Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was between 907-960 AD, between the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the founding of Song Dynasty. Hereunder is the timeline of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms:
Period |
Dynasty |
Capital City |
Reign Period |
Destroyed by |
Five Dynasties |
Later Liang |
Luoyang, Kaifeng |
907 - 923 |
Later Tang |
Later Tang |
Luoyang |
923 - 936 |
Later Jin | |
Later Jin |
Luoyang, Kaifeng |
936 - 946 |
Liao | |
Later Han |
Kaifeng |
947 - 951 |
Later Zhou | |
Later Zhou |
Kaifeng |
951 - 960 |
Song Dynasty | |
Ten Kingdoms |
Wu |
Yangzhou |
902 - 937 |
Southern Tang |
Southern Tang |
Nanjing |
937 - 975 |
Song Dynasty | |
Wu Yue |
Hangzhou |
907 - 978 |
Song Dynasty | |
Chu |
Changsha |
927 - 951 |
Southern Tang | |
Northern Han |
Taiyuan |
951 - 979 |
Song Dynasty | |
Southern Han |
Guangzhou |
917 - 971 |
Song Dynasty | |
Former Shu |
Chengdu |
907 - 925 |
Later Tang | |
Later Shu |
Chengdu |
934 - 965 |
Song Dynasty | |
Jingnan |
Jingzhou |
924 - 963 |
Song Dynasty | |
Min |
Fuzhou |
909 - 945 |
Southern Tang |