115
CHINESE DYNASTIES.
No.
Names of dynasties.
1. Mythological line
Number of sovereigns. Years of reign. Commencing.
3 sovereigns 81,600
B. C.
2. The Wú tí
8
647
2852
3. The Hiá dynasty
17
439
2205
4. The Sháng dynasty
28
644
1766
5. The Chau dynasty
35
873
1122
"
6. The Tsin dynasty
7. The After Tsin dynasty
8. The Hán dynasty
9. The Eastern Hin dynasty
10. The After Hán dynasty 11. The Tain dynasty
12. The Eastern Tsin dynasty
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8
249
..
2
44
246
**
14
226
202
12
196
A. D. 25
11
2
44
221
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4
52
265
**
11
103
317
"
13. The Northern Sung dynasty 8
59
420
".
14. The Tsí dynasty
5
23
479
"
15. The Liáng dynasty
4
55
502
"
16. The Chin dynasty
5
32
557
**
17. The Sui dynasty
31
589
18. The Tang dynasty 19. The After Liáng dynasty 20. The After Táng dynasty 21. The After Tsin dynasty
20
297
620
"
2
16
907
""
4
13
929
2
11
936
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22. The After Hán dynasty 23. The After Chau dynasty
2
947
"
3
9
951
24. The Sung dynasty
9
157
960
25. The Southern Sung dynasty 9
153
1127
"
26. The Yuen dynasty
9
88
1230
27. The Ming dynasty
16
276
1363
..
28. The Tá Tsing dynasty has 12
201
1644
"
The whole number of sovereigns in the foregoing list, exclusive of the mythological line, is 246.
The number of years-excluding the reign of the three august sovereigns-is 4697, which gives to each dynasty a fraction more than 173 years; and to each sovereign a period of little more than 19 years,
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