Chinese Dynastic Chronology
Note: In general, the p4A reference database uses the Pinyin naming convention system for Chinese Terminology. Where the name varies under the Wade-Giles system p4A will present that alternative in brackets. For example: Qing [or Ch'ing] Dynasty.
Neolithic Period, circa 6500 to 1700 BC
Xia Dynasty, circa 2100 to 1600 BC
Shang Dynasty, circa 1600 to 1100 BC
Zhou [or Chou] Dynasty, circa 1100 to 256 BC
Western Zhou, circa 1100 to 771 BC
Eastern Zhou, circa 770 to 256 BC
Spring & Autumn Period, circa 770 to 475 BC
Warring States Period, circa 476 to 221 BC
Qin [Ch'in] Dynasty, circa 221 to 206 BC
Han Dynasty, circa 206 BC to AD 220
Western Han, circa 206 BC to AD 8
Xin (Wang Mang Interregnum), AD 9 to 23
Eastern Han, 25 to 220
Three Kingdoms, 220 to 265
Wei, 220 to 265
Shu Han, circa 221 to 263
Wu, 222 to 263
Jin Dynasty, 265 to 420
Western Jin, 265 to 317Eastern Jin, 317 to 420
Southern Dynasties, 420 to 589
Liu Song, 420 to 479
Southern Qi, 479 to 502
Liang, 502 to 557
Chen, 557 to 589
Northern Dynasties 420 to 581
Northern Wei 386 to 534
Eastern Wei 534 to 550
Northern Qi 550 to 577
Western Wei 535 to 556
Northern Zhou 557 to 581
Sui Dynasty, 581 to 618
Tang [T'ang] Dynasty, 618 to 907
Five Dynasties, 907 to 960
Later Liang, 907 to 923
Later Tang [T'ang], 923 to 936
Later Jin, 936 to 946
Later Han, 947 to 950
Later Zhou, 951 to 960
Liao Dynasty, 907 to 1125
Song [Sung] Dynasty, 960 to 1279
Northern Song [Sung], 960 to 1127
Southern Song [Sung], 1127 to 1279
Jin Dynasty, 1115 to 1234
Yuan Dynasty, 1279 to 1368
Ming Dynasty, 1368 to 1644
Hongwu [Zhu Yuanzhang, or Chu Yuan-chang], 1368 to 1398
Jianwen, 1399 to 1402
Yongle, 1403 to 1425
Hongxi, 1425
Xuande, 1426 to 1435
Zhengtong, 1436 to 1449
Jingtai, 1450 to 1456
Tianshun, 1457 to 1464
Chenghua, 1465 to 1487
Hongzhi, 1488 to 1505
Zhengde, 1506 to 1521
Jiajing, 1522 to 1566
Longqing, 1567 to 1572
Wanli, 1573 to 1619
Taichang, 1620
Tianqi 1620 to 1627
Chongzhen 1628 to 1644
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty, 1644 to 1911
Shunzhi, 1644 to 1661
Kang Xi [K'ang-hsi], 1661 to 1722
Yong Zheng [Yung Cheng], 1723 to 1735
Qian Long [Ch'ien-lung], 1736 to 1795
Jiaqing, 1796 to 1820
Daoguang, 1821 to 1850
Xianfeng, 1851 to 1861
Tongzhi, 1862 to 1874
Guangxu, 1875 to 1908
Xuantong, 1908 to 1911
Republic of China, 1911 to 1949
Hongxian (Yuan Shikai) [Yuan Shih-k'ai], 1915 to 1916
People’s Republic of China, 1949 to present.