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For 370 years following Han's collapse, a number of kingdoms and dynasties emerged and fought each other for domination. The regimes emerged in this period include: the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu (220-280), the Jin Dynasty (265-420), and the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589). Listed below are these regimes and the cities where they set up capital. |
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Period |
City | Province | ||
| Three Kingdoms | ||||
| Wei | 220-265 | Luoyang | Henan | |
| Shu | 221-263 | Chengdu | Sichuan | |
| Wu | 222-280 | Nanjing | Jiangsu | |
| Jin Dynasty | ||||
| Western Jin | 265-316 | Luoyang | Henan | |
| Eastern Jin | 317-420 | Nanjing | Jiangsu | |
| Southern Dynasties | ||||
| Song | 420-479 | Nanjing | Jiangsu | |
| Qi | 479-502 | Nanjing | Jiangsu | |
| Liang | 502-557 | Nanjing | Jiangsu | |
| Chen | 557-589 | Nanjing | Jiangsu | |
| Northern Dynasties | ||||
| Northern Wei | 386-534 | Datong in Shanxi, and | Luoyang in Henan | |
| Eastern Wei | 534-550 | Linzhang | Hebei | |
| Northern Qi | 550-577 | Linzhang | Hebei | |
| Western Wei | 535-557 | Xian | Shaanxi | |
| Northern Zhou | 557-581 | Xian | Shaanxi | |