Six Dynasties (Chinese: 六朝; Pinyin: Liù Cháo; 220 or 222 - 589) is a collective noun for six Chinese dynasties during the periods of the Three Kingdoms (220–280 AD), Jin Dynasty (265–420), and Southern and Northern Dynasties (420–589).
This period immediately followed the fall of the Han Dynasty in 220 AD, and was a period of disunity, instability and warfare. The period ended when Emperor Wen of Sui reunified Southern and Northern China and the Sui Dynasty began.
The term generally refers to two groupings of dynasties during that period:
- Six dynasties with capitals in Jiankang (the modern day Nanjing), and
- Six dynasties with legitimate lineage.
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“All forms of government symbolize an immortal government, common to all dynasties and independent of numbers, perfect where two men exist, perfect where there is only one man.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)