Historical C-Drama Chronology sorted by Historical Periods

PRIMITIVE

Paleolithic【旧石器时代】

Mesolithic【中石器时代】

Neolithic【新石器时代】

Ages 【时代】[Stone, Bronze]

ANCIENT

Yu【虞朝】[3 Sovereigns and 5 Emperors]

Xia【夏朝】

Shang【商朝】

Zhou【周朝】[Western Zhou, Gonghe*, Eastern Zhou]

Spring and Autumn【春秋时代】[5 Hegemons]

Warring States【战国时代】[Qin, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Qi, Han, Chu]

IMPERIAL

Qin【秦朝】[18 Kingdoms, Chu-Han Contention*]

Han【汉朝】[Western Han, Xin*, Eastern Han]

Three Kingdoms【三国】[Cao Wei, Shu Han, Eastern Wu, Yan]

Jin【晋朝】[2 Jins (Western, Eastern)]

Sixteen Kingdoms【十六国】[5 Liangs (Former, Later, Northern, Southern, Western), 4 Yans (Former, Later, Northern, Southern), 3 Qins (Former, Later, Western), 2 Zhaos (Former, Later), Cheng Han , Xia, Zhai Wei]

Northern and Southern Dynasties【南北朝】[3 Northerns (Wei, Zhou, Qi), 2 Weis (Eastern, Western)/Liu Song, 3 Southerns (Qi, Liang, Chen), Western Liang]

Sui【隋朝】

Tang【唐朝】[Wu Zhou*]

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms【五代十国】[5 Laters (Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou)/Yang Wu, Wuyue, Min, Ma Chu, 2 Shus (Former, Later), Jingnan, Southern Tang, 2 Hans (Southern, Northern)]

Liao【辽朝】[Later Liao]

Song【宋朝】[2 Songs (Northern, Southern)]

Jin【金朝】

Western Xia【西夏】

Western Liao【西辽】

Yuan【元朝】[Chen Han, Northern Yuan]

Ming【明朝】[Southern Ming, Shun*, Later Jin]

Qing【清朝】

MODERN

Republic of China【中华民国】

People's Republic of China (PRC)【中华人民共和国】

* Interregna

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1801. Ye Bu Shou

Chinese Drama - 0000, 18 episodes

IMPERIAL - Ming dynasty .
1802. A White Fox

Chinese Drama - 0000, 12 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1803. To Myself in 1999

Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1804. Cui Huo

Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1805. Flying Elephants

Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1806. I Don't Kill You

Chinese Drama - 0000, 24 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1807. Yu Lan Hua Kai Jun Zai Lai

Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1808. Qun Xing Shan Yao Shi

Chinese Drama - 2024, 34 episodes

MODERN - Second Sino-Japanese War (from the Chinese Republican period) .
1809. Flourished Peony

Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes

IMPERIAL - Tang dynasty .
1810. Xiao Xiang Ren Jia

Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes

MODERN - mid-Cultural Revolution (from the PRC period) .
1811. Han Wu Di

Chinese Drama - 1996, 24 episodes

IMPERIAL - Han dynasty .
1812. Love on the Beach

Chinese Drama - 2005, 25 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1813. A Legend of Shaolin Kung Fu Season 3

Chinese Drama - 2011, 60 episodes

IMPERIAL - Qing dynasty .
1814. Hua Xu Yin

Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes

ANCIENT - Wei and Chen states (vassal states of the Zhou Dynasty) .
1815. He Ping Nian Dai

Chinese Drama - 1996, 23 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1816. The Flower Flies Like the Butterfly

Chinese Drama - 2006, 26 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1817. Ebb And Flow

Chinese Drama - 1992, 20 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China <-> People's Republic of China .
1818. Bodyguards: Heavenly Charm

Chinese Drama - 1998, 20 episodes

IMPERIAL - Ming dynasty .
1819. The Bigwig

Chinese Drama - 2000, 30 episodes

IMPERIAL - Ming dynasty .
1820. An Jing

Chinese Drama - 0000, 36 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1821. My Dear Families

Chinese Drama - 2022, 39 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1822. Roaring Waves

Chinese Drama - 1999, 16 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1823. Love Endures

Chinese Drama - 2024, 32 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1824. The World's Little Mad Doctor

Chinese Drama - 2023, 26 episodes

IMPERIAL - Northern Chu (also known as Jingnan kingdom from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period) and Shang* kingdoms .
* Shang is a fictitious kingdom.
1825. Chun Ri Nong Qing

Chinese Drama - 2024, 18 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1826. Get Married

Chinese Drama - 2015, 35 episodes

IMPERIAL - Ming dynasty .
1827. Jianghu Xiao Mian Ren

Chinese Drama - 1999, 20 episodes

MODERN - sometime during the Republic of China .
1828. Holy Pearl

Chinese Drama - 2011, 36 episodes

MODERN <-> ANCIENT - People's Republic of China <-> Nanyue and Shu kingdoms* (from the legendary period of the Yu dynasty) .
* They might just carry more just their names in common with historical kingdoms of Ancient China, having, thus, both fictional and authentic elements.
1829. Happy Flying Dragon

Chinese Drama - 1998, 50 episodes

IMPERIAL - during the final years of the Qing dynasty .
1830. Bei Shang

Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes

MODERN - early 21st century (from the PRC period) .
1831. The Witty Attorney

Chinese Drama - 1998, 27 episodes

IMPERIAL - Qing dynasty .
1832. Under the Howthorn Tree

Chinese Drama - 0000, 24 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1833. Sleepless in Floating City

Chinese Drama - 0000, 40 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1834. Life and Death

Chinese Drama - 2015, 40 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1835. Reborn

Chinese Drama - 2025, 24 episodes

MODERN - early years of the 21st century (from the PRC period) .
1836. Cases of the South

Chinese Drama - 0000, 36 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1837. Xiao Qi Qing Rang

Chinese Drama - 0000, 32 episodes

IMPERIAL <-> MODERN - Qin dynasty <-> People's Republic of China .
1838. Hua Fu

Chinese Drama - 0000, 12 episodes

IMPERIAL <-> MODERN - Han dynasty <-> People's Republic of China .
1839. Chinese Peacekeeping Police

Chinese Drama - 2009, 35 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1840. Xiao Nu Ren

Chinese Drama - 1997, 20 episodes

IMPERIAL <-> MODERN - late Qing dynasty <-> early Republic of China .
1841. Xiang Fen Chuanqi

Chinese Drama - 2006, 30 episodes

IMPERIAL - Ming dynasty .
1842. Chinese Sherlock Shi

Chinese Drama - 2012, 32 episodes

IMPERIAL - Qing dynasty .
1843. The Age of Returning to The City

Chinese Drama - 2014, 30 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1844. Da Yun Zhi He

Chinese Drama - 2022, 30 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1845. San Ke Shu

Chinese Drama - 2024, 39 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1846. Return Home

Chinese Drama - 2007, 33 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1847. Cosmetology High

Chinese Drama - 2014, 30 episodes

IMPERIAL - Tang dynasty .
1848. Justice My Foot

Chinese Drama - 2012, 30 episodes

IMPERIAL - Qing dynasty .
1849. Han Dynasty Epic

Chinese Drama - 0000

IMPERIAL - Han dynasty .
1850. The Epic of Tang Dynasty

Chinese Drama - 0000

IMPERIAL - Tang dynasty .
1851. Luan Shi Yan Yu

Chinese Drama - 2014, 30 episodes

IMPERIAL - during the final years of the Qing dynasty .
1852. Master

Chinese Drama - 2011, 35 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1853. Norman Bethune

Chinese Drama - 2006, 20 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1854. A Legend of Shaolin Kung Fu Season 4

Chinese Drama - 2017, 44 episodes

IMPERIAL - Qing dynasty .
1855. Legend of the Phoenix

Chinese Drama - 2019, 41 episodes

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IMPERIAL - Southern Liang*, Later Liang** [or Western Liang (a puppet state of the Western Wei, Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties)] (both from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period), Yueliang***, and Wuci*** dynasties, and Xiaqiu, Qiuye***, and Xiasheng*** states .
* Possibly a blend between Liang province (a vassal state from Western Jin dynasty), Eastern Liang province (subjected to both Northern Wei and Southern Liang dynasties from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period), and even the final years of the Ming dynasty. As this drama states that Southern Liang has its 5th emperor (historical Liang had only four), it can be assumed that, in this story, the Chen dynasty (also from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) never came into being.
** It might also contain elements in common with the Later Liang dynasty (from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period), emerging just like its historical counterpart, that is, Western Liang (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period as well), which appeared under the name of Later Liang.
*** These are fictional.
1856. Antique Bureau Midgame

Chinese Drama - 2020, 36 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1857. Hidden Shadow

Chinese Drama - 0000, 36 episodes

IMPERIAL - Song dynasty .
1858. The Lee Family

Chinese Drama - 2014

MODERN - early years of the Republic of China .
1859. Shao Ye He Wo

Chinese Drama - 2024, 12 episodes

MODERN - sometime during the Republic of China .
1860. Feng Yu Diao Hua Lou

Chinese Drama - 2010, 40 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1861. National Anthem

Chinese Drama - 2010, 24 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1862. Love In Spring

Chinese Drama - 2013, 80 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1863. Bu Ju

Chinese Drama - 2021, 27 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1864. Legend of Entrepreneurship

Chinese Drama - 2012, 36 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1865. Two Families from Wenzhou

Chinese Drama - 2015, 36 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1866. Family on the Go 3

Chinese Drama - 2021, 36 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1867. The Switch

Chinese Drama - 2001, 40 episodes

IMPERIAL - Ming dynasty .
1868. The Divine Doctor

Chinese Drama - 2015, 50 episodes

ANCIENT - Zheng vassal state (from the Warring States period) .
1869. Huo Hong Nian Hua

Chinese Drama - 2021, 32 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1870. Rage of Love

Chinese Drama - 2013, 35 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1871. The North Wind Blows

Chinese Drama - 2009, 36 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1872. Spring Goes, Spring Comes

Chinese Drama - 2008, 45 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1873. Every Moment that I Think of You

Chinese Drama - 2021, 2 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1874. Time Machine

Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China <-> People's Republic of China .
1875. Legend of the Heavenly Stones

Chinese Drama - 2005, 34 episodes

IMPERIAL <-> MODERN - Ming dynasty <-> People's Republic of China .
1876. Choose the Right Path

Chinese Drama - 2015, 45 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1877. The Stand-in

Chinese Drama - 2014, 60 episodes

IMPERIAL <-> MODERN - Qing dynasty <-> Republic of China .
1878. Double Guns

Chinese Drama - 2017, 40 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1879. Fat Man of Sport

Chinese Drama - 2021, 30 episodes

IMPERIAL - Northern Song and Liao dynasties .
1880. Judge Dee's Mystery Season 2

Chinese Drama - 2024

IMPERIAL - Tang dynasty .
1881. Perfect Match

Chinese Drama - 0000, 36 episodes

IMPERIAL - Northern Song dynasty .
1882. Snowflower

Chinese Drama - 2003, 45 episodes

IMPERIAL - Tang dynasty .
1883. Wu Geng Ji

Chinese Drama - 2024, 40 episodes

ANCIENT - Shang <-> Zhou dynasties, and Xin and Bai states* .
* Xin and Bai are fictional states.
1884. Gun Fire

Chinese Drama - 2014, 40 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1885. Red Waist Drum

Chinese Drama - 2019, 45 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1886. Life and Death on the Way Back

Chinese Drama - 2011, 32 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1887. My War 3

Chinese Drama - 2015, 40 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1888. Xiang Qi Mi Ren

Chinese Drama - 2010, 23 episodes

MODERN - People's Republic of China .
1889. Shui Yue Dong Tian

Chinese Drama - 2004, 30 episodes

IMPERIAL - final years of the Qin <-> early years of the Jin dynasties .
1890. The Fairy Lake

Chinese Drama - 2012, 40 episodes

PRIMORDIAL <-> PRECAMBRIAN <-> IMPERIAL - Creation by the Jade Emperor <-> Homo emergence <-> Western Han dynasty .
1891. The Empire Warrior

Chinese Drama - 2013, 38 episodes

IMPERIAL - Qing dynasty .
1892. Half for the People, Half for Beauties

Chinese Drama - 2015, 48 episodes

IMPERIAL - Eastern Han dynasty <-> Three Kingdoms period .
1893. Happy Magistrate

Chinese Drama - 2014, 33 episodes

IMPERIAL - Ming dynasty .
1894. Happy Magistrate 2

Chinese Drama - 2016, 30 episodes

IMPERIAL - Ming dynasty .
1895. Iron Pear

Chinese Drama - 2010, 43 episodes

MODERN - Republic of China .
1896. Incisive Great Teacher

Chinese Drama - 2014, 44 episodes

IMPERIAL - Wuzhou dynasty (from the Tang dynasty period) .
1897. Mermaid Legend

Chinese Drama - 2013, 36 episodes

IMPERIAL - Northern Song dynasty .
1898. Five Disciples of Master Wong

Chinese Drama - 2006, 37 episodes

IMPERIAL <-> MODERN - Qing dynasty <-> Republic of China .
1899. Chuan Qi Huan Xiang Yin Shang

Chinese Drama - 2006, 42 episodes

ANCIENT - towards the end of the Shang dynasty .
1900. Shen Yi Xia Lu

Chinese Drama - 2004, 40 episodes

IMPERIAL - Western Han dynasty .