| Dates |
Dynasty |
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| ca. 2000-1500 B.C. | Xia |  |
| 1700-1027 B.C. | Shang |  |
| 1027-771 B.C. | Western Zhou |   |
| 770-221 B.C. | Eastern Zhou |  |
| 770-476 B.C. -- Spring and Autumn period |   |
| 475-221 B.C. -- Warring States period |  |
| 221-207 B.C. | Qin |  |
| 206 B.C.-A.D. 9 | Western Han |  |
| A.D. 9-24 | Xin (Wang Mang interregnum) |  |
| A.D. 25-220 | Eastern Han | |
| A.D. 220-280 | Three Kingdoms |  |
| 220-265 -- Wei |  |
| 221-263 -- Shu |  |
| 229-280 -- Wu |  |
| A.D. 265-316 | Western Jin |  |
| A.D. 317-420 | Eastern Jin | |
| A.D. 420-588 | Southern and Northern Dynasties |    |
| 420-588 | Southern Dynasties | |
| 420-478 -- Song |  |
| 479-501 -- Qi |  |
| 502-556 -- Liang |  |
| 557-588 -- Chen |  |
| 386-588 | Northern Dynasties | |
| 386-533 -- Northern Wei | |
| 534-549 -- Eastern Wei | |
| 535-557 -- Western Wei | |
| 550-577 -- Northern Qi | |
| 557-588 -- Northern Zhou | |
| A.D. 581-617 | Sui |  |
| A.D. 618-907 | Tang |  |
| A.D. 907-960 | Five Dynasties |  |
| 907-923 -- Later Liang |  |
| 923-936 -- Later Tang | |
| 936-946 -- Later Jin | |
| 947-950 -- Later Han | |
| 951-960 -- Later Zhou | |
| A.D. 907-979 | Ten Kingdoms |  |
| A.D. 960-1279 | Sung | |
| 960-1127 -- Northern Sung | |
| 1127-1279 -- Southern Song | |
| A.D. 916-1125 | Liao |  |
| A.D. 1038-1227 | Western Xia | |
| A.D. 1115-1234 | Jin |  |
| A.D. 1279-1368 | Yuan |  |
| A.D. 1368-1644 | Ming |  |
| A.D. 1644-1911 | Qing |  |
| A.D. 1911-1949 | Republic of China (in mainland China) |  |
| A.D. 1949- | Republic of China (in Taiwan) |
| A.D. 1949- | People's Republic of China | 
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