Xia Dynasty夏朝
The semi-legendary first hereditary dynasty of China, remembered as the founder of the Chinese dynastic tradition.半传说色彩的中国第一个世袭王朝,被视为华夏王朝传统的开端。
The semi-legendary first hereditary dynasty of China, remembered as the founder of the Chinese dynastic tradition.半传说色彩的中国第一个世袭王朝,被视为华夏王朝传统的开端。
The first Chinese dynasty confirmed by writing, famed for oracle-bone script and masterful bronze casting.中国第一个有文字实证的王朝,以甲骨文与精湛的青铜铸造闻名。
China's longest dynasty; its Mandate of Heaven and feudal order shaped the Spring & Autumn and Warring States ages.中国历时最长的王朝;其「天命」观与分封制孕育了春秋战国时代。
The first unified Chinese empire under Qin Shi Huang, which standardized script, weights, and the road network.秦始皇建立的中国第一个大一统帝国,统一文字、度量衡与道路。
A golden age that gave the Chinese ethnic majority its name, opened the Silk Road, and set the imperial template for millennia.奠定「汉」之名的黄金时代,开辟丝绸之路,为此后两千年帝制立范。
The strongest of the Three Kingdoms, founded by the heirs of the warlord Cao Cao in the north.三国中最强者,由枭雄曹操之嗣建于北方。
The southwestern Three Kingdoms state led by Liu Bei and the strategist Zhuge Liang.三国之一,据西南,刘备立国、诸葛亮辅政。
The Three Kingdoms power along the lower Yangtze, ruled by the Sun family.三国之一,孙氏据长江下游立国。
Briefly reunified China before fracturing; its flight south began centuries of division.曾短暂重新统一中国,旋即分裂,衣冠南渡开启数百年的南北分立。
A Xianbei dynasty that unified northern China and drove a sweeping sinicization of the steppe elite.鲜卑所建、统一北方的王朝,推行大规模汉化。
Reunified China after centuries of division and built the Grand Canal linking north and south.结束数百年分裂、重新统一中国,开凿贯通南北的大运河。
A cosmopolitan zenith of Chinese civilization, its poetry, trade, and prestige radiating across Asia.中华文明兼容并包的鼎盛期,诗歌、贸易与声威远播亚洲。
A Himalayan empire that once seized the Tang capital and adopted Buddhism as its faith.喜马拉雅帝国,曾攻陷唐都,皈依佛教。
A powerful kingdom in Yunnan that at times rivalled both Tang China and Tibet.雄踞云南的王国,一度与唐、吐蕃鼎足抗衡。
A Khitan empire straddling steppe and farmland whose name reached Europe as 'Cathay'.契丹所建、横跨草原与农耕的帝国,其名以「契丹(Cathay)」远传欧洲。
A Buddhist kingdom in Yunnan, successor to Nanzhao, absorbed by the Mongol Yuan.继南诏而起、笃信佛教的云南王国,后被蒙元并入。
An era of commercial revolution, gunpowder, printing, and paper money—economically the most advanced of its day.商业革命、火药、印刷与纸币的时代,经济与技术冠绝当时。
A Tangut state on the Silk Road with its own script, finally destroyed by the Mongols.党项人建于丝路要冲、拥有独特文字的政权,终为蒙古所灭。
The Jurchen dynasty that conquered northern China from the Song before falling to the Mongols.女真所建、夺取宋朝北方半壁的王朝,后亡于蒙古。
The Central Asian successor khanate of the Mongol Empire.蒙古帝国在中亚的继承汗国。
The Mongol-founded dynasty that ruled all China, visited by Marco Polo at its height.蒙古人所建、统治全中国的王朝,鼎盛时马可·波罗曾来访。
A native Han restoration that sent Zheng He's treasure fleets abroad and completed the Great Wall we know today.汉人复兴的王朝,郑和下西洋,修筑了今日所见的长城。
The last great nomadic empire, destroyed by Qing China in the 18th century.最后一个游牧大帝国,18 世纪为清朝所灭。
China's last imperial dynasty, Manchu-led, which doubled the empire's size before collapsing under foreign pressure.中国最后一个帝制王朝,满洲人主政,疆域倍增,终在内忧外患中崩解。
Asia's first republic, which ended two millennia of imperial rule; since 1949 based on Taiwan.亚洲首个共和国,终结两千年帝制;1949 年后据于台湾。
Founded in 1949, today the world's most populous state and second-largest economy.1949 年成立,今为世界人口大国与第二大经济体。