Editing Nanjing (section)

=== Destruction and revival ===
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|quote = The phoenix birds once frolicked on Phoenix Terrace, <br /> The birds are gone, the Terrace empty, and the river flows on. <br />Flourishing flowers of [[Eastern Wu|Wu]] Palace are buried beneath dark trails; <br /> Caps and gowns of [[Jin dynasty (265–420)|Jin times]] all lie in ancient mounds. <br /> The Three-peaked Mountain lies half visible under the blue sky, <br />The two-forked stream is separated by the White-Egret Isle in the middle. <br /> Clouds always block the sun, <br /> [[Chang'an]] cannot be seen and I grieve.
|source = — About the former opulent capital Jinling (present-day Nanjing) in the poem ''Climbing Phoenix Terrace at Jinling'' by [[Li Bai]] of the [[Tang dynasty]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sun |first1=Cecile Chu-chin |title=The Poetics of Repetition in English and Chinese Lyric Poetry |date=2011 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-78020-7 |page=118}}</ref>
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The period of division ended when the [[Sui dynasty]] reunified China and almost destroyed the entire city, turning it into a small town. The city was razed after the Sui took it over. It was renamed {{nowrap|'''Shengzhou''' ({{lang|zh-hant|昇州}})}} in the [[Tang dynasty]] and resuscitated during the late Tang.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://njdfz.nje.cn/UpLoadFile/html/%E5%B8%82%E5%BF%971-4%E5%86%8C/html/ANoame008.html |script-chapter=zh:南唐再兴金陵城 |script-title=zh:南京市志(第1册) |access-date=May 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102060626/http://njdfz.nje.cn/UpLoadFile/html/%E5%B8%82%E5%BF%971-4%E5%86%8C/html/ANoame008.html |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

It was chosen as the capital and called {{nowrap|'''Jinling''' ({{lang|zh-hant|金陵}})}} during the [[Southern Tang]] (937–976), which succeeded the state of [[Yang Wu]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Johannes L. Kurz |title=China's Southern Tang Dynasty, 937–976 |year=2011 |publisher=Routledge}}</ref> It was renamed {{nowrap|'''Jiangning''' ({{lang|zh-hant|江寧}},}} "Pacified Area of the [[Yangtze]]") in the [[Song dynasty|Northern Song]] and renamed '''Jiankang''' in the [[Song dynasty#Southern Song, 1127–1279|Southern Song]]. Jiankang's textile industry burgeoned and thrived during the Song despite the constant threat of foreign [[Jin–Song Wars|invasions from the north]] by the [[Jurchen people|Jurchen]]-led [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]]. The court of [[Da Chu]], a short-lived puppet state established by the Jurchens, and the court of Song were once in the city.<ref>{{cite book |first=Herbert |last=Franke |chapter=The Chin dynasty |editor=Twitchett |editor2=John King Fairbank |title=The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States, 710–1368 |year=1994 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-24331-5 |author-link=Herbert Franke (sinologist) |editor-first=Denis |editor-link=Denis Twitchett |page=230}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Jing-Shen |last=Tao |chapter=The Move to the South and the Reign of Kao-tsung |editor=Paul Jakov Smith |editor2=Denis C. Twitchett |title=The Cambridge History of China: Volume 5, The Sung Dynasty and Its Precursors, 907–1279 |year=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-81248-1 |page=647}}</ref><ref>In the 3rd year of Jianyan (1129), Jiankang became Temporary Capital ({{lang|zh|行都}}) of Song, being set as Eastern Capital. Although people like [[Yue Fei]] stood for the imperial court being in the city, eventually in the 8th year of Shaoxing (1139) it withdrew from Jiankang to Lin'an (present [[Hangzhou]]), and since then the city became the "Preserving Capital" ({{lang|zh|留都}}) of the [[Song dynasty]].</ref>

The Southern Song were eventually destroyed by the [[Mongols]]; during their rule as the [[Yuan dynasty]], the city's status as a hub of the textile industry was further consolidated.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://njdfz.nje.cn/UpLoadFile/html/%E5%B8%82%E5%BF%971-4%E5%86%8C/html/ANoame079.html |script-chapter=zh:隋唐州县南唐国都 |script-title=zh:南京市志(第1册) |access-date=May 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102060624/http://njdfz.nje.cn/UpLoadFile/html/%E5%B8%82%E5%BF%971-4%E5%86%8C/html/ANoame079.html |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to [[Odoric of Pordenone]], Chilenfu (Nanjing) had 360 stone bridges, which were finer than anywhere else in the world. It was well populated and had a large craft industry.{{sfn|Yule|2002|p=131}}
{{wide image|Gu Hongzhong's Night Revels 2.jpg|1000px|Second half section of the "Night Revels of [[Han Xizai]]" ({{lang|zh-Hant|韓熙載夜宴圖}}) by the [[Southern Tang]] painter [[Gu Hongzhong]], 10th century, showed a banquet in [[Yuhuatai District]], Nanjing. |dir=rtl}}

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