1.Chinese Dynasty List

1.Chinese Dynasty List

The Xia Dynasty (about 2070 B. C.-1600 B.C.)

The Shang Dynasty (about 1600 B. C.-1046 B. C.)

The Zhou Dynasty (1046 B. C.-256 B. C.), is divided into two periods:
—The Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 B. C.-771 B. C.)
—The Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 B. C.-256 B. C.)
  The Eastern Zhou Dynasty, in turn, is also divided into two periods:
  The Spring and Autumn Period(770 B.C.-476 B. C.)
  The Period of Warring States(475   B. C.-221 B. C.)

The Qin Dynasty (221 B. C.-206 B. C.)

The Han Dynasty (206 B. C.-220   A.D.), is divided into two or three periods:
—The Western Han Dynasty(206 B. C. -9 A.D.)
—The Xin Dynasty (9 A.D.-23 A.D. )( Usually, people make this part into the first period)
—The Eastern Han Dynasty (25 A.D.-220 A.D. )

The Three Kingdoms (220 A.D.-280   A.D.), include three countries:
—Wei(220 A.D.-265   A.D.)
—Shu Han ( 221 A.D.-263   A.D.)
—Wu (222 A.D.-280 A.D.)

The Jin Dynasty (265 A.D.-420 A.D.), is divided into two periods:
—The Western Jin Dynasty(265 A.D.-317 A.D.)
—The Eastern Jin Dynasty (317 A.D.-420 A.D.)

The Northern and Southern Dynasties(420 A.D.-589   A.D.), included two parts:

—The Northern Dynasties(386 A.D.-581 A.D.)
The Northern Wei Dynasty (386 A.D.-534   A.D.)
The Western Wei Dynasty(535 A.D.-556   A.D.)
The Eastern Wei Dynasty (534 A.D.-550   A.D.)
The Northern Qi Dynasty(550 A.D.-577   A.D.)
The Northern Zhou Dynasty (557 A.D.-581   A.D.)

—The Southern Dynasties(420 A.D.-589   A.D.),included four dynasties:
The Song Dynasty(420 A.D.-479 A.D.)
The Qi Dynasty(479 A.D.-502 A.D.)
The Liang Dynasty ( 502 A.D.-557 A.D.)
The Chen Dynasty(557 A.D.-589 A.D.)

The Sui Dynasty(581 A.D.-618 A.D.)

The Tang Dynasty (618 A.D.-907 A.D.)

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907 A.D.-979   A.D.), and at the same time, in Northern China:
—The Qidan / Liao Dynasty (907 A.D.-1125   A.D.)

The Song Dynasty (960 A.D.-1279   A.D.), divided into two periods:

—The Northern Song Dynasty (960 A.D.-1127   A.D.), at the same time in Western China, there are:

The Western Xia Dynasty(1038 A.D.-1227 A.D.) (in the West of China)
The Jin Dynasty (1115 A.D.-1234   A.D. )(in the Northeast of China)

—The Southern Song Dynasty (1127 A.D.-1279   A.D.), at the same time there was:
Da Menggu Guo/ The Yeke Mongghol Ulus (1206 A.D.-1271 A.D.(in the Northeast of China )

The Yuan Dynasty (1271 A.D.-1368   A.D.)

The Ming Dynasty (1368 A.D.-1644   A.D.), at the same time there was:
The Southern Ming Dynasty (1644 A.D.-1662   A.D.)(in the South of China)

The Jin / Later Jin Dynasty (1616 A.D.-1636   A.D.) (in the Northeast of China)

The Qing Dynasty (1616 A.D.-1911 A.D.)

The Republic of China (ROC)(1912 A.D.-1949   A.D.)

The People's Republic of China (PRC) (1949 A.D.- Now)


Shirley Yiping Zhang

Modified it in 2017
Edited it in 2013