February** Dynamic Incentive Plan How many years are for each dynasty and each generation.
Since the Xia Dynasty, in more than 4,700 years, China's dynasties have passed down as many as 142 generations.
The third generation of the Xia Shang dynasty is more difficult to examine because of its long age and the fact that the two generations of the Xia and Shang dynasties have not left written records. From the first year of the Western Zhou Republic (841 B.C.) to the Opium War (184), the rise and fall of the dynasties, their names and the years of their founding are listed as follows
The first year of the Republic of the Western Zhou Dynasty (841 B.C.) - 771 BC (the founding of the country) Seventy years.
Western Zhou Dynasty (77 BC - 221 BC) 550 years.
Eastern Zhou Dynasty (221 BC - 26 BC) One hundred and fifty-five years.
Qin (26 BC - 22 BC) four years.
Western Han Dynasty (22 BC - 25 AD) 211 years.
New (25-29 A.D.) Five years.
Emperor Genshi (A.D. 29-21) three years.
Eastern Han Dynasty (21-22 AD) 195 years.
Three Kingdoms Period (Wei) (22 A.D. - 265) 46 years.
Three Kingdoms Era (Shu) (221-263 AD) Forty-three years.
Three Kingdoms Period (Wu) (229-28 AD) 52 years.
Western Jin Dynasty (A.D. 28-316) 37 years.
Eastern Jin Dynasty (A.D. 317-47) One hundred and four years.
Northern and Southern Dynasties (Song) (A.D. 47-53) 124 years.
Northern and Southern Dynasties (Qi) (53 A.D. - 577) Forty-seven years.
Southern and Northern Dynasties (Liang) (5-55 AD) 50 years.
The Southern and Northern Dynasties (Chen) (55 A.D. - 5**) 39 years.
Sui (581-618 AD) 38 years.
Tang Dynasty (618-97 AD) 289 years.
Five dynasties (Liang) (97-923 AD) 14 years.
Five dynasties (Tang) (923-936 AD) 13 years.
Five dynasties (Jin) (936-947 AD) 11 years.
Five dynasties (Han) (947-95 AD) four years.
Five dynasties (Zhou) (951-96 AD) 10 years.
Northern Song Dynasty (96-167) 17 years.
Southern Song Dynasty (167-1279 AD) 112 years.
Yuan (A.D. 1278-1368) 80 years.
Ming Dynasty (1368-142 AD) 35 years (Ming Chengzu Zhu Di reigned for 22 years from 142 to 1424).