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 cháo dài dynasty / reign (of a king)
 wáng cháo dynasty
 cháo tíng court / imperial household / dynasty
 Hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2] / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897
 chuán qí legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
 dà hàn big person / the great Han dynasty
 Cháng ān Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2] / now 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1], a district of Xi'an
 zǒng jiān head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration
 nián jiān in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade)
 Shàng dū Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
 Dà Táng the Tang dynasty (618-907)
 Zhōng dū Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing
 shū yuàn academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
 Liú Bèi Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 / (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
 Qīng dài Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
 Qīng cháo Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
 Sān guó zhì History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿[Chen2 Shou4] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[Jin4 chao2], 65 scrolls
 Míng dài the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
 Táng cháo Tang dynasty (618-907)
 Táng dài Tang dynasty (618-907)
西 Xī yù Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])
 Míng cháo Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
 Lǐ Bái Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one
 qǐ méng to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty
 Sòng dài Song dynasty (960-1279)
 yín liǎng silver currency / currency of the Qing dynasty based on the silver tael 兩|两
 Nán sòng the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
 Běi Sòng the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
 Hàn dài the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
 Dōng hàn Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
 Zhū Yuán zhāng Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]
西 Xī Hàn Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
 Wǔ dài Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
 Yuè Fēi Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song dynasty patriot and general
 Sòng cháo Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 / (420-479)
 Sū Shì Su Shi (1037-1101), also known as Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1] northern Song Dynasty writer and calligrapher / one of the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
 Fēng shén Bǎng Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
 Gāo lí Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392 / Korea, esp. in context of art and culture
 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
 Qīng mò the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2] / late Qing
 Zhèng Hé Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer
 Yuán dài the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
西 Xī Xià Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項|党项 / occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols
 Mǎn Qīng Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan)
 Jiàn ān reign name (196-219) at the end of the Han dynasty
 Bái Jū yì Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet
 Hàn cháo Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
 xiē zi wedge / peg / stopper / prologue (in some modern novels) / prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama
 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal
 Běi yáng the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
 Pān Jīn lián Pan Jinlian (name lit. Golden Lotus), heroine of Ming dynasty vernacular novel Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅
使 jié dù shǐ Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
 Tài zōng posthumous name given to second emperor of a dynasty / King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
 Lǐ shì the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910)
 Jīn píng méi Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content
 Zēng Guó fān Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
 Yuán cháo Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
 xiān Qín pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC
 Shān hǎi guān Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall / Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei
 Dà Qín Han Dynasty term for the Roman Empire 羅馬帝國|罗马帝国[Luo2 ma3 Di4 guo2]
 Qín cháo Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC)
鸿 Lǐ Hóng zhāng Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
 Tǔ bō Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet / the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD / also pr. [Tu3 fan1]
 Xīn hài Gé mìng Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
 jūn jī military aircraft / secret plan / Privy Council during the Qing dynasty
 Hàn shū History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
 Lǐ Zì chéng Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty
 Sī mǎ Qiān Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
 Dōng Jìn Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420
 Sān zàng Tripitaka (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645 / same as 玄奘
 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1]
 Jì gōng Jigong or Daoji (1130-1207), Southern Song Dynasty Buddhist monk
 Wú Sān guì Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty
 Huà Tuó Hua Tuo (?-208), famous doctor at the end of Han Dynasty
 Yè láng small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty
 Zhū Xī Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子[Zhu1 zi3], Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism
 Nu:3 zhēn Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] and Qing Dynasty
 Lu:3 Bù wéi / Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]
 Wáng An1 shí Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
 chán yú chanyu (Han Dynasty name for chiefs of Xiongnu Huns 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2])
 Hán Yù Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4] and neoclassical 復古|复古[fu4 gu3] movements
 Táo Yuān míng Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
 Nǔ ěr hā chì Nurhaci (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] (from 1616)
 Sī mǎ Yì Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty
 Yán dì Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
 Xuán zàng Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645
 Qín Huì Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1]
 bā qí Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
 Diāo Chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü / Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]
 qián cháo the previous dynasty
 fú jìn in Qing dynasty, Manchurian word for wife
 Zhí lì Ming and Qing dynasty province directly administered by Beijing, including Beijing, Tianjin, most of Hebei and Henan and part of Shandong
 Oū yáng Xiū Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
 jiǔ dǐng the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
 Lǐ Sī Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC
广 Hú guǎng Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province)
 Dá jǐ Daji (c. 11th century BC), concubine of the last Shang dynasty king Zhou Xin 紂辛|纣辛[Zhou4 Xin1]
 Chéng Yǎo jīn Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知節|程知节[Cheng2 Zhi1 jie2], Chinese general of the Tang dynasty
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