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Observing the Unseen: Simplified Chronology of Chinese Dynasties with Selected Reign Periods

Observing the Unseen
Simplified Chronology of Chinese Dynasties with Selected Reign Periods
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table of contents
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Simplified Chronology of Chinese Dynasties with Selected Reign Periods
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter One. Fortune Telling, Storytelling
  8. Chapter Two. Thunder, Writing, and Justice
  9. Chapter Three. Dragons and Bugs
  10. Chapter Four. Water, Connoisseurship, and Curiosity
  11. Chapter Five. Unseen Practices
  12. Chapter Six. Animating Forces
  13. Conclusion
  14. Chinese Character Glossary
  15. Notes
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index

SIMPLIFIED CHRONOLOGY OF CHINESE DYNASTIES WITH SELECTED REIGN PERIODS

DYNASTY

DATES

NOTES

Shang

ca. 1600–1046 BCE

Earliest dynasty with archaeological evidence

Zhou

1046–256 BCE

Qin

221–206 BCE

First unified imperial dynasty

Han

206 BCE–220 CE

Former Han (206 BCE–9 CE) and

Later Han (25–220 CE)

Three Kingdoms

220–80

Also known as the Six Dynasties Period (220–589)

Jin

265–420

Southern and Northern Dynasties

420–589

Sui

581–618

Tang

618–907

Song

960–1279

Northern Song (960–1127) and

Southern Song (1127–1279)

Yuan

1271–1368

Mongol empire

Ming

1368–1644

Hongwu

1368–98

Yongle

1403–24

Xuande

1426–35

Zhengtong

1436–49

Chenghua

1465–87

Hongzhi

1488–1505

Zhengde

1506–21

Jiajing

1522–66

Longqing

1567–72

Wanli

1573–1620

Chongzheng

1628–44

Qing

1644–1911

Manchu dynasty

Shunzhi

1644–61

Kangxi

1662–1722

Yongzheng

1723–35

Qianlong

1736–95

Jiaqing

1796–1820

Daoguang

1821–50

Xianfeng

1851–61

Tongzhi

1862–74

Guangxu

1875–1908

Xuantong

1909–11

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