Nanjing (Liao dynasty)
SOUTHERN CAPITAL OF THE LIAO DYNASTY
Nanjing Youdufu; Nanjing Xijinfu; Xijinfu; Liao Nanjing; Nanjing (Liao Dynasty)
Nanjing was the name for modern Beijing during the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China, when the city was the empire's southern capital. To distinguish Nanjing, which literally means "Southern Capital" in Chinese, from modern Nanjing in Jiangsu Province and Beijing Damingfu, the name for modern Daming County in Hebei Province during the Northern Song dynasty, Chinese historians sometimes refer to Beijing during the Liao dynasty as Liao Nanjing ().