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This is a list of the Chinese era names used by the various dynasties and regimes in the history of China, sorted by monarch. The English renditions of the era names in this list are based on the Hanyu Pinyin system. However, some academic works utilize the Wade–Giles romanization.
The formal name of Chinese dynasties was usually derived from one of the following sources: The name of the ruling tribe or tribal confederation [108] [109] e.g., the Western Xia dynasty took its name from its ruling class, the Xia tribal confederation [108] The noble title held by the dynastic founder prior to the founding of the dynasty [108 ...
[a] The earliest rulers in traditional Chinese historiography are of mythological origin, and followed by the Xia dynasty of highly uncertain and contested historicity. During the subsequent Shang ( c. 1600–1046 BCE ) and Zhou (1046–256 BCE) dynasties, rulers were referred to as Wang 王 , meaning king . [ 4 ]
Most Chinese era names consisted of two Chinese characters, even though era names with three, four and six characters also existed. Shijianguo (始建國; lit. "the beginning of establishing a country") of the Xin dynasty, Tiancewansui (天冊萬歲; lit. "Heaven-conferred longevity") of the Wu Zhou, and Tiancilishengguoqing (天賜禮盛國慶 ...
Military history by Imperial Chinese dynasty (8 C) People by Imperial Chinese dynasty (21 C) F. Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (28 C, 30 P) K. House of Koxinga (8 P) Q.
Wu Zetian, an empress consort who became an imperial ruler during the Tang dynasty and during the emperor Gaozong. After the death of her husband, she became the sole ruler of China for more than two decades. 626–636: Empress Zhangsun, empress consort of Emperor Taizong; 650–655: Empress Wang, first empress consort of Emperor Gaozong
The name New China has been frequently applied to China by the Chinese Communist Party as a positive political and social term contrasting pre-1949 China (the establishment of the PRC) and the new name of the socialist state, Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó (in the older postal romanization, Chunghwa Jenmin Konghokuo), or the "People's ...
The Ming dynasty was the last unified dynasty founded by the Han ethnic group in Chinese history, lasting for 276 years. [1] The dynasty continued the tradition of using the emperor's era name, which began with Emperor Wu of Han, to record the year. In total, there were 17 era names used.