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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Curse of the Golden Flower and the Dynasties in China

After watching Curse of the Golden Flower, I am amazed at the rich culture in the Tang Dynasty. So I surf the net to find out more about the History of China, the result - this : the History of China in the nutshell from wikipedia:

Dynasties in China:
Dynasty Links Years
The Three August Ones and the Five Emperors 三皇五帝 sān huáng wǔ dì (H - E) before 2070 BC 628+
Xia xià (H - E) 2070 BC - 1600 BC 470
Shang shāng (H - E) 1600 BC - 1046 BC 554
Western Zhou 西周 xī zhōu (H - E) 1046 BC - 771 BC 275
Eastern Zhou

traditionally divided into
Spring and Autumn Period
Warring States Period

東周


春秋
戰國

dōng zhōu


chūn qiū
zhàn guó

(H - E)


(H - E)
(H - E)

770 BC - 256 BC


722 BC - 476 BC
475 BC - 221 BC

514


246
254

Qin qín (H - E) 221 BC - 206 BC 15
Western Han 西漢 xī hàn (H - E) 206 BC - 9 AD 215
Xin xīn (H - E) 9 - 25 16
Eastern Han 東漢 dōng hàn (H - E) 25 - 220 195
Three Kingdoms 三國 sān guó (H - E) 220 - 265 45
Western Jin 西晉 xī jìn (H - E) 265 - 317 52
Eastern Jin 東晉 dōng jìn (H - E) 317 - 420 103
Northern and Southern Dynasties 南北朝 nán běi cháo (H - E) 420 - 581 161
Sui suí (H - E) 581 - 618 37
Tang táng (H - E) 618 - 907 289
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 wǔ dài shí guó (H - E) 907 - 960 53
Northern Song 北宋 běi sòng (H - E) 960 - 1127 167
Southern Song 南宋 nán sòng (H - E) 1127 - 1279 152
Liao liáo (H - E) 916 - 1125 209
Jin jīn (H - E) 1115 - 1234 119
Yuan yuán (H - E) 1271 - 1368 97
Ming míng (H - E) 1368 - 1644 276
Qing qīng (H - E) 1644 - 1911 267

There is actually a mnemonics to help memorise this:
三皇五帝夏商周
春秋戰國秦漢流
三國魏晉南北隋
唐宋元明清民收


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