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Note: we and our authorities prefer the pinyin system of romanization over the deprecated Wade-Giles system. These styles are indicated in Getty ULAN. Note: In Chinese locations, the suffix “sheng” indicates a province name, and “xian” indicates a county. For example: the province Anhui maybe be written as Anhui Sheng. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_names_in_China

Xia (culture, period) - ca. 2000-1500 BCE

Erlitou

Shang - 1700-1027 BCE Shang styles:

• Anyang (Shang style) - 1384 to 111 BCE
• Xiaotun
• Zhengzhou

Zhou (culture):

• Western Zhou - ca. 1050 to 771 BCE
• Eastern Zhou - 770-221 BCE

Qin (style and period) - 221-207 BCE

Han (Chinese):

• Eastern Han - 25-220 CE
• Western Han - 206 BCE - 9 CE

Three Kingdoms (Chinese) - 220 to 280 CE (after fall of Han)

Southern and Northern Dynasties - 265 to 581 CE:

• Six Dynasties - 265-589 CE
  • Jin (Six Dynasties)
  • Southern Qi - 479 to 502
  • Liu Song - 420 to 479
  • Liang - 502 to 557
  • Chen - 557 to 589 CE

• Northern Dynasties:
  • Wei - 386 to 556 CE
  • Northern Qi - 550-577 CE (from Eastern Wei; conquered by Northern Zhou)
  • Northern Zhou - 557 to 581 CE (from Western Wei)

Sui - 589 to 618 CE

Tang (Chinese style)- 618 to 907 CE

Five Dynasties:

• Later Liang
• Later Tang
• Later Jin
• Later Han (Five Dynasties style)
• Later Zhou (Chinese)

Liao

Jin (Golden Tartars)

Song (Chinese style):

• Northern Song - 960-1127
• Southern Song - 1127-1279

Yüan - 1279-1368

Ming - 1368-1644:

• Hongwu
• Yongle
• Xuande
• Chenghua
• Hongzhi
• Zhengde
• Jiajing
• Longqing
• Wanli
• Tianqi
• Chongzhen

Qing - 1644-1911:

• Shunzhi
• Kangxi
• Yongzheng
• Qianlong (Chinese dynastic style)
• Jiaqing
• Daoguang
• Xianfeng
• Tongzhi
• Guangxu
• Xuantong

Xiongnu

Xixia