Historical C-Drama Chronology sorted by Historical Periods

IMPERIAL - sometime during and somewhere among Former Yan, Western Yan, Later Yan, Southern Yan or Northern Yan* kingdoms (from the Sixteen Kingdoms period) .

* This drama is based on a novel set in any of the Yan kingdoms. Besides, the Murong clan was the one that ruled these five Yan dynastic states and it is the surname of the main characters.

ANCIENT  - Zhou dynasty .

MODERN - Republic of China .

IMPERIAL - Tang dynasty .

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

MODERN - early 21st <-> final years of the 20th centuries (both from the PRC period) .

IMPERIAL - Northern Song dynasty .

MODERN - Republic of China .

IMPERIAL - sometime during the chaotic period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period .

MODERN - early 21st <-> early years of the 21st <-> early 21st century (all from the PRC period) .

MODERN - late 20th century (from the PRC period) .

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - early years of the Republic of China .

IMPERIAL - possibly Northern Zhou dynasty (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .

MODERN - final years of the Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - mid-Republic of China.

IMPERIAL - possibly* Southern Qi (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period), Song or Ming dynasties .

* Although it contains elements from these three eras, it's likely to be a Song drama because of its prevailing aesthetics and elements.

IMPERIAL - Liu Song , Northern Qi (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period), and Southern Qing* dynasties .

* Southern Qing is a fictional dynasty.

MODERN - early Republic of China .

MODERN <-> IMPERIAL <-> MODERN - late Republic of China <-> Western Xia dynasty <-> late Republic of China .

MODERN - early Republic of China <-> early People's Republic of China .

MODERN - late 20th century (from the PRC period) .

IMPERIAL - Southern Song and Jin dynasties .

IMPERIAL - Qing dynasty .

IMPERIAL <-> MODERN <-> IMPERIAL - possibly* Former Yan, Later Yan or Southern Yan kingdoms (from the Sixteen Kingdoms period) <-> 21st century (from the PRC period) <-> Former Yan, Later Yan or Southern Yan kingdoms .

* All of which were ruled by the Murong clan, the same emperor's surname in this drama.

ANCIENT - possibly Eastern Yue kingdom (from between the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States periods) .

MODERN - early 21st century (from the PRC period) .

MODERN - end of the 20th century (from the PRC period) .

MODERN - late 20th century (from the PRC period) .

MODERN - sometime during the Republic of China .

MODERN - early People's Republic of China .

MODERN <-> ANCIENT <-> IMPERIAL <-> MODERN - early 21st century (from the PRC period) <-> sometime between feudal Shang <-> and feudal Ming dynasties <-> sometime during the Republic of China <-> early 21st century (from the PRC period) .

IMPERIAL - probably* Northern Song dynasty .

* The aesthetics, the clothing, and even the language indicate this is a Song drama in disguise!

IMPERIAL - probably Later Yan and Western Yan* kingdoms (from the Sixteen Kingdoms period) .

* These two kingdoms were contemporary, despite the drama's usage of different yan characters to represent them. In addition, the Murong clan was the one that ruled the five Yan dynastic states and it is the surname of the male lead.

IMPERIAL - Tang dynasty .

IMPERIAL - possibly Tang dynasty .

MODERN - final years of the 20th century (from the PRC period) .

MODERN - final years of the 20th century (from the PRC period) .