Chronology of the Chinese dynasties

The books Chinese on the history always refer to the eras in a Dynastie. It is also like that in the Western translations of the Chinese books, with the Gregorian years in the footnote or sometimes between brackets.

The romanisation S are in Pinyin and between brackets in EFEO (French École of the Far East), a system which was formerly popular in France.

Antiquated China

Legends: three God-Kings and five Wise-Kings (Sanhuangwudi) (三皇五帝) -2852/-2205
  1. the Dynasty Xia (Sia) (夏) -2205/-1767
  2. the Dynasty Shang (Chen) (商) -1767/-1122
  3. the Dynasty Zhou (Tcheou) (周) -1122/-256
  4. : What includes :
  5. * the Period of springs and the autumns -722/-481
  6. * the Period of the Kingdoms combatants -453/-221

Imperial China

  1. the Dynasty Qin (Tch' in) (秦) -221/-207
  2. the Dynasty Han (漢朝) -206 - AD 220
  3. the period of the Three Kingdoms (三國) 220 - 265
    1. the Kingdom of Wei (魏) 220 - 265
    2. the Kingdom of Shu - Han (蜀漢) 221 - 263
    3. the Kingdom of Wu (吳) 222 - 280
  4. the 1st dynasty Jin (Tsin) (晉) 265 - 420
  5. Sixteen Kingdoms 302 - 439
  6. the Dynasties of North and the South (南北朝), or nine Dynasties (六代) 420 - 589
  7. the Dynasty Sui (Seouei) (隋) 581 - 618
  8. the Dynasty Tang (Ten) (唐) 618 - 907
  9. : What includes :
  10. * the dynasty Zhou (690 - 705) (Tcheou) (周) 690 - 705
  11. Period of the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms (五代十國) 907 - 960
  12. : What includes simultaneously :
  13. * the Dynasty Liao (遼) 907 - 1125, or the dynasty Khitan (契丹)
  14. * the Dynasty Xixia (Hsi-hsia) (西夏) 1036 - 1227 of the Tangoutes (党項)
  15. * the 2nd dynasty Jin of China of North 1115 - 1234
  16. the Dynasty Song (Soung) (宋) 960 - 1279
  17. the Dynasty Yuan (元) 1271 - 1368, or the Mongolian dynasty (蒙)
  18. the Dynasty Ming (Miang) (明) (List of the emperors Ming) 1368 - 1644
  19. the Dynasty Qing (Ts' iang) (清) 1644 - 1911, or the dynasty mandchou (滿)

The First Republic of China

  1. the Republic of China (Chinese period) (see: Presidents de Chine) 1911 - 1945

The Popular republic of China

  1. the Popular republic of China 1949 - aujourd' today. (See if required Taiwan)

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