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| Dynasty | 朝代 | Period Covered |
| Three Kings & Five Emperors | 三 皇 五 帝 | c. 2700 - 2200 B.C. |
| Xia | 夏 | c. 2200 - 1600 B.C. |
| Shang | 商 | 1600 - 1066 B.C. |
| Zhou | 周 | < |
| - Western Zhou | - 西 周 | 1066 B.C. - 771 B.C. |
| - Eastern Zhou | - 東 周 | < |
| = Spring-Autumn | = 春 秋 | c. 800 - 300 B.C. |
| = Warring-States | = 戰 國 | 770 - 221 B.C. |
| Qin | 秦 | 221 - 206 B.C. |
| Han | 漢 | < |
| - Western Han | - 西 漢 | 206 B.C. - 8 A.D. |
| - Sin Mang | - 新 莽 | 8 - 25 A.D. |
| - Eastern Han | - 東 漢 | 25 - 220 A.D. |
| The 3 Kingdoms | 三 國 | < |
| - Wei | - 魏 | 220 - 265 A.D. |
| - Shu | - 蜀 | 221 - 263 A.D. |
| - Wu | - 吳 | 222 - 280 A.D. |
| Western Jin | 西 晉 | 265 - 316 A.D. |
| Eastern Jin (at South) | 東 晉 | 317 - 420 A.D. |
| Five Wu & Sixteen Kingdoms (at North) | 五 胡 十 六 國 | 304 - 420 A.D. |
| The Southern Dynasty (at South) | 南 朝 | < |
| - Song | - 宋 | 420 - 479 A.D. |
| - Qi | - 齊 | 479 - 502 A.D. |
| - Liang | - 梁 | 502 - 557 A.D. |
| - Chen | - 陳 | 557 - 589 A.D. |
| The Northern Dynasty (at North) | 北 朝 | < |
| - Northern Wei | - 北 魏 | 386 - 534 A.D. |
| - Eastern Wei | - 東 魏 | 534 - 550 A.D. |
| - Western Wei | - 西 魏 | 535 - 556 A.D. |
| - Northern Qi | - 北 齊 | 550 - 581 A.D. |
| - Northern Zhou | - 北 周 | 556 - 581 A.D. |
| Sui | 隋 | 581 - 618 A.D. |
| Tang | 唐 | 618 - 907 A.D. |
| Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms | 五 代 十 國 | 907 - 960 A.D. |
| Liao | 遼 | 907 - 1125 A.D. |
| Song | 宋 | < |
| - Northern Song | - 北 宋 | 960 - 1127 A.D. |
| - Southern Song | - 南 宋 | 1127 - 1279 A.D. |
| Jin | 金 | 1115 - 1234 A.D. |
| Yuan | 元 | 1279 - 1368 A.D. |
| Ming | 明 | 1368 - 1644 A.D. |
| Qing | 清 | 1644 - 1912 A.D. |
| Republic of China | 中 華 民 國 | 1912 - present |
| - People's Republic of China | - 中華人民共和國 | 1949 - |