Approximate location of the Eastern Wu Imperial Palace
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, three points were divided into Wei Shu Wu.
The capital of the Wu kingdom was in Jianye, which is today's Nanjing.
There were four Emperors of the State of Wu, namely Sun Quan, Sun Liang, Sun Xiu, and Sun Hao.
Eastern Wu is full of talents.
The head of the Wenchen was naturally Zhang Zhao, who made great contributions to the stabilization of Jiangdong.
On his deathbed, Sun Ce said to Sun Quan: Zhou Yu is not decided on foreign affairs, and Zhang Zhao is not decided on internal affairs. Sun Quan often consulted him and regarded him as a father.
Zhang Zhao's former residence near Tiger Head
There are four most famous governors, namely Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lü Meng, and Lu Xun.
In addition, there were twelve powerful generals, known as the "Twelve Tiger Ministers of Jiangbiao", namely Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Dong Xian, Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, and Ding Feng.
Throughout his life, Ding Feng served the four monarchs of the State of Wu, Sun Quan, Sun Liang, Sun Xiu, and Sun Hao, and later came to the top and became a vassal of Eastern Wu.
He calculated to remove the powerful minister Sun Qi, regained the imperial power for Sun Xiu, and officially paid homage to the general, Xuzhou Mu, and created the Marquis of Duting. Later, he also made Sun Hao emperor, and was promoted to the rank of Right Grand Sima and Left Army Division.
Ding Feng's tomb is located in Wubai Village, the southern foothills of shogunate mountain in Gulou District, Nanjing, and was excavated in the second half of 2019. At the beginning of 2021, it was shortlisted for the preliminary evaluation of the top ten new archaeological discoveries in China in 2020, and on April 18, 2021, many excavated cultural relics were exhibited at the Nanjing Six Dynasties Museum.
Where Ding Feng lived in Nanjing when he was alive is unknown, and it is estimated that it should be in the southern part of the old city, that is, today's Old Gate East or Old Gate West.
As emperor, Sun Quan naturally lived in his imperial palace, the Taichu Palace.
Where is the Taichu Palace? It should be south of Xinjiekou and west of Hongwu North Road. It is said that it is roughly the area around sheepskin lane today. However, it is also said that it is in the area from Yushi Street on the north side of Pearl River Road to Jinxianghe.
Where does Zhou Yu live? It is said that the Nanjing No. 1 Middle School campus on the east side of Zhongshan South Road was once his metropolitan governor's palace.
In 200, Sun Ce, in order to meet the needs of the conquest, built the rebel general's mansion in HuaishuiBei (referring to the north of QinhuaiHebei) in Moling (present-day Nanjing), and Zhou Yu stayed in Nanjing when he was discussing military strategies, and lived here with Xiao Qiao.
In 211, Sun Quan moved the political center from Jingkou (present-day Zhenjiang) to Moling, changing moling to Jianye.
Unfortunately, Zhou Yu died the previous year. Xiao Qiao then came to Jianye and lived in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion where he had stayed.
It is said that xiao qiao's tomb is also on the campus of a middle school, originally on the east side of the Peace Building, which is a hill, about three stories high. But now the mountain has been bulldozed and a school library has been built.
Zhang Zhao's residence was in Tiger Head Lane on the west side of today's Wuding Gate.
This alley is very short, the road from the east of laomen in the west to the east of The Old Gate, to the east of Jiangning Road near Wudingmen, with a total length of 256 meters.
Zhang Zhao's former residence and the Zhou Chu reading desk are in the same courtyard
"Tiger Head" Lane is an ancient alley, which is only the harmonic sound of "Lou Hu Tou".
Zhang Zhao was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Lou and lived here, and he dug a pond in front of the house, called "Lou Lake", and people at that time called the location of his house "Lou Lake Head".
Later, LouHu Gradually dried up and became an alley, and the name of "LouhuTou" was also passed on by word of mouth and evolved into today's "Tiger Head".
Deep in this alley there are two monuments, the "Zhou Chu Reading Desk" and the "Ancient Stone Guanyin Temple" (i.e. Guangzhai Temple).
Zhou Chu was the famous western Jin courtier who eliminated the three evils, and the Guangzhai Temple was the former residence of Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu.
The Reading Desk in Zhou, which has been bent over the shantytown for many years, is actually the hidden hall of the Tang Mansion when Zhou Chu served as the left servant of Wu Guodongguan, and now it has been fenced up and waiting for rebirth.
Soon, the surrounding reading platform and the plot of the Guangzhai Temple will shape the landscapes such as ziyin hall, Akashi Kataji, and Xingtai Pingliu, awakening that period of sleeping history.