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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1. The Legend of Jade Sword

Chinese Drama - 2018, 65 episodes

ANCIENT - Xia dynasty .
2. The Legend and the Hero

Chinese Drama - 2007, 38 episodes

ANCIENT - Shang <-> Zhou dynasties .
3. The Legend and the Hero 2

Chinese Drama - 2009, 40 episodes

ANCIENT - Shang <-> Zhou dynasties .
4. The Investiture of the Gods

Chinese Drama - 2014, 50 episodes

PRIMORDIAL <-> ANCIENT - Creation by Pangu <-> Shang <-> Zhou dynasties .
5. The Investiture of the Gods II

Chinese Drama - 2015, 72 episodes

ANCIENT - Shang <-> Zhou dynasties .
6. Investiture of the Gods

Chinese Drama - 2019, 65 episodes

ANCIENT - Shang <-> Zhou dynasties .
7. Zhao Ge

Chinese Drama - 0000, 50 episodes

ANCIENT - Shang <-> Zhou dynasties .
8. Fighter of the Destiny

Chinese Drama - 2017, 52 episodes

ANCIENT - Zhou dynasty .
9. A Slender Gentleman and A Good Lady

Chinese Drama - 2020, 30 episodes

ANCIENT - Zhou dynasty .
10. King is Not Easy

Chinese Drama - 2017, 20 episodes

ANCIENT - Western Zhou dynasty .
11. Legend of Mi Yue

Chinese Drama - 2015, 81 episodes

10

ANCIENT - Western Zhou dynasty <-> Spring and Autumn period <-> Chu, Qin, and Yan kingdoms (from the Warring States period) .
12. Legend of Wu Zi Xu

Chinese Drama - 0000, 70 episodes

ANCIENT - Western Zhou dynasty <-> Wu kingdom (from the Spring and Autumn period) .
13. Eastern Zhou, Spring and Autumn Period

Chinese Drama - 1996, 30 episodes

ANCIENT - Eastern Zhou <-> Spring and Autumn period .
14. Confucius

Chinese Drama - 2011, 38 episodes

ANCIENT - Zhou dynasty <-> Spring and Autumn period .
15. The Ultimate Master of War

Chinese Drama - 2009, 41 episodes

ANCIENT - Qi state (during the Spring and Autumn period) .
16. The Legend of Laozi

Chinese Drama - 2016, 33 episodes

ANCIENT - sometime during the Spring and Autumn period .
17. Your Highness 2

Chinese Drama - 2019, 22 episodes

ANCIENT - sometime during the Spring and Autumn period .
18. Xi Shi: Beauty of Spring and Autumn

Chinese Drama - 1994, 21 episodes

ANCIENT - sometime during the Spring and Autumn period .
19. The Rebirth of a King

Chinese Drama - 2006, 41 episodes

ANCIENT - sometime during the Spring and Autumn period .
20. The Ugly Queen

Chinese Drama - 2018, 12 episodes

ANCIENT - sometime between the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States periods .
21. The Ugly Queen II & III

Chinese Drama - 2022, 26 episodes

ANCIENT - sometime between the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States periods .
22. For the Holy Guiguzi

Chinese Drama - 2019, 52 episodes

ANCIENT - Spring and Autumn period <-> Warring States period .
23. Legend of the Military Seal

Chinese Drama - 2012, 30 episodes

ANCIENT - sometime during the Warring States period .
24. Sun Tzu's The Art of War and the Thirty-Six Stratagems

Chinese Drama - 2000, 36 episodes

ANCIENT - Warring States period .
25. Legend of the Warring States: The Tale of Mi Yue

Chinese Drama - 2015, 31 episodes

ANCIENT - Warring States period .
26. Bloody Path

Chinese Drama - 0000

ANCIENT - Warring States period .
27. A Story of the Warring States

Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes

ANCIENT - Warring States period .
28. Changping of the War

Chinese Drama - 2004, 30 episodes

ANCIENT - Warring States period .
29. The Warring States Period

Chinese Drama - 2019, 7 episodes

ANCIENT - Warring States period .
30. The Qin Empire

Chinese Drama - 2009, 51 episodes

ANCIENT - Warring States period .
31. The Qin Empire 2

Chinese Drama - 2012, 51 episodes

ANCIENT - Warring States period .
32. The Qin Empire 3

Chinese Drama - 2017, 40 episodes

ANCIENT - Warring States period .
33. The Qin Empire 4

Chinese Drama - 2020, 78 episodes

ANCIENT <-> IMPERIAL - Warring States period <-> Qin dynasty .
34. The Legend of Hao Lan

Chinese Drama - 2019, 62 episodes

10

ANCIENT <-> IMPERIAL - Zhao, and Qin kingdoms (from the Warring States period) <-> Qin dynasty .
35. The King's Woman

Chinese Drama - 2017, 48 episodes

10

ANCIENT <-> IMPERIAL - Warring States period <-> Qin dynasty .
36. Assassinator Jing Ke

Chinese Drama - 2004, 32 episodes

ANCIENT <-> IMPERIAL - Warring States period <-> Qin dynasty .
37. Expressway of First Empire

Chinese Drama - 2010, 45 episodes

ANCIENT <-> IMPERIAL - Warring States period <-> Qin dynasty .
38. A Step into the Past

Chinese Drama - 2018, 40 episodes

ANCIENT <-> IMPERIAL - Warring States period <-> Qin dynasty .
39. Sword Dynasty

Chinese Drama - 2019, 34 episodes

ANCIENT <-> IMPERIAL - Warring States period <-> Qin dynasty .
40. The Legend of Qin

Chinese Drama - 2015, 58 episodes

IMPERIAL - Qin dynasty .
41. The Legend of Ba Qing

Chinese Drama - 0000, 66 episodes

IMPERIAL - Qin dynasty .
42. The Myth

Chinese Drama - 2010, 50 episodes

IMPERIAL - Qin dynasty .
43. King of Nanyue Kingdom

Chinese Drama - 2007, 40 episodes

IMPERIAL - Nanyue kingdom and Qin <-> Han dynasties .
44. Legend of Chu and Han

Chinese Drama - 2012, 80 episodes

IMPERIAL - Qin dynasty <-> Chu-Han Contention <-> Han dynasty .
45. Beauties of the Emperor

Chinese Drama - 2012, 32 episodes

IMPERIAL - Qin dynasty <-> Chu-Han Contention <-> Han dynasty .
46. The Virtuous Queen of Han

Chinese Drama - 2014, 47 episodes

IMPERIAL - Han dynasty .
47. Sound of the Desert

Chinese Drama - 2014, 35 episodes

IMPERIAL - Han dynasty .
48. Schemes of a Beauty

Chinese Drama - 2010, 40 episodes

IMPERIAL - Han dynasty .
49. Princess Jieyou

Chinese Drama - 2016, 45 episodes

IMPERIAL - Han dynasty .
50. The Prince of Han Dynasty

Chinese Drama - 2001, 41 episodes

IMPERIAL - Han dynasty .
51. Da Han Tian Zi 2: Han Wu Xiong Feng

Chinese Drama - 2004, 42 episodes

IMPERIAL - Han dynasty .
52. Da Han Tian Zi 3: Tie Xie Hanqing

Chinese Drama - 2006, 48 episodes

IMPERIAL - Han dynasty .
53. Jian Xing Tian Xia

Chinese Drama - 2007, 28 episodes

IMPERIAL - Han dynasty .
54. Love Yunge from the Desert

Chinese Drama - 2015, 45 episodes

IMPERIAL - Western Han dynasty .
55. Love Through a Millennium

Chinese Drama - 2015, 24 episodes

IMPERIAL <-> MODERN - Western Han dynasty <-> People's Republic of China .
56. Ban Shu Legend

Chinese Drama - 2015, 42 episodes

IMPERIAL - Western Han <-> Eastern Han dynasties .
57. Singing All Along

Chinese Drama - 2016, 56 episodes

IMPERIAL - Eastern Han dynasty .
58. The Taoism Grandmaster

Chinese Drama - 2018, 46 episodes

IMPERIAL - Eastern Han dynasty .
59. The Peacocks Fly to the Southeast

Chinese Drama - 2009, 30 episodes

IMPERIAL - Eastern Han dynasty .
60. Three Kingdoms

Chinese Drama - 2010, 95 episodes

IMPERIAL - Han dynasty <-> Three Kingdoms period .
61. Lu Bu and Diaochan

Chinese Drama - 2001, 35 episodes

IMPERIAL - Han dynasty <-> Three Kingdoms period .
62. Secrets of Three Kingdoms

Chinese Drama - 2018, 54 episodes

IMPERIAL - Eastern Han dynasty <-> Shu Han kingdom (from the Three Kingdoms period) .
63. Chinese Hero Zhao Zi Long

Chinese Drama - 2016, 49 episodes

IMPERIAL - Eastern Han dynasty <-> Three Kingdoms period .
64. Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chinese Drama - 1994, 84 episodes

IMPERIAL - Three Kingdoms period .
65. Feng Qi Long Xi

Chinese Drama - 2022, 24 episodes

IMPERIAL - Three Kingdoms period .
66. Cao Cao

Chinese Drama - 2015, 41 episodes

IMPERIAL - Three Kingdoms period .
67. The Advisors Alliance

Chinese Drama - 2017, 42 episodes

IMPERIAL - sometime during the Three Kingdoms period .
68. Growling Tiger, Roaring Dragon

Chinese Drama - 2017, 44 episodes

IMPERIAL - sometime during the Three Kingdoms period .
69. Sage of Calligraphy Wang Xi Zhi

Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes

IMPERIAL - Jin dynasty .
70. Butterfly Lovers

Chinese Drama - 2017, 29 episodes

IMPERIAL - Eastern Jin dynasty .
71. Trail of the Everlasting Hero

Chinese Drama - 2005, 30 episodes

IMPERIAL - Eastern Jin dynasty .
72. Faithful to Buddha, Faithful to You

Chinese Drama - 2017, 20 episodes

IMPERIAL - Former Qin (from the Sixteen Kingdoms period) .
73. You Are My Peach Blossom Debt

Chinese Drama - 2020, 31 episodes

IMPERIAL - Western Liang , Northern Yan (from the Sixteen Kingdoms period) , Eastern Song* , and Southern Chu** kingdoms , and Daqi* dynasty .
* Both Daqi dynasty and Eastern Song kingdom are fictional.
** There was a Southern Chu in Chinese History known as Ma Chu, but that was later during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
74. The Princess Wei Young

Chinese Drama - 2016, 54 episodes

10

IMPERIAL - Northern Liang (from the Sixteen Kingdoms period) <-> Northern Wei dynasties (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period), and Rouran khaganate .
75. Empress Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty

Chinese Drama - 2006, 42 episodes

IMPERIAL - Northern Wei dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
76. Princess Agents

Chinese Drama - 2017, 67 episodes

IMPERIAL - Northern Wei dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
77. Mulan Renewal

Chinese Drama - 0000, 36 episodes

IMPERIAL - Northern Wei dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
78. Lost Love in Times

Chinese Drama - 2017, 56 episodes

IMPERIAL - Western Wei dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
79. Lost Love in Times SP

Chinese Special - 2017, 12 episodes

IMPERIAL - Western Wei and Southern Liang dynasties (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
80. Legend of Lu Zhen

Chinese Drama - 2013, 59 episodes

10

IMPERIAL - Northern Qi , Chen and Western Wei dynasties (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
81. Prince of Lan Ling

Chinese Drama - 2013, 46 episodes

IMPERIAL - Northern Qi and Northern Zhou dynasties (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
82. Princess of Lanling King

Chinese Drama - 2016, 47 episodes

IMPERIAL - Northern Zhou and Northern Qi dynasties (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period).
83. Mu Lan

Chinese Drama - 2013, 40 episodes

IMPERIAL - Northern Zhou dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
84. The Wrong Royal Bride

Chinese Drama - 2020, 24 episodes

IMPERIAL - Northern Zhou and Chen dynasties (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
85. The Song of Glory

Chinese Drama - 2020, 53 episodes

10

IMPERIAL - Liu Song and Northern Wei dynasties (both from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
86. Untouchable Lovers

Chinese Drama - 2018, 54 episodes

IMPERIAL - Liu Song dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
87. Joy of Life

Chinese Drama - 2019, 46 episodes

IMPERIAL - Liu Song , Northern Qi (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period), and Southern Qing* dynasties .
* Southern Qing is a fictional dynasty.
88. Joy of Life: Season 2

Chinese Drama - 2024, 36 episodes

IMPERIAL - Liu Song , Northern Qi (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period), and Southern Qing* dynasties .
* Southern Qing is a fictional dynasty.
89. Royal Nirvana

Chinese Drama - 2019, 60 episodes

IMPERIAL - Southern Qi dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
90. Royal Nirvana Special

Chinese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes

IMPERIAL - Southern Qi dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
91. Maiden Holmes

Chinese Drama - 2020, 32 episodes

10

IMPERIAL - Southern Liang dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
92. Wan Jie Xian Zong

Chinese Drama - 2020, 40 episodes

IMPERIAL - Southern Liang dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
93. Nirvana in Fire

Chinese Drama - 2015, 54 episodes

10

IMPERIAL - Southern Liang, Northern Wei (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period), and Southern Chu* dynasties .
* This one is fictional.
94. Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin

Chinese Drama - 2017, 50 episodes

IMPERIAL - Southern Liang (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) and Yu* dynasties .
* Yu is a fictitious dynasty.
95. Nirvana in Fire 3

Chinese Drama - 0000

IMPERIAL -
96. General Order

Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes

IMPERIAL - Southern Liang dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
97. Legend of Fei

Chinese Drama - 2020, 51 episodes

IMPERIAL - sometime during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period .
98. Feng Yue Bu Zhi Qiu

Chinese Drama - 2020, 18 episodes

IMPERIAL - sometime during the Southern Dynasties (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
99. Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky

Chinese Drama - 2012, 36 episodes

IMPERIAL - Northern Zhou and Chen dynasties (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .
100. The Legend of Dugu

Chinese Drama - 2018, 55 episodes

IMPERIAL - Western Wei <-> Northern Zhou (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) <-> Sui dynasties, and Turkic khaganate .