Historical C-Drama Chronology sorted by Historical Periods
PRIMITIVE
Paleolithic【旧石器时代】
Mesolithic【中石器时代】
Neolithic【新石器时代】
Ages 【时代】[Stone, Bronze]
ANCIENT
Yu【虞朝】[3 Sovereigns and 5 Emperors]
Xia【夏朝】
Shang【商朝】
Zhou【周朝】[Western Zhou, Gonghe*, Eastern Zhou]
Spring and Autumn【春秋时代】[5 Hegemons]
Warring States【战国时代】[Qin, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Qi, Han, Chu]
IMPERIAL
Qin【秦朝】[18 Kingdoms, Chu-Han Contention*]
Han【汉朝】[Western Han, Xin*, Eastern Han]
Three Kingdoms【三国】[Cao Wei, Shu Han, Eastern Wu, Yan]
Jin【晋朝】[2 Jins (Western, Eastern)]
Sixteen Kingdoms【十六国】[5 Liangs (Former, Later, Northern, Southern, Western), 4 Yans (Former, Later, Northern, Southern), 3 Qins (Former, Later, Western), 2 Zhaos (Former, Later), Cheng Han , Xia, Zhai Wei]
Northern and Southern Dynasties【南北朝】[3 Northerns (Wei, Zhou, Qi), 2 Weis (Eastern, Western)/Liu Song, 3 Southerns (Qi, Liang, Chen), Western Liang]
Sui【隋朝】
Tang【唐朝】[Wu Zhou*]
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms【五代十国】[5 Laters (Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou)/Yang Wu, Wuyue, Min, Ma Chu, 2 Shus (Former, Later), Jingnan, Southern Tang, 2 Hans (Southern, Northern)]
Liao【辽朝】[Later Liao]
Song【宋朝】[2 Songs (Northern, Southern)]
Jin【金朝】
Western Xia【西夏】
Western Liao【西辽】
Yuan【元朝】[Chen Han, Northern Yuan]
Ming【明朝】[Southern Ming, Shun*, Later Jin]
Qing【清朝】
MODERN
Republic of China【中华民国】
People's Republic of China (PRC)【中华人民共和国】
* Interregna
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![Ping Le Fu Zhi Shan He Lian]()
2401. Ping Le Fu Zhi Shan He Lian
Chinese Drama - 0000
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![Book of Death]()
2402. Book of Death
Chinese Drama - 0000, 44 episodes
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![Love Under the Floral Rain]()
2403. Love Under the Floral Rain
Chinese Drama - 0000, 42 episodes
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![The Prisoner of Beauty]()
2404. The Prisoner of Beauty
Chinese Drama - 0000, 36 episodes
IMPERIAL - Eastern Han dynasty ?
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![Winner Is King]()
2405. Winner Is King
Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes
ANCIENT - Daliang capital of the Wei state (from the Warring States period) ?
IMPERIAL - Liang dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) ?
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![The Legend of Taotie]()
2406. The Legend of Taotie
Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes
IMPERIAL - Liang dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) ?
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![Phoenix Stage]()
2407. Phoenix Stage
Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes
IMPERIAL - Southern Qi (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) ?
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![Ti Jia Qian Jin]()
2408. Ti Jia Qian Jin
Chinese Drama - 0000
MODERN - Republic of China .
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![Joy of Life Special Edition]()
2409. Joy of Life Special Edition
Chinese Special - 2024, 25 episodes
IMPERIAL - Liu Song , Northern Qi (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period), and Southern Qing* dynasties .
* Southern Qing is a fictional dynasty.
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![Qiu Qiu Ni Bie Xin Dong]()
2410. Qiu Qiu Ni Bie Xin Dong
Chinese Drama - 2023, 17 episodes
IMPERIAL <-> MODERN - Song dynasty <-> early 21st century (from the PRC period) .
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![The Story of Suzhou]()
2411. The Story of Suzhou
Chinese Drama - 2024, 9 episodes
MODERN - early 21st century (from the PRC period) .
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![Women Wrestling]()
2412. Women Wrestling
Chinese Drama - 2022, 27 episodes
IMPERIAL - Song dynasty .
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![Special Action]()
2413. Special Action
Chinese Drama - 2024, 32 episodes
MODERN - by the end of the Republic of China .
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![Beibu Gulf People]()
2414. Beibu Gulf People
Chinese Drama - 2018, 32 episodes
IMPERIAL <-> MODERN - Qin <-> Han <-> Song <-> Qing dynasties <-> early People's Republic of China <-> early 21st century (from the PRC period) .
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![Tang Chao Yi Wen Lu]()
2415. Tang Chao Yi Wen Lu
Chinese Drama - 0000, 20 episodes
IMPERIAL - Tang dynasty .
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![Joy of Life Season 3]()
2416. Joy of Life Season 3
Chinese Drama - 0000
IMPERIAL - Liu Song , Northern Qi (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period), and Southern Qing* dynasties .
* Southern Qing is a fictional dynasty.
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![Ba Qian Li Lu Yun He Yue]()
2417. Ba Qian Li Lu Yun He Yue
Chinese Drama - 2025, 40 episodes
MODERN - Second Sino-Japanese War (from the Chinese Republican period) .
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![Hi! 1995]()
2418. Hi! 1995
Chinese Drama - 2025, 20 episodes
MODERN - early 21st <-> late 20th centuries (both from the PRC period) .
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![A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains]()
2419. A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains
Chinese Drama - 0000
MODERN - sometime between the Chinese Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War (both from the Chinese Republican period) .
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![Hong Chen Li Ying]()
2420. Hong Chen Li Ying
Chinese Drama - 2011, 30 episodes
MODERN - sometime between the Chinese Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War (both from the Chinese Republican period) .
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![Bei Yang Remnant Case]()
2421. Bei Yang Remnant Case
Chinese Drama - 2021, 12 episodes
MODERN - Republic of China .
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![Zheng Yi Xiao Bao Gong]()
2422. Zheng Yi Xiao Bao Gong
Chinese Drama - 2023, 20 episodes
IMPERIAL - Northern Song dynasty .
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![Pi Wu Chuan Qi]()
2423. Pi Wu Chuan Qi
Chinese Drama - 2012, 45 episodes
IMPERIAL - final years of the Ming dynasty .
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![The Ming Dynasty Youth]()
2424. The Ming Dynasty Youth
Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes
IMPERIAL - Ming dynasty .
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![Xia Tan Gao Fei]()
2425. Xia Tan Gao Fei
Chinese Drama - 2014, 30 episodes
MODERN - sometime between the Chinese Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War (both from the Chinese Republican period) .
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![Fu Chun Shan Ju]()
2426. Fu Chun Shan Ju
Chinese Drama - 2023, 32 episodes
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![The Double]()
2427. The Double
Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes
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![Fu Shi Jue]()
2428. Fu Shi Jue
Chinese Drama - 0000, 24 episodes
