Table of the Chinese Dynasties


Mythical	2697-2206 BC	Legendary
Hsia	2205-1766 BC	With the Chou, known as the “San Tai” or “Three Dynasties”.
Shang	1783-1122 BC
(Yin)
Chou	1122-222 BC	The classic period; Ch’un Ch’iu period 722-481; Chan Kuo period 403-221.
Chin	221-206 BC	China reunified.
Han	206 BC – AD 219	“Eastern Han” (from AD 25)
Wei	220-264	“The Three Kingdoms” (Wei, Wu and Shu) from AD 200
Ch’in	265-419	Eastern Ch’in from 317. Barbarian kingdoms in North China 304-439.
NORTH & SOUTH		With the Wu and Eastern Chin, known as the “Six Dynasties of the southern culture.
Sung	420-478
Ch’i	479-501
Liang	502-556
Ch’en	557- 588
Sui	589-617	China reunified.
T’ang	618-906	The Apogee: T’ang Dynasty
WU TAI	or “Five Dynasties
Liang	907-922
T’ang	923-935
Chin	936-946
Han	947-950
Chou	951-959
Sung	960-1280	“Southern Sung” from 1127 with Northern China under Manchus and Mongols.
Yuan	1280-1368	Mongolian rule.
Ming	1368-1643	Chinese rule restored.
	1368-1398	Hung-Wu
	1399-1402	Chien Wen
	1403-1424	Yung-Lo
	1425-	Hung-Hsi
	1426-1435	Hsuan-Te
	1436-1449	Cheng-Tung
	1450-1457	Ching Tai
	1457-1464	Tien Shun
	1465-1487	Cheng-Hua
	1488-1505	Hung-Chih
	1506-1521	Cheng-Te
	1522-1566	Chia-Ching
	1573-1620	Wan-Li
	1620-	Tai-Chang
	1621-1627	Tien-Chi
	1628-1644	Chung-Chen
Ch’ing	1644-1911	Manchurian rule
	1644-1661	Shun-Chih
	1662-1722	K’ang-Hsi
	1723-1735	Yung-Cheng
	1736-1795	Chien Lung
	1796-1821	Chia Ch’ing
	1821-1850	Tao-Kuang
	1851-1861	Hsien-Feng
	1862-1873	Tung-Chih
	1875-1908	Kuang-Hsu
	1908-1949	Hsuan-Tung
Republic of China	1912-1949
People’s Republic of China	1949 –