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 278 BC when it was captured by Bai Qi. It might be King Su of the Chu State who moved capital to Jinan City in the fourth year of his reign, which was 377 BC. 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鄩郢" is read; the "Xun Ying" would refer to Jinan City.
