing Rebellion). |
| AD 549 | Book of Wei (Weishu), Imperial Annals | Hou Jing took Jianye and again set up Emperor Wu of Liang as a puppet. |
| AD 551 | Book of Northern Qi (Bei Qishu), Annals | Hou Jing deposed the Liang ruler Xiao Dong, took the throne at Jianye, and named his state Han. |
| AD 555 | Book of Northern Qi (Bei Qishu), Annals | In the fifth month, Xiao Ming, Marquis of Zhenyang, the Liang ruler set up by Qi, entered Jianye. (In the sixth month an edict permitted the people of Liang to return home.) |
| AD 582 | Book of Sui (Suishu), Imperial Annals | Emperor Xuan of Chen died and his son Chen Shubao, the Last Ruler, ascended the throne. |
| AD 589 | Book of Sui (Suishu), Imperial Annals | He Ruobi defeated the Chen forces at Jiang Mountain and captured Chen general Xiao Mohe. |
| AD 589 | Book of Sui (Suishu), Imperial Annals | Han Qinhu entered Jianye and captured Chen ruler Chen Shubao; Chen was pacified with 30 prefectures, 100 commanderies and 400 counties. |