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HOME   -   GOVERNMENTS IN HISTORY   -   CHINA

 
   


Governments of China


Governments of China

 


 

Legendary:

... - ... BC Fu-hsi

... - ... BC Shen-nung (Shennong, Shen Nung, Yandi)

... - ... BC Huangdi (The Yellow Emperor, Huang Ti)

... - ... BC Yao

... - ... BC Shun

 

 

 

 

2070 - 1600 BC
(or 2207-1766 BC, or 2205-1766 BC)

Xia Dynasty (Hsia Dynasty)

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1600 - 1025 BC
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Shang Dynasty (Yin)

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1025 - 221 BC
(or 1122-256 BC, or 1046-256 BC)

Zhou Dynasty (Chou Dynasty, Western Chou; Eastern Chou begins in 771 BC)

1025 - 1022 BC King Wuwang (Wu-wang, Ji Fa)

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827 - 782 BC King Hsüan

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221 - 206 BC

Qin Dynasty (Ch'in Dynasty)

221 - 210 BC Shi-Huangdi (Zhao Zheng, or Ying Zheng)

 

 
   

206 BC - AD 9

Western (Xi) Han Dynasty (Former Han)

206 - 195 BC Gaozu (Liu Bang, Ji, Gaohuangdi)

 

 
   

9 - 25

Hsin Dynasty (Xin Dynasty)

9 - 23 Wang Mang (Jiahuangdi)

 

 
   

25 - 220

Eastern (Dong) Han Dynasty (Later Han)

25 - ... Liu Hsiu

 

 
   

220 - 265

Three Kingdoms (Sanguo, San-kuo; Triple division of China)

   

 

220 - 265 Wei Kingdom (Wei Dynasty, north China)
     220-226 Cao Pi

221 - 263 Shu Han (Sichuan Province)

222 - 280 Wu (south China)

 

 
   
265 - 316

Jin Dynasty (Chin, Western Chin)

265 - 290 Wudi (Wu Ti, Sima Yan, Jin Shizu)

   
   

317 - 589

North and South Dynasties

 


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Northern Dynasties
 

Southern Dynasties

386 - 534 Wei Dynasty (Northern)

534 - 550 Wei Dynasty (Eastern)
  
... - ... Wu (Empress)

550 - 577 Qi Dynasty

535 - 556 Wei Dynasty (Western)

557 - 581 Zhou Dynasty (Northern)

420 - 479 Song Dynasty (Sung Dynasty)
   420 - ... Liu Yü

479 - 502 Qi Dynasty

502 - 557 Lian Dynasty (Liang Dynasty)
   502 - ... Hsiao Yen

557 - 589 Chen Dynasty

 

 
   

581 - 618

Sui Dynasty

581 - 604 Wendi (Yang Jian, Yang Chien)

604 - 618 Yang (...)

 

 
   

618 - 907

Tang Dynasty

618 - 626 Gaozu (Li Yuan, Li Yüan)

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755 - 764 Rebellion of An Lu-shan

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907 - 960

Period of the Five Dynasties (Wu Tai)

 

Northern Dynasties
 

Southern Dynasties

907 - 923 Later Liang Dynasty

923 - 936 Later Tang Dynasty

936 - 946 Later Jin Dynasty

947 - 950 Later Han Dynasty

951 - 960 Later Zhou Dynasty

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... - 971 Han Dynasty

... - 975 T'ang Dynasty

 

 
   

960 - 1279

Sung Dynasty (Song Dynasty)

960 - 1127 Northern Sung Dynasty

   960 - 976 Taizu (T'ai-tsu, Zhao Kuangyin)


916 - 1125 Liao Dynasty in the Northeast (Khitan Empire)


1032 - 1227 Western Hsia Dynasty (Northwest)


1115 - 1234 Chin Dynasty (Jin Dynasty, Kin Dynasty, Juchen Dynasty, Jürchen Dynasty)


1127 - 1279 Southern Sung Dynasty (Nan Sung)

   1127 - 1162 Gaozong (Kao-tsung, Zhao Gou)


(The Sung retreats to south of the Huai River in 1127.
After 1127, all North China occupied by the Chin; after 1234, by the Mongols.)

 

 
   

1271 - 1367

Yuan Dynasty (Yüan Dynasty, Mongol Dynasty)

1271 - 1294 Kublai Khan

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1368 - 1644

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1505 - 1521 Zhengde (Cheng-Te, Zhu Houzhao)

1521 - 1567 Jiajing (Chia Ching, Zhu Houcong)

1567 - 1572 Longqing (Zhu Zaihou)

1572 - 1620 Wanli (Wan Li, Zhu Yijun)

1620 - 1627 Tianqi (T'ien-ch'i)

(1624-1627 Dictatorship of the eunuch Wei Chung-hsian [Wei Zhongxian])

 

 
   

1644 - 1911

Qing Dynasty (Ch'ing Dynasty, Manchu Dynasty, Manchu Empire)

Emperor:

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1661 - 1723 Kangxi (K'ang Hsi, Xuanye)

1723 - 1735 Yongzheng (Yung-cheng)

1735 - 1796 Qianlong (Ch'ien-lung, keeps reigning after 1796 until his death in 1799)

(Nominally:) 1796 - 1820 Chia-ch'ing (Jiaqing)

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1850 - 1861 Xianfeng (...)

1861 - 1875 Tongzhi (T'ung Chi)

1875 - 1908 Empress Tz'u-hsi (Cixi, Xitaihou, Xiaoqin Xianhuanghou, Empress Dowager)

(Nominally:) 1875 - 1908 Guangxu (Kuang Hsu)

1908 - 1911 Puyi (Henry Puyi, Xuantong)

 

 
   

1911 - 1949

Republic of China (on Taiwan after 1949)

Provisional President:

December 29, 1911 - February 1912 Sun-Yat-sen


President:

February 1912 - March 1916 Yuan Shikai (Yüan Shih-k'ai)

(1915 - March 1916 Yuan Shikai self-proclaimed emperor)

June 1916 - July 1917 Li Yuanhong (Li Yüan-hung)

(July 1917 attempted restoration of Emperor Puyi)

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1922 - June 1923 Li Yuanhong (Li Yüan-hung) (again)

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(1912 - 1927 Warlord Period)

1928 - 1949 Chiang Kai-shek (Chiang Chieh-shih, Chiang Chung-cheng, Jiang Jieshi)

 

 
   

1949 - Today

People's Republic of China (From October 1, 1949)

Chairman:

1949 - 1959 Mao Zedong

1959 - 1968 Liu Shaoqi

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Premier:

1976 - 1980 Hua Guofeng (Hua Kuo-feng, Su Zhu)

1980 - 1987 Zhao Ziyang (Chao Tzu-yang , Zhao Xiusheng)

(July 1977 - February 1997 Deng Xiaoping)


President:

1983 - 1988 Li Xiannian (Li Hsien-nien)

1988 - March 26, 1993 Yang Shangkun (Yang Shang-k'un)

March 27, 1993 - 2003 Jian Zemin (Chiang Tse-min)

2003 - ... Hu Jintao

 

 

 
   

  
 

 

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