Chinese+Fashion+Through+the+Ages-+Dynasties

 Dynasties are "a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group." Below you will find a table I got from http://stehou.tripod.com/china/dynasties.html. This is a table of all the dynasties that have reigned in China since 2205 B.C.   ||~ Time Period ||~ Notes || || **2205 BC - 1766 BC** (trad. dates) || Conquered by Shang1 || || **1766 BC - 1122 BC** (trad. dates) || Conquered by Zhou1 || -- Western Zhou1 -- Eastern Zhou1 || **1122 BC - 255 BC** (trad. dates) -- 1122 BC - 771 BC -- 771 BC - 255 BC || -- Broke up into small feudal states -- Conquered by someone || || **770 BC - 476 BC** || Small states united to ignite Warring States Period || -- Han4 -- Zhao4 -- Wei4 -- Chu3 -- Yan4 -- Qi2 -- Qin2 || **475 BC - 221 BC** -- until 230 BC -- before 403 BC - 228 BC -- until 225 BC -- until 223 BC -- until 222 BC -- until 221 BC -- until 206 BC (see below) || -- Conquered by Qin2 -- Conquered by Qin2 -- Conquered by Qin2 -- Conquered by Qin2 -- Conquered by Qin2 -- Conquered by Qin2 -- (see below) || || **221 BC - 206 BC** || Overthrown by Han rebels || -- Western Han4 -- Xin1 (interregnum) -- Eastern Han4 || **206 BC - AD 220** -- 206 BC - AD 8 -- 8 - 25 -- 25 - 220 || -- Overthrown by Xin1 rebels -- Overthrown by Eastern Han4 rebels -- Overthrown by Wei4 rebels || -- Wei4 -- Shu3 Han4 -- Wu2 || **220 - 265** -- 220 - 265/266 -- 221 - 263/264 -- 222 - 280 || -- Overthrown by Jin4 rebels -- Conquered by Wei4 -- Conquered by Jin4 || -- Western Jin4 -- Eastern Jin4 || **265 - 420** -- 265 - 316 -- 317 - 420 || -- Defeated by Xiongnu (Huns), moved east -- Overthrown by Liu Song4 rebels ||
 * ~ Dynasty
 * **Xia4**
 * **Shang1**
 * **Zhou1**
 * **Spring and Autumn Period**
 * **Warring States Period**
 * **Qin2**
 * **Han4**
 * **Three Kingdoms**
 * **Jin4**
 * **Northern and Southern Dynasties**

"Six" Dynasties Period in the South (Two of which are the Eastern Jin and Wu, see above) -- Liu Song4 -- Southern Qi2 -- Southern Liang2 -- Southern Chen2

Sixteen Kingdoms in the North -- Northern (Later) Wei4 -- Eastern Wei4 -- Western Wei4 -- Northern Qi2 -- Northern Zhou1 -- //et al.//, mostly non-Chinese kingdoms || **420 - 581**

-- 420 - 479 -- 479 - 502 -- 502 - 557 -- 557 - 589

-- 386 - 534/535 -- 534 - 549 -- 535 - 557 -- 550 - 577 -- 557 - 581 || -- ? -- ? -- ? -- ?

-- ? -- ? -- ? -- Conquered by Northern Zhou1 -- Overthrown by Sui rebels2 || || **581 - 618** || Overthrown by Tang2 rebels || || **618 - 907** || Overthrown by Later Liang2 rebels ||
 * **Sui2**
 * **Tang2**
 * **Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms**

Five Dynasties in the North -- Later Liang2 -- Later Tang2 -- Later Jin4 -- Later Han4 -- Later Zhou1

Ten Kingdoms in the South -- Wu -- Southern Tang -- Southern Ping -- Chu -- Former Shu -- Later Shu -- Min -- Northern Han -- Southern Han -- Wu Yue || **907 - 960**

-- 907 - 923 -- 923 - 936 -- 936 - 947 -- 947 - 951 -- 951 - 960

-- 902 - 937 -- 937 - 975/976 -- 924/925 - 963 -- 927 - 951 -- 907 - 925 -- 934 - 965 -- 909 - 945/946 -- 951 - 979 -- 917 - 971 -- 907 - 978 || -- Overthrown by Later Tang2 rebels -- Overthrown by Later Jin4 rebels -- Overthrown by Later Han4 rebels -- Overthrown by Later Zhou1 rebels -- Overthrown by Song4 rebels

-- ? -- Surrendered to Song4 -- ? -- ? -- ? -- ? -- ? -- ? -- ? -- Surrendered to Song4 || -- Northern Song4 -- Southern Song4 -- Liao4 (Khitan tribes in North China) -- Western Xia4 (Tangut tribes in Western China) -- Jin1 (Juchen tribes in North China) || **960 - 1279** -- 960 - 1127 -- 1127 - 1279 -- 907 - 1125 -- 1038 - 1227 -- 1115 - 1234 || -- Defeated by Jin, moved south -- Conquered by Mongols -- Conquered by Jin -- Conquered by Mongols -- Declared ind. from Liao, conquered by Mongols || || **1279 - 1368** || Expelled by Ming rebels || || **1368 - 1644** || Conquered by Qing || || **1644 - 1912** || Overthrown by republican rebels || -- Mainland -- Taiwan || **1912 - present** -- 1912 - 1949 -- 1949 - present || -- Defeated by Communists, moved to Taiwan -- Retroceded by Japan in 1945 ||
 * **Song4**
 * **Yuan2** (Mongol)
 * **Ming2**
 * **Qing1** (Manchu)
 * **Republic of China** (ROC)
 * **People's Republic of China** (PRC) || **1949 - present** ||

As you can see, there were LOTS of dynaties. Which means there were LOTS of changes in fashion! Click here to go back to my original page.