Analyzed with archaeological materials and the references of relevant historic literature, the Jinan City in present-day Jingzhou Prefecture , Hubei Province was the location of Capital Ying of the Chu State in deed , but it was just the Capital Ying in the Warring-States Period but not that in the Spring-and-Autumn Period .Jinan City began to be the capital of the Chu State probably in the early stage of the middle phase of Warring-States Period or around the early and middle phases of Warring-States Period and was abandoned in 278BC when it was captured by Bai Qi .It might be King Su of the Chu State who moved capital to Jinan City in t he fourth year o f his reign , which was 377BC .In the bamboo slips unearthed from tombs of Geling Cemetery in Xincai County , the text “the year when the King moved (the capital)to Xun Ying ” is read;t he “Xun Ying” would refer to Jinan City .

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