List of Chinese dynasties

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Five thousands years have passed since the first Chinese writing. China has lived under 24 dynasties and about 400 emperors - kings. The past is the mirror of Today.-Chinese Proverb. Let us look now and then this huge mirror: today on the Emperors and Kings. Here is a resmue of Chinese dynasties written in the History.

Dynasty
Sub-dynasty
Epoch
Famous
HuangDi
(Yellow Emperor),
Age of Five Emperors
-2700 ⇒ -2200
Xia
-2100 ⇒ -1600
Shang
-1600 ⇒ -1066
Zhou
Zhou of West
-1066 ⇒ -771
Zhou of East
-770 ⇒ -256
Epoch of Spring-Autumn
-770 ⇒ -476
Feighting Kindoms
-475 ⇒ -221
-1066 ⇒ -221
Confucius
Qin
-221 ⇒ -206
Emperor of Commencement
Han
Han of West
-206 ⇒ 23
Han of East
25 ⇒ 220
-206 ⇒ 220
Glorial Emperor (Han Wudi)
Three Kindoms
Wei
220 ⇒ 265
Shu
221 ⇒ 263
Wu
222 ⇒ 280
220 ⇒ 280
CAO Cao, LIU Bei, SUN Quan, ZHU Geliang
Jin of West
265 ⇒ 316
Jin of East and 16 Kindoms
Jin of East
317 ⇒ 420
16 Kindoms
304 ⇒ 439
317 ⇒ 439
Dynasty North-South
Dynasty of South
Song
420 ⇒ 479
Qi
479 ⇒ 502
Liang
502 ⇒ 557
Chen
557 ⇒ 589
420 ⇒ 589
Dynasty of North
Wei of North
386 ⇒ 534
Wei of East
534 ⇒ 550
Qi of North
550 ⇒ 577
Wei of West
535 ⇒ 557
Zhou of North
557 ⇒ 581
386 ⇒ 581
420 ⇒ 589
Shui
581 ⇒ 618
Tang
618 ⇒ 907
Tang Taizong LI Shimin, LI Bai, BAI Juyi
Five Epochs and Ten Kindoms
Liang posterior
907 ⇒ 923
Tang posterior
923 ⇒ 936
Jin posterior
936 ⇒ 946
Han posterior
947 ⇒ 950
Zhou posterior
951 ⇒ 960
10 Kindoms
902 ⇒ 979
907 ⇒ 979
Song
Song of North
960 ⇒ 1127
Song of South
1127 ⇒ 1279
960 ⇒ 1279
Song Taizu, YUE Fei, 108 Generals of Shuihu, SU Shi
Liao
907 ⇒ 1125
Xia of West
1032 ⇒ 1227
Jin (Gold)
1115 ⇒ 1234
Yuan
1279 ⇒ 1368
HU Bilie
Ming
1368 ⇒ 1644
Ming Taizu
Qing
1644 ⇒ 1911
Emperor Kangxi (Peace and Sufficience)
Republic of China
1912 ⇒ 1949
SUN Yetsan, YUAN Shikai, JIANG Zhongzheng (JIANG Kai Shek)
People's Republic of China
1949 ⇒ ∞
MAO Zedong, DENG Xiaoping, ZHOU Enlai (Chou Enlai), JIANG Zemin, HU Jintao

 

Sources:

  • History of China (4 Volumes), BAI Shouyi, DAI Yi and GONG Shuduo. Ed. Haiyan, ISBN 7-5350-1954-4/G . 1048, Pekin (Beijing), 2000
  • Dictionary of New China, Ed. Commercial Affaires, Beijing, 1979
  • BC: before Jesus-Christ.
  • See also: Parallel of Chinese Dynasties and French Reigns.

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