| dynasty | start and end | capital | Today, the earth | |
| summer | About 2146-1675 BC | Anyi | Xia County, Shanxi | |
| quotient① | About 1675-1029 BC | bo | Shangqiu, Henan | |
| week | Western Zhou Dynasty | About 1029-771 BC② | Haojing | Xi'an, Shaanxi |
| Eastern Zhou Dynasty | 770-256 years ago | Luoyi | Luoyang, Henan | |
| Qin | 221-207 years ago | Xianyang | Xianyang, Shaanxi | |
| Han | Western Han Dynasty③ | 206 BC - 25 AD | Chang'an | Xi'an, Shaanxi |
| Eastern Han Dynasty | 25-220. | Luoyang | Luoyang, Henan | |
| Three Kingdoms | Wei | 220-265 | Luoyang | Luoyang, Henan |
| Shu | 221-263 | Chengdu | Chengdu, Sichuan | |
| Wu | 222-280 | Jianye | Nanjing, Jiangsu | |
| Western Jin Dynasty | 265-317 | Luoyang | Luoyang, Henan | |
| Eastern Jin Dynasty Sixteen Kingdoms | Eastern Jin Dynasty | 317-420 | Jiankang | Nanjing, Jiangsu |
| Sixteen Kingdoms④ | 304-439 | " | " | |
| Southern Dynasties | Song | 420-479 | Jiankang | Nanjing, Jiangsu |
| Qi | 479-502 | Jiankang | Nanjing, Jiangsu | |
| beam | 502-557 | Jiankang | Nanjing, Jiangsu | |
| Chen | 557-589 | Jiankang | Nanjing, Jiangsu | |
| Northern Dynasty | Northern Wei | 386-534 | Pingcheng | Shanxi Datong |
| Luoyang | Luoyang, Henan | |||
| Eastern Wei | 534-550 | Ye | Linzhang, Hebei | |
| Northern Qi | 550-577 | Ye | Linzhang, Hebei | |
| Western Wei | 535-557 | Chang'an | Xi'an, Shaanxi | |
| Northern Zhou Dynasty | 557-581 | Chang'an | Xi'an, Shaanxi | |
| Sui | 581-618 | Daxing | Xi'an, Shaanxi | |
| Don | 618-907 | Chang'an | Xi'an, Shaanxi | |
| Five generations Ten kingdoms | rear beam | 907-923 | bian | Kaifeng, Henan |
| Later Tang Dynasty | 923-936 | Luoyang | Luoyang, Henan | |
| Later Jin | 936-946 | bian | Kaifeng, Henan | |
| Later Han Dynasty | 947-950 | bian | Kaifeng, Henan | |
| the week after | 951-960 | bian | Kaifeng, Henan | |
| Ten kingdoms⑤ | 902-979 | " | " | |
| Song | Northern Song Dynasty | 960-1127 | Kaifeng | Kaifeng, Henan |
| Southern Song Dynasty | 1127-1279 | Lin'an | Lin'an, Zhejiang | |
| liao | 907-1125 | Imperial Capital (Shangjing) | Liaoning Bahrain Right Banner | |
| Western Xia | 1038-1227 | Xingqing Prefecture | Yinchuan, Ningxia | |
| gold | 1115-1234 | Hoeryong | Acheng (Heilongjiang) | |
| Zhongdu | Beijing | |||
| Kaifeng | Kaifeng, Henan | |||
| Yuan | 1206-1368 | mostly | Beijing | |
| Ming | 1368-1644 | Beijing | Beijing | |
| clear | 1616-1911 | Beijing | Beijing | |
| Republic of China | 1912-1949 | Nanjing | Nanjing, Jiangsu | |
| The People's Republic of China was established on October 1, 1949, with Beijing as its capital. | ||||
Chinese historical dynasty time query table: the beginning and end times of Chinese dynasties, the location of the capital, and the current corresponding place names of the capital
① About the 14th century BC, Pan Geng moved its capital to Yin, after which Shang also became Yin
② 841 BC (the first year of the Republic of the Western Zhou Dynasty) is the beginning of the exact year of Chinese history
③ Including the "new" dynasty established by Wang Mang (8-23 AD). During Wang Mang's period, a large-scale peasant uprising broke out and a peasant regime was established. In 23 AD, the new Wang Mang regime fell. In 25 AD, the Eastern Han Dynasty was established
④ During this period, in the north of our country, there have been some feudal regimes, including: Han (former Zhao), Cheng (Cheng Han), Qianliang, Houzhao (Wei), Qianyan, former Qin, Houyan, later Qin, Western Qin, Houliang, Nanliang, Beiliang, Nanyan, Xiliang, Beiyan, Xia and other countries, historically called "Sixteen Kingdoms"
⑤ During this period, in addition to the later Liang, later Tang, later Jin, later Han, and later Zhou Dynasties, there were also some feudal regimes, including: Wu, Qianshu, Wu Yue, Chu, Min, Southern Han, Jingnan (Nanping), Houshu, Southern Tang, Northern Han and other countries, historically called "Ten Kingdoms"
