Six Dynasties With Legitimate Lineage
These six dynasties were:
- Cao Wei (220–265)
- Jin Dynasty (265–420)
- Liu Song Dynasty (420–479)
- Qi Dynasty (479–502)
- Liang Dynasty (502–557)
- Chen Dynasty (557–589)
Sima Guang, in his book Zizhi Tongjian, used the era names of these six dynasties as the timeline to describe this period of history. Later Chinese called this period the Six Dynasties period, or Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties (魏晋南北朝, Wèi Jìn NánběiCháo).
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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.”
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“What we believe is more important than our material existence, therefore warfare is a legitimate extension of values.”
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“I declare
Two lineages electrify the air,
That will like pennons from a mast
Fly over sleep and life and death
Till sun is powerless to decoy
A single seed above the earth:
Lineage of sorrow: lineage of joy....”
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