| North | | South | |
|---|
| 1. Earlier Chao (Hsiung-nu) | 304-329 | 1. Eastern Chin (Chinese) | 317-419 |
| 2. Later Chao (Hsiung-nu) | 328-352 | | |
| 3. Earlier Ch'in (Tibetans) | 351-394 | | |
| 4. Later Ch'in (Tibetans) | 384-417 | | |
| 5. Western Ch'in (Hsiung-nu) | 385-431 | | |
| 6. Earlier Yen (Hsien-pi) | 352-370 | | |
| 7. Later Yen (Hsien-pi) | 384-409 | | |
| 8. Western Yen (Hsien-pi) | 384-395 | | |
| 9. Southern Yen (Hsien-pi) | 398-410 | | |
| 10. Northern Yen (Hsien-pi) | 409-436 | | |
| 11. Tai (Toba) | 338-376 | | |
| 12. Earlier Liang (Chinese) | 313-376 | | |
| 13. Northern Liang (Hsiung-nu) | 397-439 | | |
| 14. Western Liang (Chinese?) | 400-421 | | |
| 15. Later Liang (Tibetans) | 386-403 | | |
| 16. Southern Liang (Hsien-pi) | 379-414 | | |
| 17. Hsia (Hsiung-nu) | 407-431 | | |
| 18. Toba (Turks) | 385-550 | | |
| | 2. Liu-Sung | 420-478 |
| | 3. Southern Ch'i | 479-501 |
| 19. Northern Ch'i (Chinese?) | 550-576 | 4. Liang | 502-556 |
| 20. Northern Chou (Toba) | 557-579 | 5. Ch'en | 557-588 |
| 21. Sui (Chinese) | 580-618 | 6. Sui | 580-618 |