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.

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

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

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

Chinese Dynasties | Parallel of Chinese Dynasties and French Reigns |

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.