Asia Sixteen Kingdoms: Jingwen (later Yuan of Jin) flees with remnants of the Jin court and noble families to the south. He succeeds Emperor Min of Jin as first ruler of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and decides to make Jiankang (modern Nanjing) his new capital. The earliest historically verified reference to tea is recorded, although the Chinese have been drinking the beverage for centuries.
Asia Sixteen Kingdoms Jingwen (later Yuan of Jin) flees with remnants of the Jin court and noble families to the south. He succeeds Emperor Min of Jin as first ruler of the Eastern Jin Dy.nasty and decides to make Jiankang (modern Nanjing) his new capital The earliest historically verified reference to tea is recorded, although the Chinese have been drinking the beverage for centuries.