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 |