China: Rulers

Note: This list is complete and contains some in-between periods and their rulers not covered in the China section of the Reference Library. The year given is the year when the Emperor took power.

ANCIENT EMPIRE

Qin Dynasty

• 246 Shihuang [Zheng Wang]
• 209 Ershihuang
• 207 Sanshihuang

Han Dynasty

• 206 Gaozu [Liu Bang]
• 194 Hui
• 187 Shao I
• 183 Shao II
• 179 Wen
• 156 Jing
• 140 Wu
• 86 Zhao
• 73 Xuan
• 48 Yuan
• 32 Cheng
• 6 Ai
• 1 Ping

AD

Uprising (Rulers don't use personal names)

• 6 Liu Ying
• 9 Wang Mang
• 23 Liu Xuan

Han Dynasty Restored

• 25 Guangwu [Liu Xiu]
• 58 Ming
• 76 Zhang
• 89 He
• 106 Shang
• 107 An
• 126 Shun
• 145 Chong
• 146 Zhi
• 147 Huan
• 168 Ling
• 190 Xian

221 Three Kingdoms

Jin Dynasty

• 265 Wu [Sima Yan]
• 291 Hui
• 307 Huai
• 312 Min
• 317 Northern and Southern Dynasties

MEDIEVAL EMPIRE

Sui Dynasty

• 580 Wen [Yang Jian]
• 605 Yang
• 617 Gong

Tang Dynasty

• 618 Gaozu [Li Yuan]
• 627 Taizong [Li Shimin]
• 650 Gaozong
• 684 Zhongzong
• 710 Ruizong
• 713 Xuanzong I
• 756 Suzong
• 763 Daizong
• 780 Dezong
• 805 Shunzong
• 806 Xianzong
• 821 Muzong
• 825 Jingzong
• 827 Wenzong
• 841 Wuzong
• 847 Xuanzong II
• 860 Yizong
• 874 Xizong
• 889 Zhaozong
• 904 Aizong
• 907 Five Dynasties

Song Dynasty

• 960 Taizu [Zhao Kuangyin]
• 976 Taizong
• 998 Zhenzong
• 1023 Renzong
• 1064 Yingzong
• 1068 Shenzong
• 1086 Zhezong
• 1101 Huizong
• 1126 Qinzong
• 1127 Partition of China

MODERN EMPIRE

Yuan Dynasty

• 1276 Kublai
• 1295 Temur
• 1308 Khaissan
• 1312 Ayurbadrabal
• 1321 Shoodbal
• 1324 Yesuntemur
• 1328 Asugbal
• 1329 Hooshal
• 1330 Tugtemur
• 1332 Renqinbar
• 1333 Togontemur

Ming Dynasty

• 1368 Hongwu [Zhu Yuanzhong]
• 1399 Jianwen
• 1403 Yongle
• 1425 Hongxi
• 1426 Xuande
• 1436 Zhengdong [later restored as Tianshun]
• 1450 Jingtai
• 1457 Tianshun [formerly Zhengdong]
• 1465 Chenghua
• 1488 Hongzhi
• 1506 Zhengde
• 1522 Jiajing
• 1567 Longqing
• 1573 Wanli
• 1620 Taichang
• 1621 Tianqi
• 1628 Zhongzhen

Qing Dynasty

• 1645 Shunzhi [Aisingioro Fulin]
• 1662 Kangxi
• 1723 Yongzheng
• 1736 Qianlong
• 1796 Jiaqing
• 1821 Daoguang
• 1851 Xianfeng
• 1862 Tongzhi
• 1875 Guangxu
• 1909 Xuantong [Aisingioro Puyi]

EMPIRE ENDED IN FEBRUARY 1912