Southern and Northern Dynasties

Southern and Northern DynastiesAD 420-588The Southern and Northern dynastic period is subdivided as follows:

• Southern Dynasties:
  • Song, “song”, 420-478
  • Qi, “chee”, 479-501
  • Liang, “leeyang”, 502-556
  • Chen, “chen”, 557-588
• Northern Dynasties:
  • Northern Wei, “way”, 386-533 (Shaolin Temple was established under Northern Wei rule.)
  • Eastern Wei, 534-549
  • Western Wei, 535-557
  • Northern Qi, “chee”, 550-577
  • Northern Zhou, “joh”, 557-588

Xia Dynasty ca 2000-1500BC
Shang Dynasty 1700-1027BC
Zhou Dynasty 1027-221BC
Qin Dynasty 221-207BC
Han Dynasty 206BC - AD 220
Three Kingdoms 220-280
Western Jin Dynasty 265-420
Southern and Northern Dynasties 420-588
Sui Dynasty 581-617
Tang Dynasty 618-907
Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms 907-979
Liao Dynasty 916-1125
Song Dynasty 960-1279
Yuan Dynasty 1279-1368
Ming Dynasty 1368-1644
Qing Dynasty 1644-1911
Republic of China 1911-1949
People’s Republic of China 1949-present