Interregnum · 190–195 AD

Eastern Han (return) 东汉

Dōng Hàn · Capital: Chang'an (briefly)

A traumatic five years when warlords dragged the boy-emperor Xian back to a ruined Chang'an. The city was a shadow of its Han peak — courtiers starved in the streets. This is why Eastern Han 'counts' as a Chang'an capital: the emperor was physically here, but the capital was a fiction held together by generals.

13 dynasties · scroll to explore

Western Zhou西周c. 1046–771 BC Qin秦350–207 BC Western Han西汉202 BC – 9 AD Xin (Wang Mang)新9–23 AD Eastern Han (return)东汉190–195 AD Western Jin (return)西晋313–316 AD Former Zhao前赵319–329 AD Former Qin前秦351–385 AD Later Qin后秦384–417 AD Western Wei西魏535–557 AD Northern Zhou北周557–581 AD Sui隋581–618 AD Tang唐618–907 AD