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Below is a table of Chinese monarchs.

From the Shang Dynasty to the Qin , rulers usually held the title King (王 ''wáng''). With the division of China into separate Warring States , this title had become so common that the unifier of China, the first Qin emperor Qin Shi Huang created a new title for himself, that of Emperor (皇帝 ''huángdì''). This title of Emperor continued to be used for the remainder of China's imperial history, right down to the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912 .

Chinese monarchs were known by many different names, and how they should be identified is often confusing. Sometimes the same emperor is commonly known by two or three separate names, or the same name is used by emperors of different dynasties. The tables below do not necessarily include all of an emperor's names - for example, posthumous names could run to more than twenty characters and were rarely used in historical writing - but where possible the most commonly used name or naming convention has been indicated.

These tables may not necessarily represent the most recently updated information on Chinese monarchs; please check the page for the relevant dynasty for possible additional information.


XIA DYNASTY

Ca. 2070 BC - 1600 BC 1


SHANG DYNASTY

Ca. 1600 BC - 1046 BC 1


ZHOU DYNASTY

Mid 11th Century BC - 256 BC , traditionally divided into:



QIN DYNASTY



HAN DYNASTY



THREE KINGDOMS PERIOD



JIN DYNASTY



SIXTEEN KINGDOMS PERIOD



Sovereignties established by Wu Hu



NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DYNASTIES



SUI DYNASTY



TANG DYNASTY



FIVE DYNASTIES AND TEN KINGDOMS



Independent Regimes during Ten Kingdoms



LIAO DYNASTY



SONG DYNASTY



WESTERN XIA



JIN DYNASTY

(2) Did not exist


YUAN DYNASTY



MING DYNASTY

To see the Ming dynasty emperors on a separate page, Check Here .


Shun Dynasty



Southern Ming Dynasty



QING DYNASTY

To see the Qing dynasty emperors on a separate page, Check Here .


Taiping Rebellion



Yuan Shikai 's Chinese Empire