Nanjing (Late Yuan)

Timeline

1. 1300–1350Jiqing Circuit · Lower YangtzeUnder the Yuan, Nanjing was called Jiqing Circuit, a major town of the Jiangzhe Province, with flourishing walls, tribute transport wharves, and markets, serving as a distribution center for Jiangnan grain taxes and handicraft products.
2. 1351–1360Jiqing Circuit (Nanjing) · Lower YangtzeAfter Han Shantong and Liu Futong rose in 1351, the Jianghuai region fell into turmoil; Nanjing was successively coveted by Guo Zixing's Red Turban forces and Zhang Shicheng's faction, with city defenses and grain routes becoming the focus of contention.
3. 1356–1421Yingtian Prefecture (Nanjing) · Lower YangtzeIn 1356 Zhu Yuanzhang captured Jiqing and renamed it Yingtian Prefecture, using it as a base to unify Jiangnan and campaign north to destroy the Yuan; after founding the dynasty in 1368 he established the capital at Nanjing, with large-scale expansion of the palace city and walls.