Chinese Numismatics in Research 華夏泉貨彙考

I placed not only the main dynasties in Chinese history in this chronology but also some short period states and peasant insurrectionary armies which were related to minting their own currencies in the past.

Dynasties			Date
夏 Xia Dynasty			circa 2100~1700 BC
商 Shang Dynasty			circa 1600~1100 BC
周 Zhou Dynasty	西周 Western Zhou Dynasty			circa 1100~771 BC
	東周 Eastern Zhou Dynasty			770~222 BC
	春秋 Spring and Autumn Period			770~476 BC
	戰國 Warring States			475~222 BC
秦 Qin Dynasty			221~207 BC
漢 Han Dynasty	西漢 Western Han			206 BC~8 AD
	新 Xin [Wang Mang]			9~23 AD
	東漢 Eastern Han			25 ~220 AD
三國 Three Kingdoms	魏 Wei			220~265 AD
	蜀漢 Shu Han			221~263 AD
	吳 Wu			222~280 AD
西晉 Western Jin Dynasty	五胡 Five Tartars	氐 Ti (296~371 AD)			265~316 AD
		鮮卑 Xianbei (315~376 AD)
		匈奴 Hun (318~329 AD)
		羯 Jie (319~350 AD)
		羌 Qiang (384~403 AD)
	十六國 The 16 states	成(成漢) henghan (304~347 AD)
		漢(前趙) Qian Zhao (304~329 AD)
		前涼 Qian Liang (314~376 AD)
東晉 Eastern Jin Dynasty
		後趙(魏) Hou Zhao (319~351 AD)			317~420 AD
		前秦 Qian Qin (351~394 AD)
		前燕 Qian Yan (384~370 AD)
		後燕 Hou Yan (384~397AD)
		後秦 Hou Qin (384~417 AD)
		西秦 Xi Qin (385~431 AD)
		後梁 Hou Liang (386~403 AD)
		南涼(鮮卑) Nan Liang (397~414 AD)
		北涼(匈奴) Bei Liang (397~439 AD)
		南燕(鮮卑) Nan Yan (398~410 AD)
		西涼(漢) Xi Liang (400~421 AD)
		北燕(漢) Bei Yan (409~436 AD)
		夏 Xia (407~431 AD)
南北朝 Northern & Southern Dynasties	南朝 Southern Dynasties	宋 Sung			420~479 AD
		齊 Qi			479~502 AD
		梁 Liang			502~557 AD
		陳 Chen			557~589 AD
	北朝 Northern Dynasties	北魏 Northern Wei			386~534 AD
		東魏 Eastern Wei			534~550 AD
		北齊 Northern Qi			550~577 AD
		西魏 Western Wei			535~556 AD
		北周 Northern Zhou			557~581 AD
隋 Sui Dynasty			581~618 AD
唐 Tang Dynasty	渤海國 Peh Hoi Kuo (698~926 AD)			618~907 AD
	武周 Wu Zhou [Wu Tse Tien] (690~705 AD)
	大燕 Tai Yan [An Lu Shan/Shih Szu Ming] (756~763 AD)
五代十國 Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms	五代 Five Dynasties	後涼 Later Liang			907~923 AD
		後唐 Later Tang			923~936 AD
		後晉 Later Jin			936~946 AD
		後漢 Later Han			947~950 AD
		後周 Later Zhou			951~960 AD
	十國 Ten Kingdoms	吳 Wu			902~937 AD
		前蜀 Qian Shu			903~925 AD
		吳越 Wuyue			907~978 AD
		楚 Chu			907~951 AD
		閩 Min			907~945 AD
		南漢 Nan Han			917~971 AD
		荊南 Jing Nan			924~963 AD
		後蜀 Hou Shu			933~965 AD
		南唐 Nan Tang			937~975 AD
		北漢 Bei Han			951~979 AD
宋 Sung Dynasty	大理 Ta Li			937~1254 AD
	北宋 Northern Sung Dynasty			960~1127 AD
	南宋 Southern Sung Dynasty			1127~1279 AD
遼 Liao Dynasty			907~1125 AD
夏 Western Xia			1032~1227 AD
金 Jin Dynasty			1115~1234 AD
元 Yuan Dynasty	Peasant Insurrectionary Armies / Short Period States			1271~1368AD
	天完 Tien Yuan [Hsu Shou Hui] (1351~1360 AD)
	大宋 Ta Sung [Han Lin Erh] (1351~1366AD)
	大周 Ta Zhou [Chang Shih Ch'eng] (1353~1367 AD)
	大漢 Ta Han [Chen Yu Liang] (1360~1363 AD)
明 Ming Dynasty	大順 Ta Shun [Li Tzu Cheng] (1644~1645 AD)			1368~1644 AD
明 Ming Dynasty	大西 Ta Xi [Chang Hsien Chung] (1644~1646 AD)			1368~1644 AD
清 Qing Dynasty	南明 Southern Ming (1645~1661 AD)			1644~1911 AD
	興朝 Hsing Chao [Sun K'e Wang] (1647~1651 AD)
	大周 Ta Ch'ou [Wu San Kuei] (1673~1681 AD)
	閩 Min [Keng Ching Chung] (1674~1676 AD)
	太平天國 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851~1864 AD)
	天地會 Tien Ti Hui (1853~1855 AD)
中華民國 Republic of China			1912~1949 AD Taiwan Province 1949
中華人民共和國 People's Republic of China			1949 AD~

Bibliography

中國大百科全書(中國歷史), 中國大百科全書出版社 1994, ISBN 7-5000-5469-6.
Liu Chu Cheng : 中國古錢譜 (Illustrative plates of Chinese ancient coins) National Bureau Cultural Heritage 1988. ISBN 7-5010-0298-3
Pang Hsin Wei : 中國貨幣史, 上海人民出版社 (The Currency History of China), 1988. ISBN 7-208-00196-0 / K.47
Ting Fu Pao : 古錢大辭典, 中華書局 (A dictionary of ancient Chinese coins), 1982. 17018.121

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