Chinese Dynasties
This is a table showing all the dynasties of China in chronological order.
| Dynasties | Period | |||
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Xia 夏 |
2205 B.C.-1766 B.C. | |||
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Shang 商 |
1766 B.C.-1122 B.C. | |||
| Zhou 周 | Western Zhou (Chow) 西周 | 1122 B.C.-770 B.C. | ||
| Eastern Zhou (Chow) 东周 | 770 B.C.-256 B.C. | |||
| Spring & Autumn Annals 春秋 时代 | 770 B.C.-476 B.C. | |||
| Warring States Period 战国时代 | 475 B.C.-221 B.C. | |||
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Qin 秦 |
221 B.C.-207 B.C. |
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Han 汉 |
Western Han 西 汉 | 206 B.C.- 24 | ||
| Estern Han 东汉 | 25-220 | |||
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Three Kingdoms Period 三国 |
Wei 魏 |
220-265 | ||
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Shu 蜀 |
221-263 | |||
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Wu 吴 |
222-280 | |||
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Jin 晋 |
Western Jin 西晋 | 265-316 | ||
| Eastern Jin 东晋 | 317-420 | |||
| 16 States 十六国 | 304 - 439 | |||
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Southern and Northern Dynasties 南北朝 |
Southern Dynasty 南朝 | Song 宋 | 420-479 | |
| Qi 齐 | 479-502 | |||
| Liang 梁 | 502-557 | |||
| Chen 陈 | 557-589 | |||
| Northern Dynasty 北朝 | Northern Wei 北魏 | 386-534 | ||
| Eastern Wei 东魏 | 534-550 | |||
| Northern Qi 北 齐 | 550-577 | |||
| Western Wei 西魏 | 535-556 | |||
| Northern Zhou 北周 | 557-580 | |||
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Sui 随 |
581-618 | |||
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Tang 唐 |
618-907 | |||
| Five Dynasties 五代十国 | Later Liang 后梁 | 907-923 | ||
| Later Tang 后唐 | 923-936 | |||
| Later Jin 后晋 | 936-947 | |||
| Later Han 后 汉 | 947-950 | |||
| Later Zhou 后周 | 951-960 | |||
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Song 宋 |
Northern Song 北宋 | 960-1127 | ||
| Southern Song 南宋 | 1127-1280 | |||
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Liao (Khitan) 辽 |
916-1125 | |||
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Western Xia (Tangut) 西夏 |
1032 - 1227 | |||
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Jin (Jurchen) 金 |
1115 - 1234 | |||
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Yuan (Mongol) 元 |
1271-1368 | |||
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Ming 明 |
1368-1644 | |||
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Qing (Manchu) 清 |
1644-1911 | |||
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Republic of China 中 华民国 |
1911- (moved to Taiwan after 1949) | |||
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People's Republic of China 中 华人民共和国 |
1949- | |||