Picture from X. (Click to see large pic)A Brief Chinese Dynasties Chronology夏 Xia Dyn

Picture from X. (Click to see large pic)A Brief Chinese Dynasties Chronology夏 Xia Dynasty C.2100－C.1600 B.C.商 Shang Dynasty C.1600－C.1100 B.C. 周 ZhouDynasty   -西周 WesternZhou Dynasty C.1100－771 B.C.   -东周 EasternZhou dynasty 770－256 B.C.   -春秋 Spring andAutumn period 770－476 B.C.   -战国 WarringStates 475－221 B.C. 秦 QinDynasty 221－206 B.C. 汉 HanDynasty   -西汉 Western Han206 B.C.－24 A.D.   -东汉 Eastern Han25－220 A.D. 三国 ThreeKingdoms   -魏 Wei 220－265   -蜀汉 Shu Han 221－263 吴 Wu 222－280 西晋 WesternJin Dynasty 265－316 东晋 EasternJin Dynasty 317－420 南北朝 Northernand Southern Dynasty   -南朝 Southern Dynasty     -宋 Song 420－479     -齐 Qi 479－502     -梁 Liang 502－557     -陈 Chen 557－589 -北朝 Northern Dynasty     -北魏 Northern Wei 386－534     -东魏 Eastern Wei 534－550     -北齐 Northern Qi 550－577     -西魏 Western Wei 535－556     -北周 Northern Zhou 557－581 隋 SuiDynasty 581－618 唐 TangDynasty 618－907 五代 FiveDynasties   -后梁 Later Liang907－923   -后唐 Later Tang 923－936   -后晋 Later Jin 936－946   -后汉 Later Han 947－950   -后周 Later Zhou 951－960 宋 SongDynasty   -北宋 NorthernSong Dynasty 960－1127   -南宋 SouthernSong Dynasty 1127－1279 辽 LiaoDynasty 916－1125 金 JinDynasty 1115－1234 元 YuanDynasty 1271－1368 明 MingDynasty 1368－1644 清 QingDynasty 1644－1911 中华民国 Republic of China 1912－1949 中华人民共和国 People’s Republic of China 1949－ —--It’s like I’m going over my history texts before the exam back in high school. :) Actually there is an era called 虞(Yu C.3600-C.2100) before Xia Dynasty, and its most famous ruler and leader is 舜(shun). I believe every Chinese has heard his name. The statement that Yu is a dynasty isn’t dominant in academia, however, there are ancient documents supporting this statement and listing every “emperor” of Yu. Thus not just a few scholars consider Yu is indeed a dynasty and does not belong to primitive society.  -- source link

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