TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL CHINESE DYNASTIES
Legendary Chinese history extends from the twenty-ninth to the tenth century B.C., the first dynasty emerging from the mists being the
| Chow dynasty | 1122 to 249 B.C. |
| Han dynasty | 206 B.C. to 220 A.D. |
| Tang dynasty | 618 A.D. to 906 A.D. |
| Sung dynasty | 960 A.D. to 1279 A.D. |
| Yuan (the Mongol) | 1280 A.D. to 1367 A.D. |
| Ming | 1368 A.D. to 1643 A.D. |
| Ching, or Ts’ing (Manchu) | 1643 to the present day. |