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Liang 907 — 922 Known as “Wu Tai’;
T’ang 923 — 935 or “Five Dynasties”
Chin 936 — 946 to distinguish them
Han 947 — 950 from other dynasties
Chou 951 — 959 similarly named.
“Southern Sung” from 1127 with
Sung 960–1280 Northern China under Manchus
and Mongols.
Yuan 1280–1368 Mongolian rule.
Ming 1368–1643 Chinese rule restored.
1368–1398 Hung–Wu
1399–1402 Chien Wen
1403–1424 Yung–Lo
1425– Hung–Hsi
1426–1435 Hsuan–Te
1436–1449 Cheng–Tung
1450–1457 Ching Tai
1457–1464 Tien Shun
1465–1487 Cheng–Hua
1488–1505 Hung–Chih
1506–1521 Cheng–Te
1522–1566 Chia–Ching
1567–1572 Lung–Ching
1573–1620 Wan–Li
1620– Tai–Chang
1621–1627 Tien–Chi
1628–1644 Chung–Chen
