the Western Jin dynasty, as well as the Northern and Southern dynasties period. The terms "Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern dynasties" (魏晉南北朝) and "Three...

other states. Which of the various states and dynasties constituted the "6" dynasties of the Six Dynasties period varies somewhat according to which of...

Kingdoms and the Eastern Jin dynasty. It is sometimes considered as the latter part of a longer period known as the Six Dynasties (220–589). The period featured...

of monarchical dynasties. Besides those established by the dominant Han ethnic group or its spiritual Huaxia predecessors, dynasties throughout Chinese...

in the c. 81 BCE Discourses on Salt and Iron. During the turbulent Six dynasties period (220–589), self-experimentation with drugs became commonplace...

dynasty that the shape of the yuanlingpao worn in the later dynasties, such as in the Ming dynasties, started to develop. During the era of the Six Dynasties...

The traditional lens for viewing Chinese history is the dynastic cycle: imperial dynasties rise and fall, and are ascribed certain achievements. Throughout...

text and was taken as an article of faith throughout the Han and Tang dynasties. The I Ching was not included in the burning of the Confucian classics...

more personally emotional than the Music Bureau pieces. During the Six Dynasties era, a form of yuefu using regular five-character quatrains (or paired...

the final years of the failing Han dynasty and continuing their development into the beginning of the Six Dynasties period. Jian'an is considered as a...

Northern and Southern dynasties period. After the Eastern Jin fell in 420, it continued to serve as the capital for the Southern dynasties of Liu Song, Southern...

Various song and dance dramas developed during the Six Dynasties period. During the Northern Qi dynasty, a masked dance called the Big Face (大面, which can...

against the Han dynasty, Zhang established a theocratic state in 215, which led to the downfall of the Han. The historical term "Six Dynasties" collectively...

elements, such as an emphasis on universal salvation. Also, during the Six Dynasties period, the Celestial Master movement re-emerged in two distinct forms...

of (the) Southern dynasties (南朝宋) in historiography, was an imperial dynasty of China and the first of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern...

(220–265) Jin dynasty (266–420) Southern and Northern Dynasties (420–580) Medieval China Sui dynasty (580–618) Tang dynasty (623–907) Five Dynasties and Ten...

became greatly reduced. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, song-and-dance drama from the earlier dynasties became popular and developed further. Examples...

475-221 BCE), continued during the Han dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE), became well known during the Six Dynasties (222-589), and developed during the Tang...

planted by the Emperor Wu of Liang, the founder of the Liang dynasty during the Six Dynasties period, within the compound of the Liang imperial palace. The...

the Six Dynasties (220 or 222–589), Sui and Tang. After being incorporated into the Sui dynasty, its economic richness was used for the Sui dynasty's ambitions...

Yu in 420 replaced with the Liu Song dynasty. The Eastern Jin dynasty is considered the second of the Six Dynasties. During the Three Kingdoms period, the...

the first film of Phase Six. He also announced that the phase would conclude with two ensemble films, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars...

and 266–280 CE), the Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420 CE) and the Southern Dynasties (420–552), including the Chen dynasty (557–589 CE). Its walls are extant...

in Chinese culture: the dynasty might change, but the landscape is eternal. This timelessness theme evolved from Six Dynasties period and early Northern...

Eastern Jin dynasty official and Liezi commentator Zhang Zhan 張湛 (fl. 370) wrote one of the most influential works of the Six Dynasties period, the Yangsheng...

concubines. In the early Six dynasties period, the trousers which were worn by commoners were similar to those worn in the Han dynasty having full legs with...

Southern dynasties" (or even "Northern and Southern dynasties" alone, though that more commonly means 420–589 between Jin and Sui), or "the Six Dynasties period"...

were acquired from Sanskrit sutras, it was during the late Six dynasties and Sui dynasty that local Chinese schools of Buddhist thoughts started to flourish...

Northern Dynasties and continued in poetic fame through the beginning of the Six Dynasties, so Xie is also considered to be part of the Six Dynasties poetry...

during Song dynasty Former Shu, one of Ten Kingdoms between Tang and Song dynasties Later Shu, one of Ten Kingdoms between Tang and Song dynasties Da Xi established...