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 |
|
27 - 21 centries BC circ. |
|
| Xia |
|
21 - 16 centries
BC circ. |
|
| Shang |
|
16 centries - 1066 BC circ. |
|
| Zhou |
| Zhou of West |
| Zhou of East |
| Epoch of Spring-Autumn |
| Feighting Kindoms |
|
| 1066 circ. - 771 BC |
| 770 - 256 BC |
| 770 - 476 BC |
| 475 - 221 BC |
|
Confusius |
| Qin |
|
221 - 206 BC |
Emperor du Commencement |
| Han |
|
|
Glorial Emperor(Han Wudi) |
| Three Kindoms |
|
| 220 - 265 |
| 221 - 263 |
| 222 - 280 |
|
CAO Cao, LIU Bei, SUN Quan, ZHU Geliang |
| Jin of West |
|
265 - 316 |
|
| Jin of East and 16 Kindoms |
|
|
|
| Dynasty North-South |
| Dynacty of South |
|
| Dynasty of North |
| Wei of North |
| Wei of East |
| Qi of North |
| Wei of West |
| Zhou of North |
|
|
|
| 420 - 479 |
| 479 - 502 |
| 502 - 557 |
| 557 - 589 |
| 386 - 534 |
| 534 - 550 |
| 550 - 577 |
| 535 - 557 |
| 557 - 581 |
|
|
| Shui |
|
581 - 618 |
|
| Tang |
|
618 - 907 |
Tang Taizong
LI Shimin, LI Bai, BAI Juyi |
| Five Epochs and Ten Kindoms |
| Liang posterior |
| Tang posterior |
| Jin posterior |
| Han posterior |
| Zhou posterior |
| 10 Kindoms |
|
| 907 - 923 |
| 923 - 936 |
| 936 - 946 |
| 947 - 950 |
| 951 - 960 |
| 902 - 979 |
|
|
| Song |
| Song of North |
| Song of South |
|
|
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 |
