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CHINESE DYNASTIES.
No.
Names of dynasties.
1. Mythological line 2. The Wú tí
3. The Hiá dynasty 4. The Sháng dynasty 5. The Chau dynasty
6. The Tsin dynasty
Number of sovereigns.
Years of reign. Commencing.
3 sovereigns 81,600
B. C.
8
647
2852
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17
439
2205
""
855
28
644
1766
35
873
1122
99
1
3
249
"
7. The After Tsin dynasty
2
44
246
8. The Hán dynasty
9. The Eastern Hán dynasty 12 10. The After Hán dynasty
11. The Tsin dynasty
12. The Eastern Tsin dynasty 11
13. The Northern Sung dynasty 8
14. The Tsí dynasty
14
226
202
39
196
A. D.
25
2
44
221
"
4
52
265
103
317
"
59
420
""
5
23
479
""
15. The Liáng dynasty
16. The Chin dynasty
17. The Sui dynasty
4
55
502
99
5
32
557
4
31
589
"
26. The Yuen dynasty
18. The Táng dynasty 19. The After Liáng dynasty 20. The After Táng dynasty 21. The After Tsin dynasty 22. The After Hán dynasty 23. The After Chau dynasty 24. The Sung dynasty
25. The Southern Sung dynasty 9
27, The Ming dynasty
20
287
620
2
16
907
"
4
13
929
2
11
936
"
2
4
947
"
3
9
951
""
C
9
157
960
153
1127
9
88
1280
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16
276
1368
28. The Tá Tsing dynasty has
201
1644
39
The whole number of sovereigns in the foregoing list, exclusive of the mythological line, is 234,
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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