12 Earthly Branches

Xia Dynasty		About 21 Century B.C.-16 Century B.C.			Northern Qi	550-577
Shang Dynasty		About 16 Century B.C.-11 Century B.C.			Western Wei	535-556
Zhou Dynasty	Western Zhou Dynasty	About 11 Century B.C.-771 B.C.			Northern Zhou	557-581
	Eastern Zhou Dynasty Spring&Autumn Period Warring States	770 B.C.-256 B.C. 770 B.C.-476 B.C. 475 B.C.-221 B.C		Sui Dynasty		581-618
				Tang Dynasty		618-907
				Five Dynasties	Later Liang	907-923
Qin Dynasty		221 B.C.-207 B.C.			Later Tang	923-936
Han Dynasty	Western Han	206 B.C.-24 A.D.			Later Jin	936-946
	Eastern Han	25-220			Later Han	947-950
Three Kingdoms	Wei	220-265			Later Zhou	951-960
	Shu Han	221-263			Northern Song Dynasty	960-1127
	Wu	222-280			Southern Song Dynasty	1127-1279
Western Jin Dynasty		265-316		Liao Dynasty		916-11225
Eastern Jin Dynasty		317-420		Jin Dynasty		1115-1234
Northern and Southern Dynasties	Southern Dynasties	Song	420-479	Yuan Dynasty		1271-1368
		Qi	479-502	Ming Dynasty		1368-1644
		Liang	502-557	Qing Dynasty		1644-1911
		Chen	557-589	Republic of China		1912-1949
	Nothern Dynasties	Northern Wei	386-534	People’s Republic of China		from 1949
		Eastern Wei	534-550