Otenfu - Otenfu

...These formed the basis for the industrial development of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
[Establishment of Nanjing]
Zhu Yuanzhang (Emperor Hongwu), who took control of Jiangnan during the rebellion at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, renamed Jiqing Road Yingtian Prefecture as a base for unifying the country. When he unified the country and established the Ming Dynasty in 1368 (the first year of the Hongwu Dynasty), he temporarily made Yingtian Prefecture the capital (the emperor's capital) and initially called Kaifeng Beijing and Yingtian Nanjing in order to establish the national capital further north.

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…これらが明･清の産業発達の基盤をなしていく。
［南京の成立］
　元末の反乱の中より江南を掌握した朱元璋(洪武帝)は，全国統一へ向けての拠点として集慶路を応天府と改めた。1368年(洪武1)全国を統一して明を建てたとき，暫定的に応天府を京師(天子の都)とし，より北方に国都を設けるべく当初は開封を北京（ほくけい）とし，応天を南京（なんけい）と呼んだ。…

※「応天府」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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