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The longest-reigning orthodox dynasty of China was the Zhou dynasty, ruling for a total length of about 790 years, albeit it is divided into the Western Zhou and the Eastern Zhou in Chinese historiography. [11]
Timeline of Chinese history. This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its dynasties. To read about the background to these events, see History of China. See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties of China and years in China.
[a] The earliest rulers in traditional Chinese historiography are of mythological origin, and followed by the Xia dynasty of highly uncertain and contested historicity. During the subsequent Shang ( c. 1600–1046 BCE ) and Zhou (1046–256 BCE) dynasties, rulers were referred to as Wang 王 , meaning king . [ 4 ]
The official term used for "year" was "zǎi" (載). Also used by Silla. Qianyuan 乾元: 758–760 CE 3 years In the 2nd lunar month of the 1st year of Qianyuan, the official term for "year" was switched from "zǎi" (載) back to "nián" (年). [2] Also used by Silla. Shangyuan 上元: 760–761 CE 2 years Also used by Silla. Baoying 寶應 ...
The Han dynasty was founded by Liu Bang, who emerged victorious in the Chu–Han Contention that followed the fall of the Qin dynasty. A golden age in Chinese history, the Han dynasty's long period of stability and prosperity consolidated the foundation of China as a unified state under a central imperial bureaucracy, which was to last ...
Kaifeng was the capital of various dynasties, including: The state of Wei (443 BC – 225 BC) in the Zhou dynasty, when it was called Daliang. Later Liang dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, from AD 913 to 923. Later Jin dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, in AD 937.
Conclusion of the Longxing Peace Accord which heralded the start of a 40-year-long peace with the Song dynasty, increase in government revenue, and good governance. Reign of Mingchang [34] 明昌之治: Emperor Zhangzong of Jin: 1189–1208 CE Peak of the Jin dynasty; the Jin dynasty was the most powerful and prosperous state in East Asia ...
Dynastic cycle (traditional Chinese: 朝代循環; simplified Chinese: 朝代循环; pinyin: Cháodài Xúnhuán) is an important political theory in Chinese history. According to this theory, each dynasty of China rises to a political, cultural, and economic peak and then, because of moral corruption, declines, loses the Mandate of Heaven ...