In 307, Sima Yue, who had emerged victorious in the aftermaths of the War of the Eight Princes as the regent for Emperor Huai, under the advice of his wife Princess Pei, commissioned Sima Rui as the military commander of parts of Yang Province (揚州, modern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu and Anhui) south of the Yangtze River, with his post at Jianye.
Jinling Library, with a total of two million books, is now located at 158 Leshan Road, Jianye District.
Nanjing Audit University (NAU,南京审计学院) is an accounting-focused university with its campus at Jianye, a district of Nanjing, China.
In spring 312, though, Shi Le, preparing to have his army cross the Yangtze River to attack Jianye, then under the control of the Jin general Sima Rui the Prince of Langye, encountered difficulties as his army was trapped in the rain.
He then also, believing in a prophecy that the imperial aura had moved from Yang Province (揚州; covering present-day Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and southern Jiangsu and Anhui) to Jing Province (荊州; covering present-day Hubei and Hunan) and that Jing forces would defeat Yang forces, undertook a costly move of the capital from Jianye to Wuchang (武昌; present-day Ezhou, Hubei).
Sun Xiu became fearful, and sent his wife Princess Zhu back to the capital Jianye, effectively offering to divorce her, but Sun Jun declined by sending Princess Zhu back to Sun Xiu.
Sun Quan proclaimed himself the emperor of Eastern Wu in 229, and moved the capital to Jianye.
After Sima Rui the Prince of Langye was posted to Jianye as the military commander of the area south of the Yangtze in 307, he invited Yu Liang to serve on his staff, and during that time, he became impressed by Yu's abilities and solemn attitude, and he took Yu Liang's sister Yu Wenjun to be his son Sima Shao's wife.
He eventually withdrew after Wei reinforcements arrived, but instead of returning to the capital Jianye and apologise for his erroneous strategies, he remained from the capital for some time and never apologised to the people for the heavy losses suffered.
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On 16 October 2013, Ji Jianye was dismissed, arrested and investigated (Shuanggui) by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China due to corruption.