the historical period of the Six Dynasties, although both terms do not refer to the exact same dynasties. The six dynasties based in Jiankang (in modern...

other states. Which of the various states and dynasties constituted the "6" dynasties of the Six Dynasties period varies somewhat according to which of...

Kingdoms and the Eastern Jin dynasty. It is sometimes considered as the latter part of a longer period known as the Six Dynasties (220–589). The period featured...

of monarchical dynasties. Besides those established by the dominant Han ethnic group or its spiritual Huaxia predecessors, dynasties throughout Chinese...

dynasty that the shape of the yuanlingpao worn in the later dynasties, such as in the Ming dynasties, started to develop. During the era of the Six Dynasties...

in the c. 81 BCE Discourses on Salt and Iron. During the turbulent Six dynasties period (220–589), self-experimentation with drugs became commonplace...

475-221 BCE), continued during the Han dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE), became well known during the Six Dynasties (222-589), and developed during the Tang...

The traditional lens for viewing Chinese history is the dynastic cycle: imperial dynasties rise and fall, and are ascribed certain achievements. Throughout...

more personally emotional than the Music Bureau pieces. During the Six Dynasties era, a form of yuefu using regular five-character quatrains (or paired...

Song dynasties, Nanjing was a place where poets gathered and composed poems reminiscent of its luxurious past; during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the...