Empire of Tianchao

The Empire of Tianchao (天朝) is the dominant and largest state of Marlakcor.
Tianchao has been known by many names throughout its existence and even before the country was officially named. It is often known locally by whichever dynasty is currently ruling it, while it is known as the name for the country prevalent for foreigners from Geminos (Soligaia and Aquilonis) is Cathay, at least for diplomatic purposes. Other names for the empire include Wanbang (完邦) and Wanyu (完宇), both used in reference for the dominant ethnic group, Wan. The name "Tianchao" dates back the the Ying dynasty, meant to illustrate the achievement of the Mandate of Heaven (天命/Tianming) and rulership of Tianxia (the whole world, or all under heaven, in ancient Wan perception), but the name did not enter common use for over two thousand years. It was used somewhat sparingly during the Mei, Qiang, Yue and Jing dynasties, but it wasn't until the mid-Zhai dynasty that the name was adopted by law as the official legal name of the empire.
It occupies much of the continent, controlling northern and western Huaxia (the central subcontinent), most of Guangdai (the northern lands of Xinshijie, the western subcontinent), and two thirds of Pianpilu (the northern continent). In the Zanghuan Provinces, the capital regions, it borders Dongbalian to the south, and shares borders with the Wanzu-Incolo Miaogui Republic on Shengfen Island and on the eastern peninsula of Qiulu (虯陸) Island. It also shares borders with Baoshi in the northeastern corner of the latter island. East of Qiulu, Tianchao shares borders with Tibet.
Via the Jingling Peninsula, it borders Gaoliang to the south, and on the western continent, the Xifang Regions, it borders Raimei to the south and Yamato-Morokoshi to the west.
On Pianpilu, it borders Bogino to the west and Gergazar, whom still resists Tianzu expansion with all its might, to the east. These lands were hotly contested between Tianchao and other powers for many centuries. First it was contested by the Boginotan Khanate and the Tukhii Khanate, but they still refer to themselves by their mother term in their mother language and in conversation with their cousins, the Arslan) before Tiancho finally conquered most of it during the Kai dynasty. It was again contested territory during the Twenty Kingdoms and Western, Central & Northern Dynasties periods before re-consolidation under the Zan dynasty restored order. Some time after Tianchao broke up again during the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period, the recently-united Gergazartan Khaganate took advantage of the chaos to conquer Pianpilu and most of Tianchao. Following the Fragmentation of the Gergazartan Khaganate, the central lands were controlled by the Shuang dynasty for several centuries until they were reconquered by the Lei dynasty. Tianchao still rules the lands to this day.
In the northwest it shares maritime and land borders with the empire of Goryeo, from whom it conquered most of the western continent.
Tianchao also shares borders with two of the four island city-states: In the north, on the southwest shore of Daimao Bay, Tianchao shares maritime borders with the Holy City of Dongshui Guibei. To the east, on the Shengzhe peninsula (聖者半島) of Qiulu Island on the west side the Bay of Xiaolong, via what territories Tianchao still controls after the wars with Solaria, Tianchao shares borders with the Holy City of Chunmu Longdong.
In northern Pianpilu, Tianchao also borders the city of Shangri-la, making it an enclave, which is nestled in a tropical jungle valley surrounded by an impassible mountain range. The mountains around the valley are frigid and snow-covered almost year-round, but the valley is kept warm by geothermal activity. Because Tianchao can't get to it, as the only way into the city is via hidden caves that only the people of Shangri-la know the location of, the empire leaves it alone. At one point Tianchao territorially surrounded it, but various conflicts resulted in the loss of the lands north of the city.
Tianchao was at one point the suzerain of Bogino, forcing them to surrender base sovereignty in the face of the ferocity of the Tianzu Imperial Army & Navy and threats of invasion. But the independence of the former Shuang dynasty allowed them to break off from the yoke of Tianchao and reclaim some of their lost territory. At one point Tianchao held the now-defunct Daludao Kingdom (大陸島王國) as a suzerainty as well, but it was conquered and renamed Serica by Solaria. Said territories have since declared independence as the Republic of Miaogui.
Tianchao spared the Holy Cities from conquest or vassalization, as not even the huangdi of the time dared to threaten or desecrate the sanctity of such holy places. All this is a result of the Tianzu Wars of Conquest (a collective term for the many wars of expansion Tianchao has fought throughout its history.).
On the western border with Yamato-Morokoshi stands the Great Wall of Guangdai. This massive fortification of 25m-high stone walls, fortresses, and castles, which runs along the entire length of the Morokoshi-Tianchao border. This wall far surpasses Dongbalian's Mulan's Wall, which was built for similar reasons against Solaria.
Running through the middle of Zanghuan is the Qingjiang (清江/Green River) river. The Qingjiang is a life-giving river that gets its name from the green hue of the water. The Qingjiang river valley (青江河谷/Qingjiang Hegu), traditionally called Gaoyu (皋峪), is the traditional homeland of the Gao, the dominant ethnic group of the Wan peoples. It is along this river that most early Wan civilization was formed and has served Tianchao culturally, politically, and militarily since time immemorial. The river runs from northeastern Zanghuan and down the center of the land before splitting into two pathways and emptying into the oceans in two different places,
====History====
The empire is currently under the rule of the Cui dynasty, ruled by the Imperial Family of Sun (皇家的笋/Huangjia de Sun), which took power in 4903TJH after supplanting the collapsing dwarf-ruled Lei dynasty and reconquering the state of Dongji, a northern Shengwai secessionist kingdom. Cui is the latest of many dynasties that have ruled all or part of Tianchao.
An unnatural creation with thousands of years of reliable history, what became Tianchao was originally a collection of quarreling wangguo (王國/kingdoms) in what is now the Zanghuan Provinces thousands of years ago. There were eleven major states and several minor states under vassal hegemony of a few of the major ones.
Modern scholars agree that the events that led to the founding of the modern empire began following the collapse of what is known to history as the Mei dynasty into the various states at the end of an era historians call the Predynastic Era. The previous recorded dynasties prior to Mei were, in practice, just fragile hegemonic alliances under the lordship of a stronger state. The Mei dynasty, a kingdom of magic ruled by magicians, was the first kingdom to exercise centralized authority over the rest of the kingdoms, and lasted longer than any dynasty in Tianzu history. After its initial founding, Mei held supreme authority over the other kingdoms; however, during the second half of its reign, the Mei dynasty lost control over its subjects as the first experiments and attempts at federalization were poorly executed and cost the wang (king) and his court their authority. This time is an era termed the Summer & Winter period (夏季和冬季). This attempt at federalization involved redrawing the internal borders and establishing states and elevating the statuses of the vassal wangs as rulers of them, granting them more governing authority to levy their own taxes, keep troops, and make their own individual laws. But this had the unintended side-effect of reducing their obligation to their liege and invoking disputes, territorial and personal. The loss of influence cost the central authorities their control over the newly formed constituent kingdoms, erupting a period of civil war.
While the Mei dynasty didn't actually collapse until near the end of the ensuing period of civil war, the instability triggered the beginning of an era of near constant warfare for survival and supremacy, shifting alliances, and brief periods of peace between conflicts; ending the Summer & Winter period and beginning a period of chaos and civil war known to history as the Warring States period. Even before then the rulers of the territories were going to war with one another for one reason or another, but it wasn't until the aftermath of an event known as the Heita Shijian (黑塔事件/Black Tower Incident), that all the states, having stewed in fierce rivalries for decades, declared war on each other in a bid for dominance over the realm, beginning the Warring States period.
About a hundred years later, a warlord known to history as Jian Zheng (劍政): styled Zhugong (主公), a general from what was then Kingdom of Qiang and an alleged descendant of Xiangrikui Gongchen, usurped control of the kingdom in a military coup d'état, overthrowing the inept and complacent wang and the Zhi family, becoming wang himself. Jian Zheng then led his followers to conquer or politically assimilate all of Qiang's rivals, thus founding the first imperial dynasty of newly-formed Empire of Tianchao, under the rule of the Qiang dynasty with himself as the first Huangdi (皇帝/Emperor). His posthumous name was Chuangjian (創見) and his temple name is Kaiguo (開國). He is more commonly known by his posthumous name, but is also known in history as Qiang Shou Di (薔首帝). His conquests ended the Warring States period and the Prydynastic Era in one stroke and began the Classical stage of the Imperial Era.
While the name "Tianchao" was used as the official name for the empire of the time, with the end of the Qiang dynasty, the name fell out of use. The name "Tianchao" was adopted as the official name of the empire during the Zhai dynasty.
The early imperial dynasties up to the mid-Bei dynasty, only ruled areas of the modern-day Zanghuan Provinces. From the mid-Bei dynasty onward began expanding Tianchao beyond its cradle of civilization. In the subsequent collective Tianzu Wars of Conquest, Tianchao expanded in every direction and grew into one of the largest and wealthiest empires on Qirsyllviar. (It is outclassed only by Yamatai in the latter aspect)
The empire has a chaotic history of various pretender dynasties, breakaway states, or usurpations by rebellion or coup d'état, and many other types of crises besides. For example, the Cuan dynasty, the first dynasty of the Predynastic Era (前王朝紀元), prior-founding Tianchao, collapsed and was usurped by the Zao dynasty, which began the cycle for a successive change of dynasties.
The reason for the constant changes of dynasties and wars is all in part due to a dynastic cycle influenced by a religiopolitical concept known as the Mandate of Heaven (天命/Tianming), a philosophical concept of the circumstances under which a ruler is allowed to rule (see the two links to the Wikipedia articles for the full explanation on both concepts). The concept dates back to the Ying dynasty.
While most dynasty's came to power by overthrowing the preceding dynasty, not all of the dynasties came to power by violence: sometimes power was peacefully handed over to a new dynasty when the previous dynasty's final huangdi abdicated in favor of a favored person or named such a person as his sole heir; though they were soemtimes tricked, pressured, or forced into doing do. This avoided a power vacuum in most cases, but such dynasty's often didn't have a smooth transition and faced rebllions soon after. Either way civil wars were still a common occurrence, especially so if the nearest relatives of the last huangdi of the dynasty (such as a brother, nephew, cousin or a son of a concubine) made claims to the throne.
Founders of several dynasties were descendants of great heroes from Tianzu history and/or folklore; i.e, the founders of five different dynasties were allegedly descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first Abjaksan of Marlakcor.
Alongside the successive change of dynasties, Tianchao has also fractured into separate independent states and rival dynasties as a result of wars of succession, rebellions for independence, or other crises many times in the past.
Tianchao's territorial control of Guangdai never reached all the way across the continent to the western sea; its armies stretched too thin by that time, it stopped its conquests roughly eight-hundred miles from the westernmost coast of the continent. Instead, it vassalized the native kingdoms to use as buffer states.
A few hundred years before present day (throughout the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign), Tianchao lost its western vassals and control of its westernmost territories to Genjin conquerors during the Yamato Invasions of Marlakcor (4431 – 4533TJH/2293 – 2395TR/4010 – 4112PCZ), which the Empire of Yamatai of Fuso – then under the rule of the Goku Shogunate – initiated to expand Yamtao rule. In the wake of the Third Yamato–Tianzu War (4521 – 4533TJH/2383 – 2395TR/4100 – 4112PCZ) – which Yamatai declared in hopes of taking advantage of the anarchy and aftermath of the Hang–Tun War – following a peace treaty with the Tun dynasty (which fully usurped the Hang dynasty in 4523TJH following a 14-year civil war), the Great Wall of Guangdai was constructed to prevent any further expansion eastward by the Yamato into the western continent. The wall took nearly a century to build (and the rulership of Tianchao passed from the Tun dynasty to the Geng dynasty during that time, in part because the project was so economically costly that it contributed to the already weak and strained Tun dynasty's collapse), and it has so far fulfilled that purpose, save for very brief occupations of various fortresses at various periods during several wars throughout its history. 
The last major war between Yamatai and Tianchao was fought from 4716 – 4728TJH (2578 – 2590TR/4295 – 4307PCZ), during the dwarf-ruled Lei dynasty. Tianchao initiated the war by the opening of several gates along the Great Wall in an attempted invasion Morokoshi, managing to conquer a hold a sizeable chunk of Yamato-held territory for more than a decade. Tianchao even managed to bring the war to the streets of Gekyo (外京), the unofficial yet de facto capital of Morokoshi, until the tide turned and they were kicked out of the west side of the Great Wall in the last year of the conflict. Said war was also the first and last time since the Arslan Invasions of Fuso that Tianchao attempted an invasion of Fuso, a maneuver meant to divide Yamato attentions. Tianchao managed to land on southern Suisho, but never made it farther than the walls of the city of Kato (華都), the seat of power of the Arslan-originating Hanasaku clan. Defeated without breaching the walls, the Tianzu army was expelled from Fuso for the third time in Yamato-Tianzu history. There have been several wars since, but nothing on that scale.
Tianchao also lost the former Daludao Kingdom as a suzerainty, along with some of its southeastern territories, when the Solarii Empire invaded and conquered Daludao, renaming it Serica. Tianchao later helped the territories throw off Solarii rule when they declared independence as the Republic of Miaogui, albeit not for altruistic reasons.
Despite these flaws and a recent decline in power, it maintains its status as Marlakcor's dominant empire, a title rivaled by both Dongbalian and Yamatai.
=====List of Dynasties=====
 	Dynasty 	Dynasty 	Dynasty 	Dynasty 	Dynasty 	Period of Rule 	Period of Rule 	Founder 	Final ruler
 	Name 	Origin of name 	Ruling House 	Ruling House 	Ruling House 	Period of Rule 	Period of Rule 	Founder 	Final ruler
 	Name 	Origin of name 	Surname 	Race 	Ethnicity 	Years 	Term 	Founder 	Final ruler
Semi-Legendary Era 	Semi-Legendary Era 	Semi-Legendary Era 	Semi-Legendary Era 	Semi-Legendary Era 	Semi-Legendary Era 	Semi-Legendary Era 	Semi-Legendary Era 	Semi-Legendary Era 	Semi-Legendary Era
 	Lang狼 	Tribe name 	Lang狼 	Human 	??? 	???? – 1371TJQ 	??? 	 	
 	Tong通 	Tribe name 	Shang上 	unknown 	??? 	???? – 1371TJQ 	??? 	 	
 	Cong葱 	Tribe name 	Cai菜 	unknown 	??? 	???? – 1371TJQ 	??? 	 	
 	Chi遲 	Tribe name 	Hong紅 	unknown 	??? 	???? – 1371TJQ 	??? 	 	
Predynastic Era前王朝紀元Qian Wangchao Jiyuan 	Predynastic Era前王朝紀元Qian Wangchao Jiyuan 	Predynastic Era前王朝紀元Qian Wangchao Jiyuan 	Predynastic Era前王朝紀元Qian Wangchao Jiyuan 	Predynastic Era前王朝紀元Qian Wangchao Jiyuan 	Predynastic Era前王朝紀元Qian Wangchao Jiyuan 	Predynastic Era前王朝紀元Qian Wangchao Jiyuan 	Predynastic Era前王朝紀元Qian Wangchao Jiyuan 	Predynastic Era前王朝紀元Qian Wangchao Jiyuan 	Predynastic Era前王朝紀元Qian Wangchao Jiyuan
 	Wan完 	"All" 	Lang, later Su狼, → 素 	Human 	Gao 	1371 – 1286TJQ 	85yrs 	Qiu Zun狼尊酋 	Qiu Jin集金酋
 	Zao燥 	Tribe name 	Fu富 	Human 	Gao 	1286 – 953TJQ 	333yrs 	Qiuwang Shixin燥獅心酋王 	
 	Gao皋 	Toponym 	Chajing茶晶 	Human 	Gao 	954 – 713TJQ 	241yrs 	Wang Cuiruo皋脆弱王 	
 	Mei魅 	"Magic" 	Xi覡 	Human 	Gao 	733 – 11TJQ 	722yrs 	Wupi Shanmei魅善媚巫辟 	Wupi Fenghuang魅鳳凰巫辟
 	Warring States戰國 	See the table above for involved powers. 	See the table above for involved powers. 	See the table above for involved powers. 	See the table above for involved powers. 	101TJQ – 0TJH 	101yrs 	 	
Classical Imperial Era古典英制紀元Gudian Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Classical Imperial Era古典英制紀元Gudian Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Classical Imperial Era古典英制紀元Gudian Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Classical Imperial Era古典英制紀元Gudian Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Classical Imperial Era古典英制紀元Gudian Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Classical Imperial Era古典英制紀元Gudian Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Classical Imperial Era古典英制紀元Gudian Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Classical Imperial Era古典英制紀元Gudian Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Classical Imperial Era古典英制紀元Gudian Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Classical Imperial Era古典英制紀元Gudian Yingzhi Jiyuan
 	Qiang薔 	Tribe Name & Noble title 	Jian劍 	Human 	Gao 	0 – 100TJH 	100yrs 	Huangdi Chuangjian薔創見皇帝 	Huangdi Chuantong薔傳統皇帝
 	Fan飯 	Toponym & Noble title 	Kan看 	Human 	Gao 	103 – 141TJH 	38yrs 	Huangdi Cui of Fan飯粹皇帝 	Huangdi Cui of Fan飯粹皇帝
 	Chang昌 	Toponym & Noble title 	Fa發 	Human 	Gao 	138 – 346TJH 	208yrs 	Huangdi Haohan昌好漢皇帝 	
 	Can燦 	Noble title 	Fa發 	Human 	Gao 	296 – 302TJH 	6yrs 	Fa Tao發陶 	Fa Tao發陶
 	Hua畫 	Toponym & Noble title 	Ding頂 	Faun 	 	346 – 428TJH 	82yrs 	 	
 	Yue悅 	Toponym 	Qingse青色 	Human 	Gao 	427 – 727TJH 	300yrs 	Huangdi Kongyo悅控唷皇帝 	Huangdi Jiaoyong悅教涌皇帝
 	Bei悲 	Noble title 	Fan繁 	Human 	Gao 	715 – 1032TJH 	317yrs 	Huangdi Tanlan悲貪婪皇帝 	Huangdi Zhuping悲主平皇帝
 	Shu樹 	Toponym & Noble title 	Shan善 	Gargoyle 	 	1032 – 1119TJH 	87yrs 	Huangdi Xinjing樹心經皇帝 	Huangdi Xinruan樹心軟皇帝
 	Zhai斎 	Toponym & Noble title 	Wei薇 	Human 	Gao 	1120 – 1539TJH 	419yrs 	Huangdi Tongyi斎統一皇帝 	Huangdi Ang斎昂皇帝
 	Fei匪 	"Bandit" 	Lin霖 	Human 	Gao 	1519 – 1524TJH 	5yrs 	Huangdi Liang匪亮皇帝 	Huangdi Liang匪亮皇帝
 	Huang黃 	From Huang kingdom 	Xin信 	Human 	Gao 	1530 – 1532TJH 	1yr, 6mo 	Huangdi Jiuzhu黃救主皇帝 	Huangdi Jiuzhu黃救主皇帝
 	Dian靛 	Toponym 	San傘 	Human 	Senzai 	1535 – 1537TJH 	2yrs 	Huangdi Jingling靛精靈皇帝 	Huangdi Jingling靛精靈皇帝
 	Four Kingdoms四國 	 	 	 	 	1539 – 1589TJH 	50yrs 	 	
 	Gan感 	Noble title 	Kong孔 	Human 	Gao 	1539 – 1581TJH 	42yrs 	Huangdi Gengxin感更新皇帝 	Kong Jiong孔炯
 	Yong Zhai永斎 	From Zhai dynasty 	Wei薇 	Human 	Gao 	1539 – 1574TJH 	35yrs 	Huangdi Qianbei永斎謙卑皇帝 	Huangdi Heshan永斎和善皇帝
 	Lu露 	Noble title 	Xue學 	Faun 	Gao 	1540 – 1588TJH 	48yrs 	Xue Tai學鈦 	Xue Han學含
 	Zan攢 	Noble title 	Chan缠 	Human 	Gao 	1546 – 1589TJH 	43yrs 	Huangdi Jinyue攢勁樂皇帝 	Huangdi Haolong攢好龍皇帝
 	Xuan軒 	Noble title 	Shenji身幾 	Human 	Gao 	1587 – 1742TJH 	155yrs 	Huangdi Shanyu軒善于皇帝 	
 	Lai騋 	Noble title 	Sa薩 	Centaur 	Gao 	1746 – 1766TJH 	20yrs 	Huangdi Mashu騋馬術皇帝 	Huangdi Mashu騋馬術皇帝
 	Hun昏 	Noble title 	Huang衁 	Vampire(Chunzheng) 	Gao 	1763 – 2289TJH 	526yrs 	Huangxun Qishi
昏騎士皇曛 	Huangxun Lucao
昏綠草皇曛
 	Jian鍵 	Noble title 	Tang瑭 	Human 	Gao 	1941 – 1997TJH 	56yrs 	 	
 	Zhao照 	Toponym & Noble title 	Yan眼 	Vampire(Chenzou) 	Gao 	1944 – 1991TJH 	47yrs 	Yan Tang眼糖 	Yan Tang眼糖
Medieval Imperial Era中世紀英制紀元Zhongshiji Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Medieval Imperial Era中世紀英制紀元Zhongshiji Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Medieval Imperial Era中世紀英制紀元Zhongshiji Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Medieval Imperial Era中世紀英制紀元Zhongshiji Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Medieval Imperial Era中世紀英制紀元Zhongshiji Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Medieval Imperial Era中世紀英制紀元Zhongshiji Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Medieval Imperial Era中世紀英制紀元Zhongshiji Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Medieval Imperial Era中世紀英制紀元Zhongshiji Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Medieval Imperial Era中世紀英制紀元Zhongshiji Yingzhi Jiyuan 	Medieval Imperial Era中世紀英制紀元Zhongshiji Yingzhi Jiyuan
 	Kai愷 	Noble title 	Tai泰 	Human 	Gao 	2288 – 2734TJH 	446yrs 	Huangdi Wan愷玩皇帝 	Huangdi Dang愷黨皇帝
 	Twenty Kingdoms二十王國 	 	 	 	 	2594 – 2734TJH 	140yrs 	 	
 	Jiong炯 	 	Tian田 	Human 	Gao 	 	 	 	
 	Tie鐵 	 	Xiaoyu小雨 	Human 	Gao 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Western Dynasties西朝 	 	 	 	 	2736 – 2934TJH 	198yrs 	 	
 	Sai塞새 	Noble title 	Long롱 	Human 	Sinjok 	2736 – 2816TJH 	80yrs 	 	
 	Northern Sai北塞북새 	Sai dynasty 	Aeng앵 	Human 	Sinjok 	2816 – 2872TJH 	56yrs 	 	
 	Southern Sai南塞남새 	Sai dynasty 	Baek백 	Human 	Sinjok 	2815 – 2900TJH 	85yrs 	 	
 	Rao饒 	Toponym 	Shu書 	Human 	Enhuai 	2872 – 2911TJH 	39yrs 	 	
 	Chao炒 	Noble title 	Wan萬 	Human 	Enhuai 	2911 – 2930TJH 	19yrs 	 	
 	Fang枋 	Noble title 	Yao葯 	Human 	Enhuai 	2900 – 2935TJH 	35yrs 	 	
 	Central Dynasties中朝 	 	 	 	 	2734 – 2938TJH 	204yrs 	 	
 	Tan探 	Toponym 	Mingliu名流 	Human 	Gao 	2734 – 2790TJH 	56yrs 	 	
 	Western Tan西探 	Tan dynasty 	Mingliu名流 	Human 	Gao 	2790 – 2912TJH 	122yrs 	 	
 	Eastern Tan東探 	Tan dynasty 	Mingliu名流 	Human 	Gao 	2790 – 2920TJH 	130yrs 	 	
 	Ling令 	Noble title 	Ruan軟 	Human 	Gao 	2920 – 2930TJH 	10yrs 	 	
 	Kang康 	Noble title 	Gua刮 	Human 	Tonglu 	2912 – 2938TJH 	26yrs 	 	
 	Northern Dynasties北朝 	 	 	 	 	2735 – 2940TJH 	205yrs 	 	
 	Yutian雨天 	Toponym 	Senlin森林 	Human 	Tukhii 	2735 – 2809TJH 	74yrs 	 	
 	Boroo 	Toponym 	Oin 	Human 	Tukhii 	2735 – 2809TJH 	74yrs 	 	
 	Xiatian夏天 	Noble title 	Zao燥 	Human 	Tukhii 	2809 – 2905TJH 	96yrs 	 	
 	Zuny 	Noble title 	Khuurai 	Human 	Tukhii 	2809 – 2905TJH 	96yrs 	 	
 	Jiu酒 	Noble title 	Gongtang貢糖 	Human 	Senzai 	2809 – 2864TJH 	55yrs 	 	
 	Dan蛋 	Toponym 	Zhugan主幹 	Human 	Senzai 	2864 – 2904TJH 	40yrs 	 	
 	Qingwa青挖 	Noble title 	Hexie和諧 	Human 	Tukhii 	2905 – 2940TJH 	35yrs 	 	
 	Maltakh 	Noble title 	Taaramj 	Human 	Tukhii 	2905 – 2940TJH 	35yrs 	 	
 	Zan簪 	Toponym 	Yang杨 	Human 	Tonglu 	2938 – 2986TJH 	48yrs 	Huangdi Zhaoze簪沼澤皇帝 	Huangdi Caoze簪草澤皇帝
 	Qiu虯 	Toponym 	Xunyicao薰衣草 	Human 	Xiyi 	2976 – 3165TJH 	189yrs 	Longdi Pachong虯爬蟲龍帝 	Wuming Fenghuang無名瘋皇
 	Jia麚 	Noble title 	Pang滂 	Human 	Gao 	3164 – 3191TJH 	27yrs 	Huangdi Zui麚醉皇帝 	Huangdi Xiong麚熊皇帝
 	Pian楩 	Noble title 	Sui虽 	Centaur 	Gao 	3181 – 3188TJH 	7yrs 	Sui Han虽韩 	Sui Han虽韩
 	Nian年 	Noble title 	Ren稔 	Vampire(Chenzou) 	Gao 	3181 – 3192TJH 	11yrs 	Ren Jizhi稔機智 	Ren Jizhi稔機智
 	San傘 	Noble title 	Na拿 	Human 	Gao 	3181 – 3196TJH 	15yrs 	Na Bin拿斌 	Na Ao拿澳
 	Gun磙 	Noble title 	Song松 	Human 	Gao 	3189 – 3284TJH 	105yrs 	Huangdi Chunzhen磙純真皇帝 	Huangdi Tanpan磙談判皇帝
 	Jing晶 	Toponym 	Yuan苑 	Human 	Gao 	3277 – 3939TJH 	662yrs 	Niangdi Cuilu晶翠綠娘帝 	Niangdi Chuai晶踹娘帝
 	Jun菌 	Noble title 	Luo蓏 	Human 	Gao 	3939 – 4020TJH 	81yrs 	Huangdi Ganju菌柑橘皇帝 	Huangdi Yangguo菌蘋果皇帝
 	Seven Dynasties七朝 	 	 	 	 	3980 – 4076TJH 	96yrs 	 	
 	Yin胤 	 	 	Human 	Gao 	 	 	 	
 	An暗 	 	Jiu鷲 	Human 	 	 	 	 	
 	Qu曲 	 	 	Human 	Gao 	 	 	 	
 	Tai泰 	 	 	Human 	Gao 	 	 	 	
 	Gui姽 	 	 	Human 	Tonglu 	 	 	 	
 	Geng耿 	 	 	Human 	Gao 	 	 	Huangdi Cheng耿誠皇帝 	
 	Man滿 	 	 	Human 	Gao 	[…] – 4076TJH 	 	 	
 	Twelve Kingdoms十二國記 	 	 	 	 	4020 – 4121TJH 	101yrs 	 	
 	Hang航 	Noble title 	Sikong司空 	Human 	Gao 	 	 	 	
 	Sang桑 	Noble title 	Yuma域馬 	Human 	Fujian 	 	 	 	
 	Zhang Chi張遲 	From Chi dynasty 	Zhang張 	Human 	Gao 	 	30yrs 	 	
 	 	 	 	Human 	Shengwai 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	Human 	Shengwai 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	Human 	Sinjok 	 	 	 	
 	Tao陶 	 	Kaiselin凱瑟琳 	Human 	Xiyi 	 	 	 	
 	Zhaoze招擇 	 	Sou藪 	Human 	Tonglu 	 	 	 	
 	Wen雯 	 	Meng孟 	Human 	Senzai 	 	 	 	
 	Mian眠 	 	Die蝶 	Human 	Gao 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	Human 	Human 	 	 	 	
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 	Lin霖 	Noble title 	Altanzul 	Human 	Arslan 	4076 – 4430TJH 	354yrs 	Huangdi Diqi Zuichu第七最初皇帝 	Huangdi Yanjiuyuan研究員皇帝
 	Lin霖 	Noble title 	Altanzul 	Human 	Arslan 	4076 – 4430TJH 	354yrs 	Möngtai Khagan 	Oyuutan Khagan
 	Gwan관館 	Toponym & Noble title 	Chang창倉 	Human 	Sinjok 	4174 – 4295TJH 	121yrs 	 	
 	Pan磐 	Noble title 	Molihua茉莉花 	Human 	Xiyi 	4174 – 4283TJH 	109yrs 	 	
 	Shuang雙 	"Twin" 	Hanleng寒冷 	Human 	Shengwai 	4174 – 4642TJH 	468yrs 	Chihuang Chiyi
雙熾翼赤皇 	
 	Shuang雙 	"Twin" 	Hanleng寒冷 	Human 	Shengwai 	4174 – 4642TJH 	468yrs 	Baihuang Donggu
雙凍骨白皇 	
 	Hang航 	Noble title 	Qiao俏 	Human 	Gao 	4428 – 4523TJH 	95yrs 	Huangdi Zhanshi航戰時皇帝 	
 	Tun吞 	Noble title 	Shicheju矢車菊 	Human 	Xiyi 	4509 – 4576TJH 	67yrs 	 	
 	Lei雷 	Toponym & Noble title 	Kuangshi礦石 	Dwarf 	Gao 	4576 – 4902TJH 	326yrs 	Huangdi Geng雷耿皇帝 	
 	Nao嫐 	Toponym 	Jiao交 	Faun 	Gao 	4776 – 4802TJH 	26yrs 	 	
 	Dongji冬季 	Toponym 	Jixue積雪 	Human 	Shengwai 	4880 – 4906TJH 	26yrs 	 	
 	Cui翠 	Toponym & Noble title 	Sun笋 	Human 	Gao 	4903TJH – Incum 	60+yrs 	Huangdi Shiwu翠飾物皇帝 	
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Unity periods are in a normal row. A dark gray highlighted row is a civil war/breakaway state or rival claimant during the above dynasty.
*Gold in the leftmost column denotes dynasties that were considered part of golden ages or saw one at some point during their tenures.
Division/civil war periods are Italics and highlighted silver. Color-coded along the leftmost column in a white highlighted row are dynasties/states part of the above period.
*Dark Red in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Four Kingdoms."
*Green in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twenty Kingdoms."
*Purple in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Western dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Blue in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Central dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Orange in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Northern dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Magenta in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Seven Dynasties" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Cyan in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twelve Kingdoms" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Dark Green in the leftmost column is the Shuang dynasty, which existed independently from Tianchao following the fragmentation of Gergazar until it was conquered by the Lei dynasty.	Unity periods are in a normal row. A dark gray highlighted row is a civil war/breakaway state or rival claimant during the above dynasty.
*Gold in the leftmost column denotes dynasties that were considered part of golden ages or saw one at some point during their tenures.
Division/civil war periods are Italics and highlighted silver. Color-coded along the leftmost column in a white highlighted row are dynasties/states part of the above period.
*Dark Red in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Four Kingdoms."
*Green in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twenty Kingdoms."
*Purple in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Western dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Blue in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Central dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Orange in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Northern dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Magenta in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Seven Dynasties" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Cyan in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twelve Kingdoms" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Dark Green in the leftmost column is the Shuang dynasty, which existed independently from Tianchao following the fragmentation of Gergazar until it was conquered by the Lei dynasty.	Unity periods are in a normal row. A dark gray highlighted row is a civil war/breakaway state or rival claimant during the above dynasty.
*Gold in the leftmost column denotes dynasties that were considered part of golden ages or saw one at some point during their tenures.
Division/civil war periods are Italics and highlighted silver. Color-coded along the leftmost column in a white highlighted row are dynasties/states part of the above period.
*Dark Red in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Four Kingdoms."
*Green in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twenty Kingdoms."
*Purple in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Western dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Blue in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Central dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Orange in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Northern dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Magenta in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Seven Dynasties" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Cyan in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twelve Kingdoms" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Dark Green in the leftmost column is the Shuang dynasty, which existed independently from Tianchao following the fragmentation of Gergazar until it was conquered by the Lei dynasty.	Unity periods are in a normal row. A dark gray highlighted row is a civil war/breakaway state or rival claimant during the above dynasty.
*Gold in the leftmost column denotes dynasties that were considered part of golden ages or saw one at some point during their tenures.
Division/civil war periods are Italics and highlighted silver. Color-coded along the leftmost column in a white highlighted row are dynasties/states part of the above period.
*Dark Red in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Four Kingdoms."
*Green in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twenty Kingdoms."
*Purple in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Western dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Blue in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Central dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Orange in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Northern dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Magenta in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Seven Dynasties" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Cyan in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twelve Kingdoms" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Dark Green in the leftmost column is the Shuang dynasty, which existed independently from Tianchao following the fragmentation of Gergazar until it was conquered by the Lei dynasty.	Unity periods are in a normal row. A dark gray highlighted row is a civil war/breakaway state or rival claimant during the above dynasty.
*Gold in the leftmost column denotes dynasties that were considered part of golden ages or saw one at some point during their tenures.
Division/civil war periods are Italics and highlighted silver. Color-coded along the leftmost column in a white highlighted row are dynasties/states part of the above period.
*Dark Red in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Four Kingdoms."
*Green in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twenty Kingdoms."
*Purple in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Western dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Blue in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Central dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Orange in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Northern dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Magenta in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Seven Dynasties" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Cyan in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twelve Kingdoms" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Dark Green in the leftmost column is the Shuang dynasty, which existed independently from Tianchao following the fragmentation of Gergazar until it was conquered by the Lei dynasty.	Unity periods are in a normal row. A dark gray highlighted row is a civil war/breakaway state or rival claimant during the above dynasty.
*Gold in the leftmost column denotes dynasties that were considered part of golden ages or saw one at some point during their tenures.
Division/civil war periods are Italics and highlighted silver. Color-coded along the leftmost column in a white highlighted row are dynasties/states part of the above period.
*Dark Red in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Four Kingdoms."
*Green in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twenty Kingdoms."
*Purple in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Western dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Blue in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Central dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Orange in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Northern dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Magenta in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Seven Dynasties" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Cyan in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twelve Kingdoms" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Dark Green in the leftmost column is the Shuang dynasty, which existed independently from Tianchao following the fragmentation of Gergazar until it was conquered by the Lei dynasty.	Unity periods are in a normal row. A dark gray highlighted row is a civil war/breakaway state or rival claimant during the above dynasty.
*Gold in the leftmost column denotes dynasties that were considered part of golden ages or saw one at some point during their tenures.
Division/civil war periods are Italics and highlighted silver. Color-coded along the leftmost column in a white highlighted row are dynasties/states part of the above period.
*Dark Red in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Four Kingdoms."
*Green in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twenty Kingdoms."
*Purple in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Western dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Blue in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Central dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Orange in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Northern dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Magenta in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Seven Dynasties" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Cyan in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twelve Kingdoms" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Dark Green in the leftmost column is the Shuang dynasty, which existed independently from Tianchao following the fragmentation of Gergazar until it was conquered by the Lei dynasty.	Unity periods are in a normal row. A dark gray highlighted row is a civil war/breakaway state or rival claimant during the above dynasty.
*Gold in the leftmost column denotes dynasties that were considered part of golden ages or saw one at some point during their tenures.
Division/civil war periods are Italics and highlighted silver. Color-coded along the leftmost column in a white highlighted row are dynasties/states part of the above period.
*Dark Red in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Four Kingdoms."
*Green in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twenty Kingdoms."
*Purple in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Western dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Blue in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Central dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Orange in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Northern dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Magenta in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Seven Dynasties" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Cyan in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twelve Kingdoms" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Dark Green in the leftmost column is the Shuang dynasty, which existed independently from Tianchao following the fragmentation of Gergazar until it was conquered by the Lei dynasty.	Unity periods are in a normal row. A dark gray highlighted row is a civil war/breakaway state or rival claimant during the above dynasty.
*Gold in the leftmost column denotes dynasties that were considered part of golden ages or saw one at some point during their tenures.
Division/civil war periods are Italics and highlighted silver. Color-coded along the leftmost column in a white highlighted row are dynasties/states part of the above period.
*Dark Red in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Four Kingdoms."
*Green in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twenty Kingdoms."
*Purple in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Western dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Blue in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Central dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Orange in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Northern dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Magenta in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Seven Dynasties" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Cyan in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twelve Kingdoms" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Dark Green in the leftmost column is the Shuang dynasty, which existed independently from Tianchao following the fragmentation of Gergazar until it was conquered by the Lei dynasty.	Unity periods are in a normal row. A dark gray highlighted row is a civil war/breakaway state or rival claimant during the above dynasty.
*Gold in the leftmost column denotes dynasties that were considered part of golden ages or saw one at some point during their tenures.
Division/civil war periods are Italics and highlighted silver. Color-coded along the leftmost column in a white highlighted row are dynasties/states part of the above period.
*Dark Red in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Four Kingdoms."
*Green in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twenty Kingdoms."
*Purple in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Western dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Blue in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Central dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Orange in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Northern dynasties" within the broader "Western, Central & Northern Dynasties."
*Magenta in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Seven Dynasties" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Cyan in the leftmost column denotes dynasties counted among the "Twelve Kingdoms" within the broader "Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms."
*Dark Green in the leftmost column is the Shuang dynasty, which existed independently from Tianchao following the fragmentation of Gergazar until it was conquered by the Lei dynasty.
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Several interesting facts of notes about the dynasties in Tianzu history.
*The "dynasties" of the semi-legendary era were really chiefdoms that mostly existed contemporaneously until they were all united/conquered by the Wan dynasty.
*The Wan, Re and Gao dynasties are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved by the founders of the Mei dynasty.
*The Wan dynasty is the origin of the name of the Wan peoples.
*The "Predynastic Era" is a bit of misnomer, as the states of the time were technically dynasties in their own right. The name really just refers to the more well documented period following the semi-legendary era and before the imperial era.
*The Gao, Qiang, Zhai, Kai, Mei, and Cui dynasties were founded by alleged descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first abjaksan of Marlakcor.
*The listed founders & final rulers of dynasties are listed with the name they're commonly refered to, which can be either their posthumous name, or their personal name if they don't have one.
*The Zan, Qiu and Lin dynasties were the only unified dynasties ruled by a non-Gao ethnic group, Tonglu, Xiyi and Arslan respectively. The former two were Wan while the Arslan were not, adopting local customs for ease of rule.
*Aside for the pre-imperial Mei dynasty, which lasted for 722 years, the only dynasties of the imperial era to surppass 500 years of rule were the Hun and Jing dynasties.
*The Jing dynasty is unique among the rest. While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, the Jing dynasty is the only unity period dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally.
**It was also the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era, enduring for 662 years.
*The race of the ruling families of the dynasties were majoritively human.
**Of the non-human-ruled unity period dynasties of Tianchao, there was 1 gargoyle-ruled dynasty 1 centaur-ruled dynasty, 1 vampire-ruled dynasty, 1 dwarf-ruled dynasty and 1 faun-ruled dynasty,
*Some unity dynasties were established a few years before the preceding dynasty officially ended, as they took power by force through civil war.
**One that note, while some of said dynasties were proclaimed alongside a declaration of war, some of civil wars started some time – whether months or years – before a new dynasty was actually proclaimed, before it was believed that the Mandate of Heaven had been passed on.
*Some dynasties that replaced prior ones were established some time after the preceding dynasty ended – whether months or years; these instances were the filling of interregnums resulting from the collapse of the previous dynasty. The major disunity periods don't count.
*The Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom from the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period were never recovered and were eventually succeeded by modern Dongbalian.
*The Lin dynasty was the only ethnic Arslan dynasty in the history of Tianchao. It was a conquest dynasty that took advantage of the discord of the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period to conquer Tianchao. 
**The Lin dynasty was originally founded as a division of the Gergazartan Kaganate, a longtime rival of Tainchao, and so it was also the only time Tianchao and the Gergazartan Khaganate were united one nation, though only for a short time. A succession dispute in Gergazar following the death of the third ruler of Lin saw the Altanzul clan ousted from rulership of Gergazar, which in turn resulted in the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five states and the independence of the Lin dynasty.
**The Shuang dynasty was also originally a division of Gergazar, but it too split from Arslan rule within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. It endured independently for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Hang, Tun, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with Tianchao, Gergazar and Bogino until it was finally conquered by the Lei dynasty.
***Despite retaining independence for centuries, Shuang is included in the list as it too used Wan customs and titles of similar meanings, being ruled by the chunized Shangwai people, and is considered a true dynasty of Tianchao rather than a simple breakaway state, despite never having ruled any part of Zanghuan.
***Uniquely among the rest of the dynasties of Tianchao, the Shuang dynasty always had two co-rulers at a time, ruled by two families descended from the two rulers who founded the dynasty, twin brothers Hanleng Sansun (寒冷三筍) & Hanleng Dongmu (寒冷冬木).
*Until the brief civil war that marked the transition between the Lin and Hang dynasties, the Lin dynasty was the last true golden age Tianchao experienced.
**On that note, the Hang dynasty never recovered from the war to take over Tianchao and restore Gao rule from the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – or really, it never had the chance to recover – as the Empire of Yamatai invaded western Tianchao, a few years after it fully subjugated Tianchao's western vassals, the year before Hang defeated Lin.
***And so, almost the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign was dedicated to combating the Yamato; the exahustion of conflict, which, combined with wartime economic collapse, contributed to the Hang dynasty's demise at the hands of the Tun dynasty in 4523TJH following a fourteen-year-long civil war, the Hang–Tun War, after less than a century on the throne.
***That same war also saw Tianchao lose control much of its southeasternmost territories in Huaxia to Dongbalian.
****On that note, the Tun dynasty didn't last long either, as the aftereffects of the Hang–Tun War and the Third Yamato–Tianzu War left it weak and strained. Its badly timed and economically costly project, the Great Wall of Guangdai, for the purpose of containing Yamato expansion, greatly contributed to the Tun dynasty's collapse after less than three-quarter's of a century in power.
****The Tun dynasty was succeeded by the Lei dynasty after an interregnum of six months following the death of the second and last huangdi of the Tun dynasty.	Several interesting facts of notes about the dynasties in Tianzu history.
*The "dynasties" of the semi-legendary era were really chiefdoms that mostly existed contemporaneously until they were all united/conquered by the Wan dynasty.
*The Wan, Re and Gao dynasties are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved by the founders of the Mei dynasty.
*The Wan dynasty is the origin of the name of the Wan peoples.
*The "Predynastic Era" is a bit of misnomer, as the states of the time were technically dynasties in their own right. The name really just refers to the more well documented period following the semi-legendary era and before the imperial era.
*The Gao, Qiang, Zhai, Kai, Mei, and Cui dynasties were founded by alleged descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first abjaksan of Marlakcor.
*The listed founders & final rulers of dynasties are listed with the name they're commonly refered to, which can be either their posthumous name, or their personal name if they don't have one.
*The Zan, Qiu and Lin dynasties were the only unified dynasties ruled by a non-Gao ethnic group, Tonglu, Xiyi and Arslan respectively. The former two were Wan while the Arslan were not, adopting local customs for ease of rule.
*Aside for the pre-imperial Mei dynasty, which lasted for 722 years, the only dynasties of the imperial era to surppass 500 years of rule were the Hun and Jing dynasties.
*The Jing dynasty is unique among the rest. While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, the Jing dynasty is the only unity period dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally.
**It was also the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era, enduring for 662 years.
*The race of the ruling families of the dynasties were majoritively human.
**Of the non-human-ruled unity period dynasties of Tianchao, there was 1 gargoyle-ruled dynasty 1 centaur-ruled dynasty, 1 vampire-ruled dynasty, 1 dwarf-ruled dynasty and 1 faun-ruled dynasty,
*Some unity dynasties were established a few years before the preceding dynasty officially ended, as they took power by force through civil war.
**One that note, while some of said dynasties were proclaimed alongside a declaration of war, some of civil wars started some time – whether months or years – before a new dynasty was actually proclaimed, before it was believed that the Mandate of Heaven had been passed on.
*Some dynasties that replaced prior ones were established some time after the preceding dynasty ended – whether months or years; these instances were the filling of interregnums resulting from the collapse of the previous dynasty. The major disunity periods don't count.
*The Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom from the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period were never recovered and were eventually succeeded by modern Dongbalian.
*The Lin dynasty was the only ethnic Arslan dynasty in the history of Tianchao. It was a conquest dynasty that took advantage of the discord of the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period to conquer Tianchao. 
**The Lin dynasty was originally founded as a division of the Gergazartan Kaganate, a longtime rival of Tainchao, and so it was also the only time Tianchao and the Gergazartan Khaganate were united one nation, though only for a short time. A succession dispute in Gergazar following the death of the third ruler of Lin saw the Altanzul clan ousted from rulership of Gergazar, which in turn resulted in the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five states and the independence of the Lin dynasty.
**The Shuang dynasty was also originally a division of Gergazar, but it too split from Arslan rule within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. It endured independently for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Hang, Tun, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with Tianchao, Gergazar and Bogino until it was finally conquered by the Lei dynasty.
***Despite retaining independence for centuries, Shuang is included in the list as it too used Wan customs and titles of similar meanings, being ruled by the chunized Shangwai people, and is considered a true dynasty of Tianchao rather than a simple breakaway state, despite never having ruled any part of Zanghuan.
***Uniquely among the rest of the dynasties of Tianchao, the Shuang dynasty always had two co-rulers at a time, ruled by two families descended from the two rulers who founded the dynasty, twin brothers Hanleng Sansun (寒冷三筍) & Hanleng Dongmu (寒冷冬木).
*Until the brief civil war that marked the transition between the Lin and Hang dynasties, the Lin dynasty was the last true golden age Tianchao experienced.
**On that note, the Hang dynasty never recovered from the war to take over Tianchao and restore Gao rule from the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – or really, it never had the chance to recover – as the Empire of Yamatai invaded western Tianchao, a few years after it fully subjugated Tianchao's western vassals, the year before Hang defeated Lin.
***And so, almost the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign was dedicated to combating the Yamato; the exahustion of conflict, which, combined with wartime economic collapse, contributed to the Hang dynasty's demise at the hands of the Tun dynasty in 4523TJH following a fourteen-year-long civil war, the Hang–Tun War, after less than a century on the throne.
***That same war also saw Tianchao lose control much of its southeasternmost territories in Huaxia to Dongbalian.
****On that note, the Tun dynasty didn't last long either, as the aftereffects of the Hang–Tun War and the Third Yamato–Tianzu War left it weak and strained. Its badly timed and economically costly project, the Great Wall of Guangdai, for the purpose of containing Yamato expansion, greatly contributed to the Tun dynasty's collapse after less than three-quarter's of a century in power.
****The Tun dynasty was succeeded by the Lei dynasty after an interregnum of six months following the death of the second and last huangdi of the Tun dynasty.	Several interesting facts of notes about the dynasties in Tianzu history.
*The "dynasties" of the semi-legendary era were really chiefdoms that mostly existed contemporaneously until they were all united/conquered by the Wan dynasty.
*The Wan, Re and Gao dynasties are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved by the founders of the Mei dynasty.
*The Wan dynasty is the origin of the name of the Wan peoples.
*The "Predynastic Era" is a bit of misnomer, as the states of the time were technically dynasties in their own right. The name really just refers to the more well documented period following the semi-legendary era and before the imperial era.
*The Gao, Qiang, Zhai, Kai, Mei, and Cui dynasties were founded by alleged descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first abjaksan of Marlakcor.
*The listed founders & final rulers of dynasties are listed with the name they're commonly refered to, which can be either their posthumous name, or their personal name if they don't have one.
*The Zan, Qiu and Lin dynasties were the only unified dynasties ruled by a non-Gao ethnic group, Tonglu, Xiyi and Arslan respectively. The former two were Wan while the Arslan were not, adopting local customs for ease of rule.
*Aside for the pre-imperial Mei dynasty, which lasted for 722 years, the only dynasties of the imperial era to surppass 500 years of rule were the Hun and Jing dynasties.
*The Jing dynasty is unique among the rest. While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, the Jing dynasty is the only unity period dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally.
**It was also the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era, enduring for 662 years.
*The race of the ruling families of the dynasties were majoritively human.
**Of the non-human-ruled unity period dynasties of Tianchao, there was 1 gargoyle-ruled dynasty 1 centaur-ruled dynasty, 1 vampire-ruled dynasty, 1 dwarf-ruled dynasty and 1 faun-ruled dynasty,
*Some unity dynasties were established a few years before the preceding dynasty officially ended, as they took power by force through civil war.
**One that note, while some of said dynasties were proclaimed alongside a declaration of war, some of civil wars started some time – whether months or years – before a new dynasty was actually proclaimed, before it was believed that the Mandate of Heaven had been passed on.
*Some dynasties that replaced prior ones were established some time after the preceding dynasty ended – whether months or years; these instances were the filling of interregnums resulting from the collapse of the previous dynasty. The major disunity periods don't count.
*The Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom from the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period were never recovered and were eventually succeeded by modern Dongbalian.
*The Lin dynasty was the only ethnic Arslan dynasty in the history of Tianchao. It was a conquest dynasty that took advantage of the discord of the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period to conquer Tianchao. 
**The Lin dynasty was originally founded as a division of the Gergazartan Kaganate, a longtime rival of Tainchao, and so it was also the only time Tianchao and the Gergazartan Khaganate were united one nation, though only for a short time. A succession dispute in Gergazar following the death of the third ruler of Lin saw the Altanzul clan ousted from rulership of Gergazar, which in turn resulted in the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five states and the independence of the Lin dynasty.
**The Shuang dynasty was also originally a division of Gergazar, but it too split from Arslan rule within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. It endured independently for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Hang, Tun, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with Tianchao, Gergazar and Bogino until it was finally conquered by the Lei dynasty.
***Despite retaining independence for centuries, Shuang is included in the list as it too used Wan customs and titles of similar meanings, being ruled by the chunized Shangwai people, and is considered a true dynasty of Tianchao rather than a simple breakaway state, despite never having ruled any part of Zanghuan.
***Uniquely among the rest of the dynasties of Tianchao, the Shuang dynasty always had two co-rulers at a time, ruled by two families descended from the two rulers who founded the dynasty, twin brothers Hanleng Sansun (寒冷三筍) & Hanleng Dongmu (寒冷冬木).
*Until the brief civil war that marked the transition between the Lin and Hang dynasties, the Lin dynasty was the last true golden age Tianchao experienced.
**On that note, the Hang dynasty never recovered from the war to take over Tianchao and restore Gao rule from the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – or really, it never had the chance to recover – as the Empire of Yamatai invaded western Tianchao, a few years after it fully subjugated Tianchao's western vassals, the year before Hang defeated Lin.
***And so, almost the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign was dedicated to combating the Yamato; the exahustion of conflict, which, combined with wartime economic collapse, contributed to the Hang dynasty's demise at the hands of the Tun dynasty in 4523TJH following a fourteen-year-long civil war, the Hang–Tun War, after less than a century on the throne.
***That same war also saw Tianchao lose control much of its southeasternmost territories in Huaxia to Dongbalian.
****On that note, the Tun dynasty didn't last long either, as the aftereffects of the Hang–Tun War and the Third Yamato–Tianzu War left it weak and strained. Its badly timed and economically costly project, the Great Wall of Guangdai, for the purpose of containing Yamato expansion, greatly contributed to the Tun dynasty's collapse after less than three-quarter's of a century in power.
****The Tun dynasty was succeeded by the Lei dynasty after an interregnum of six months following the death of the second and last huangdi of the Tun dynasty.	Several interesting facts of notes about the dynasties in Tianzu history.
*The "dynasties" of the semi-legendary era were really chiefdoms that mostly existed contemporaneously until they were all united/conquered by the Wan dynasty.
*The Wan, Re and Gao dynasties are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved by the founders of the Mei dynasty.
*The Wan dynasty is the origin of the name of the Wan peoples.
*The "Predynastic Era" is a bit of misnomer, as the states of the time were technically dynasties in their own right. The name really just refers to the more well documented period following the semi-legendary era and before the imperial era.
*The Gao, Qiang, Zhai, Kai, Mei, and Cui dynasties were founded by alleged descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first abjaksan of Marlakcor.
*The listed founders & final rulers of dynasties are listed with the name they're commonly refered to, which can be either their posthumous name, or their personal name if they don't have one.
*The Zan, Qiu and Lin dynasties were the only unified dynasties ruled by a non-Gao ethnic group, Tonglu, Xiyi and Arslan respectively. The former two were Wan while the Arslan were not, adopting local customs for ease of rule.
*Aside for the pre-imperial Mei dynasty, which lasted for 722 years, the only dynasties of the imperial era to surppass 500 years of rule were the Hun and Jing dynasties.
*The Jing dynasty is unique among the rest. While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, the Jing dynasty is the only unity period dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally.
**It was also the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era, enduring for 662 years.
*The race of the ruling families of the dynasties were majoritively human.
**Of the non-human-ruled unity period dynasties of Tianchao, there was 1 gargoyle-ruled dynasty 1 centaur-ruled dynasty, 1 vampire-ruled dynasty, 1 dwarf-ruled dynasty and 1 faun-ruled dynasty,
*Some unity dynasties were established a few years before the preceding dynasty officially ended, as they took power by force through civil war.
**One that note, while some of said dynasties were proclaimed alongside a declaration of war, some of civil wars started some time – whether months or years – before a new dynasty was actually proclaimed, before it was believed that the Mandate of Heaven had been passed on.
*Some dynasties that replaced prior ones were established some time after the preceding dynasty ended – whether months or years; these instances were the filling of interregnums resulting from the collapse of the previous dynasty. The major disunity periods don't count.
*The Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom from the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period were never recovered and were eventually succeeded by modern Dongbalian.
*The Lin dynasty was the only ethnic Arslan dynasty in the history of Tianchao. It was a conquest dynasty that took advantage of the discord of the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period to conquer Tianchao. 
**The Lin dynasty was originally founded as a division of the Gergazartan Kaganate, a longtime rival of Tainchao, and so it was also the only time Tianchao and the Gergazartan Khaganate were united one nation, though only for a short time. A succession dispute in Gergazar following the death of the third ruler of Lin saw the Altanzul clan ousted from rulership of Gergazar, which in turn resulted in the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five states and the independence of the Lin dynasty.
**The Shuang dynasty was also originally a division of Gergazar, but it too split from Arslan rule within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. It endured independently for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Hang, Tun, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with Tianchao, Gergazar and Bogino until it was finally conquered by the Lei dynasty.
***Despite retaining independence for centuries, Shuang is included in the list as it too used Wan customs and titles of similar meanings, being ruled by the chunized Shangwai people, and is considered a true dynasty of Tianchao rather than a simple breakaway state, despite never having ruled any part of Zanghuan.
***Uniquely among the rest of the dynasties of Tianchao, the Shuang dynasty always had two co-rulers at a time, ruled by two families descended from the two rulers who founded the dynasty, twin brothers Hanleng Sansun (寒冷三筍) & Hanleng Dongmu (寒冷冬木).
*Until the brief civil war that marked the transition between the Lin and Hang dynasties, the Lin dynasty was the last true golden age Tianchao experienced.
**On that note, the Hang dynasty never recovered from the war to take over Tianchao and restore Gao rule from the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – or really, it never had the chance to recover – as the Empire of Yamatai invaded western Tianchao, a few years after it fully subjugated Tianchao's western vassals, the year before Hang defeated Lin.
***And so, almost the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign was dedicated to combating the Yamato; the exahustion of conflict, which, combined with wartime economic collapse, contributed to the Hang dynasty's demise at the hands of the Tun dynasty in 4523TJH following a fourteen-year-long civil war, the Hang–Tun War, after less than a century on the throne.
***That same war also saw Tianchao lose control much of its southeasternmost territories in Huaxia to Dongbalian.
****On that note, the Tun dynasty didn't last long either, as the aftereffects of the Hang–Tun War and the Third Yamato–Tianzu War left it weak and strained. Its badly timed and economically costly project, the Great Wall of Guangdai, for the purpose of containing Yamato expansion, greatly contributed to the Tun dynasty's collapse after less than three-quarter's of a century in power.
****The Tun dynasty was succeeded by the Lei dynasty after an interregnum of six months following the death of the second and last huangdi of the Tun dynasty.	Several interesting facts of notes about the dynasties in Tianzu history.
*The "dynasties" of the semi-legendary era were really chiefdoms that mostly existed contemporaneously until they were all united/conquered by the Wan dynasty.
*The Wan, Re and Gao dynasties are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved by the founders of the Mei dynasty.
*The Wan dynasty is the origin of the name of the Wan peoples.
*The "Predynastic Era" is a bit of misnomer, as the states of the time were technically dynasties in their own right. The name really just refers to the more well documented period following the semi-legendary era and before the imperial era.
*The Gao, Qiang, Zhai, Kai, Mei, and Cui dynasties were founded by alleged descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first abjaksan of Marlakcor.
*The listed founders & final rulers of dynasties are listed with the name they're commonly refered to, which can be either their posthumous name, or their personal name if they don't have one.
*The Zan, Qiu and Lin dynasties were the only unified dynasties ruled by a non-Gao ethnic group, Tonglu, Xiyi and Arslan respectively. The former two were Wan while the Arslan were not, adopting local customs for ease of rule.
*Aside for the pre-imperial Mei dynasty, which lasted for 722 years, the only dynasties of the imperial era to surppass 500 years of rule were the Hun and Jing dynasties.
*The Jing dynasty is unique among the rest. While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, the Jing dynasty is the only unity period dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally.
**It was also the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era, enduring for 662 years.
*The race of the ruling families of the dynasties were majoritively human.
**Of the non-human-ruled unity period dynasties of Tianchao, there was 1 gargoyle-ruled dynasty 1 centaur-ruled dynasty, 1 vampire-ruled dynasty, 1 dwarf-ruled dynasty and 1 faun-ruled dynasty,
*Some unity dynasties were established a few years before the preceding dynasty officially ended, as they took power by force through civil war.
**One that note, while some of said dynasties were proclaimed alongside a declaration of war, some of civil wars started some time – whether months or years – before a new dynasty was actually proclaimed, before it was believed that the Mandate of Heaven had been passed on.
*Some dynasties that replaced prior ones were established some time after the preceding dynasty ended – whether months or years; these instances were the filling of interregnums resulting from the collapse of the previous dynasty. The major disunity periods don't count.
*The Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom from the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period were never recovered and were eventually succeeded by modern Dongbalian.
*The Lin dynasty was the only ethnic Arslan dynasty in the history of Tianchao. It was a conquest dynasty that took advantage of the discord of the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period to conquer Tianchao. 
**The Lin dynasty was originally founded as a division of the Gergazartan Kaganate, a longtime rival of Tainchao, and so it was also the only time Tianchao and the Gergazartan Khaganate were united one nation, though only for a short time. A succession dispute in Gergazar following the death of the third ruler of Lin saw the Altanzul clan ousted from rulership of Gergazar, which in turn resulted in the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five states and the independence of the Lin dynasty.
**The Shuang dynasty was also originally a division of Gergazar, but it too split from Arslan rule within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. It endured independently for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Hang, Tun, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with Tianchao, Gergazar and Bogino until it was finally conquered by the Lei dynasty.
***Despite retaining independence for centuries, Shuang is included in the list as it too used Wan customs and titles of similar meanings, being ruled by the chunized Shangwai people, and is considered a true dynasty of Tianchao rather than a simple breakaway state, despite never having ruled any part of Zanghuan.
***Uniquely among the rest of the dynasties of Tianchao, the Shuang dynasty always had two co-rulers at a time, ruled by two families descended from the two rulers who founded the dynasty, twin brothers Hanleng Sansun (寒冷三筍) & Hanleng Dongmu (寒冷冬木).
*Until the brief civil war that marked the transition between the Lin and Hang dynasties, the Lin dynasty was the last true golden age Tianchao experienced.
**On that note, the Hang dynasty never recovered from the war to take over Tianchao and restore Gao rule from the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – or really, it never had the chance to recover – as the Empire of Yamatai invaded western Tianchao, a few years after it fully subjugated Tianchao's western vassals, the year before Hang defeated Lin.
***And so, almost the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign was dedicated to combating the Yamato; the exahustion of conflict, which, combined with wartime economic collapse, contributed to the Hang dynasty's demise at the hands of the Tun dynasty in 4523TJH following a fourteen-year-long civil war, the Hang–Tun War, after less than a century on the throne.
***That same war also saw Tianchao lose control much of its southeasternmost territories in Huaxia to Dongbalian.
****On that note, the Tun dynasty didn't last long either, as the aftereffects of the Hang–Tun War and the Third Yamato–Tianzu War left it weak and strained. Its badly timed and economically costly project, the Great Wall of Guangdai, for the purpose of containing Yamato expansion, greatly contributed to the Tun dynasty's collapse after less than three-quarter's of a century in power.
****The Tun dynasty was succeeded by the Lei dynasty after an interregnum of six months following the death of the second and last huangdi of the Tun dynasty.	Several interesting facts of notes about the dynasties in Tianzu history.
*The "dynasties" of the semi-legendary era were really chiefdoms that mostly existed contemporaneously until they were all united/conquered by the Wan dynasty.
*The Wan, Re and Gao dynasties are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved by the founders of the Mei dynasty.
*The Wan dynasty is the origin of the name of the Wan peoples.
*The "Predynastic Era" is a bit of misnomer, as the states of the time were technically dynasties in their own right. The name really just refers to the more well documented period following the semi-legendary era and before the imperial era.
*The Gao, Qiang, Zhai, Kai, Mei, and Cui dynasties were founded by alleged descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first abjaksan of Marlakcor.
*The listed founders & final rulers of dynasties are listed with the name they're commonly refered to, which can be either their posthumous name, or their personal name if they don't have one.
*The Zan, Qiu and Lin dynasties were the only unified dynasties ruled by a non-Gao ethnic group, Tonglu, Xiyi and Arslan respectively. The former two were Wan while the Arslan were not, adopting local customs for ease of rule.
*Aside for the pre-imperial Mei dynasty, which lasted for 722 years, the only dynasties of the imperial era to surppass 500 years of rule were the Hun and Jing dynasties.
*The Jing dynasty is unique among the rest. While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, the Jing dynasty is the only unity period dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally.
**It was also the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era, enduring for 662 years.
*The race of the ruling families of the dynasties were majoritively human.
**Of the non-human-ruled unity period dynasties of Tianchao, there was 1 gargoyle-ruled dynasty 1 centaur-ruled dynasty, 1 vampire-ruled dynasty, 1 dwarf-ruled dynasty and 1 faun-ruled dynasty,
*Some unity dynasties were established a few years before the preceding dynasty officially ended, as they took power by force through civil war.
**One that note, while some of said dynasties were proclaimed alongside a declaration of war, some of civil wars started some time – whether months or years – before a new dynasty was actually proclaimed, before it was believed that the Mandate of Heaven had been passed on.
*Some dynasties that replaced prior ones were established some time after the preceding dynasty ended – whether months or years; these instances were the filling of interregnums resulting from the collapse of the previous dynasty. The major disunity periods don't count.
*The Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom from the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period were never recovered and were eventually succeeded by modern Dongbalian.
*The Lin dynasty was the only ethnic Arslan dynasty in the history of Tianchao. It was a conquest dynasty that took advantage of the discord of the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period to conquer Tianchao. 
**The Lin dynasty was originally founded as a division of the Gergazartan Kaganate, a longtime rival of Tainchao, and so it was also the only time Tianchao and the Gergazartan Khaganate were united one nation, though only for a short time. A succession dispute in Gergazar following the death of the third ruler of Lin saw the Altanzul clan ousted from rulership of Gergazar, which in turn resulted in the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five states and the independence of the Lin dynasty.
**The Shuang dynasty was also originally a division of Gergazar, but it too split from Arslan rule within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. It endured independently for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Hang, Tun, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with Tianchao, Gergazar and Bogino until it was finally conquered by the Lei dynasty.
***Despite retaining independence for centuries, Shuang is included in the list as it too used Wan customs and titles of similar meanings, being ruled by the chunized Shangwai people, and is considered a true dynasty of Tianchao rather than a simple breakaway state, despite never having ruled any part of Zanghuan.
***Uniquely among the rest of the dynasties of Tianchao, the Shuang dynasty always had two co-rulers at a time, ruled by two families descended from the two rulers who founded the dynasty, twin brothers Hanleng Sansun (寒冷三筍) & Hanleng Dongmu (寒冷冬木).
*Until the brief civil war that marked the transition between the Lin and Hang dynasties, the Lin dynasty was the last true golden age Tianchao experienced.
**On that note, the Hang dynasty never recovered from the war to take over Tianchao and restore Gao rule from the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – or really, it never had the chance to recover – as the Empire of Yamatai invaded western Tianchao, a few years after it fully subjugated Tianchao's western vassals, the year before Hang defeated Lin.
***And so, almost the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign was dedicated to combating the Yamato; the exahustion of conflict, which, combined with wartime economic collapse, contributed to the Hang dynasty's demise at the hands of the Tun dynasty in 4523TJH following a fourteen-year-long civil war, the Hang–Tun War, after less than a century on the throne.
***That same war also saw Tianchao lose control much of its southeasternmost territories in Huaxia to Dongbalian.
****On that note, the Tun dynasty didn't last long either, as the aftereffects of the Hang–Tun War and the Third Yamato–Tianzu War left it weak and strained. Its badly timed and economically costly project, the Great Wall of Guangdai, for the purpose of containing Yamato expansion, greatly contributed to the Tun dynasty's collapse after less than three-quarter's of a century in power.
****The Tun dynasty was succeeded by the Lei dynasty after an interregnum of six months following the death of the second and last huangdi of the Tun dynasty.	Several interesting facts of notes about the dynasties in Tianzu history.
*The "dynasties" of the semi-legendary era were really chiefdoms that mostly existed contemporaneously until they were all united/conquered by the Wan dynasty.
*The Wan, Re and Gao dynasties are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved by the founders of the Mei dynasty.
*The Wan dynasty is the origin of the name of the Wan peoples.
*The "Predynastic Era" is a bit of misnomer, as the states of the time were technically dynasties in their own right. The name really just refers to the more well documented period following the semi-legendary era and before the imperial era.
*The Gao, Qiang, Zhai, Kai, Mei, and Cui dynasties were founded by alleged descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first abjaksan of Marlakcor.
*The listed founders & final rulers of dynasties are listed with the name they're commonly refered to, which can be either their posthumous name, or their personal name if they don't have one.
*The Zan, Qiu and Lin dynasties were the only unified dynasties ruled by a non-Gao ethnic group, Tonglu, Xiyi and Arslan respectively. The former two were Wan while the Arslan were not, adopting local customs for ease of rule.
*Aside for the pre-imperial Mei dynasty, which lasted for 722 years, the only dynasties of the imperial era to surppass 500 years of rule were the Hun and Jing dynasties.
*The Jing dynasty is unique among the rest. While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, the Jing dynasty is the only unity period dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally.
**It was also the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era, enduring for 662 years.
*The race of the ruling families of the dynasties were majoritively human.
**Of the non-human-ruled unity period dynasties of Tianchao, there was 1 gargoyle-ruled dynasty 1 centaur-ruled dynasty, 1 vampire-ruled dynasty, 1 dwarf-ruled dynasty and 1 faun-ruled dynasty,
*Some unity dynasties were established a few years before the preceding dynasty officially ended, as they took power by force through civil war.
**One that note, while some of said dynasties were proclaimed alongside a declaration of war, some of civil wars started some time – whether months or years – before a new dynasty was actually proclaimed, before it was believed that the Mandate of Heaven had been passed on.
*Some dynasties that replaced prior ones were established some time after the preceding dynasty ended – whether months or years; these instances were the filling of interregnums resulting from the collapse of the previous dynasty. The major disunity periods don't count.
*The Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom from the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period were never recovered and were eventually succeeded by modern Dongbalian.
*The Lin dynasty was the only ethnic Arslan dynasty in the history of Tianchao. It was a conquest dynasty that took advantage of the discord of the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period to conquer Tianchao. 
**The Lin dynasty was originally founded as a division of the Gergazartan Kaganate, a longtime rival of Tainchao, and so it was also the only time Tianchao and the Gergazartan Khaganate were united one nation, though only for a short time. A succession dispute in Gergazar following the death of the third ruler of Lin saw the Altanzul clan ousted from rulership of Gergazar, which in turn resulted in the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five states and the independence of the Lin dynasty.
**The Shuang dynasty was also originally a division of Gergazar, but it too split from Arslan rule within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. It endured independently for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Hang, Tun, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with Tianchao, Gergazar and Bogino until it was finally conquered by the Lei dynasty.
***Despite retaining independence for centuries, Shuang is included in the list as it too used Wan customs and titles of similar meanings, being ruled by the chunized Shangwai people, and is considered a true dynasty of Tianchao rather than a simple breakaway state, despite never having ruled any part of Zanghuan.
***Uniquely among the rest of the dynasties of Tianchao, the Shuang dynasty always had two co-rulers at a time, ruled by two families descended from the two rulers who founded the dynasty, twin brothers Hanleng Sansun (寒冷三筍) & Hanleng Dongmu (寒冷冬木).
*Until the brief civil war that marked the transition between the Lin and Hang dynasties, the Lin dynasty was the last true golden age Tianchao experienced.
**On that note, the Hang dynasty never recovered from the war to take over Tianchao and restore Gao rule from the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – or really, it never had the chance to recover – as the Empire of Yamatai invaded western Tianchao, a few years after it fully subjugated Tianchao's western vassals, the year before Hang defeated Lin.
***And so, almost the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign was dedicated to combating the Yamato; the exahustion of conflict, which, combined with wartime economic collapse, contributed to the Hang dynasty's demise at the hands of the Tun dynasty in 4523TJH following a fourteen-year-long civil war, the Hang–Tun War, after less than a century on the throne.
***That same war also saw Tianchao lose control much of its southeasternmost territories in Huaxia to Dongbalian.
****On that note, the Tun dynasty didn't last long either, as the aftereffects of the Hang–Tun War and the Third Yamato–Tianzu War left it weak and strained. Its badly timed and economically costly project, the Great Wall of Guangdai, for the purpose of containing Yamato expansion, greatly contributed to the Tun dynasty's collapse after less than three-quarter's of a century in power.
****The Tun dynasty was succeeded by the Lei dynasty after an interregnum of six months following the death of the second and last huangdi of the Tun dynasty.	Several interesting facts of notes about the dynasties in Tianzu history.
*The "dynasties" of the semi-legendary era were really chiefdoms that mostly existed contemporaneously until they were all united/conquered by the Wan dynasty.
*The Wan, Re and Gao dynasties are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved by the founders of the Mei dynasty.
*The Wan dynasty is the origin of the name of the Wan peoples.
*The "Predynastic Era" is a bit of misnomer, as the states of the time were technically dynasties in their own right. The name really just refers to the more well documented period following the semi-legendary era and before the imperial era.
*The Gao, Qiang, Zhai, Kai, Mei, and Cui dynasties were founded by alleged descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first abjaksan of Marlakcor.
*The listed founders & final rulers of dynasties are listed with the name they're commonly refered to, which can be either their posthumous name, or their personal name if they don't have one.
*The Zan, Qiu and Lin dynasties were the only unified dynasties ruled by a non-Gao ethnic group, Tonglu, Xiyi and Arslan respectively. The former two were Wan while the Arslan were not, adopting local customs for ease of rule.
*Aside for the pre-imperial Mei dynasty, which lasted for 722 years, the only dynasties of the imperial era to surppass 500 years of rule were the Hun and Jing dynasties.
*The Jing dynasty is unique among the rest. While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, the Jing dynasty is the only unity period dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally.
**It was also the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era, enduring for 662 years.
*The race of the ruling families of the dynasties were majoritively human.
**Of the non-human-ruled unity period dynasties of Tianchao, there was 1 gargoyle-ruled dynasty 1 centaur-ruled dynasty, 1 vampire-ruled dynasty, 1 dwarf-ruled dynasty and 1 faun-ruled dynasty,
*Some unity dynasties were established a few years before the preceding dynasty officially ended, as they took power by force through civil war.
**One that note, while some of said dynasties were proclaimed alongside a declaration of war, some of civil wars started some time – whether months or years – before a new dynasty was actually proclaimed, before it was believed that the Mandate of Heaven had been passed on.
*Some dynasties that replaced prior ones were established some time after the preceding dynasty ended – whether months or years; these instances were the filling of interregnums resulting from the collapse of the previous dynasty. The major disunity periods don't count.
*The Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom from the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period were never recovered and were eventually succeeded by modern Dongbalian.
*The Lin dynasty was the only ethnic Arslan dynasty in the history of Tianchao. It was a conquest dynasty that took advantage of the discord of the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period to conquer Tianchao. 
**The Lin dynasty was originally founded as a division of the Gergazartan Kaganate, a longtime rival of Tainchao, and so it was also the only time Tianchao and the Gergazartan Khaganate were united one nation, though only for a short time. A succession dispute in Gergazar following the death of the third ruler of Lin saw the Altanzul clan ousted from rulership of Gergazar, which in turn resulted in the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five states and the independence of the Lin dynasty.
**The Shuang dynasty was also originally a division of Gergazar, but it too split from Arslan rule within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. It endured independently for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Hang, Tun, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with Tianchao, Gergazar and Bogino until it was finally conquered by the Lei dynasty.
***Despite retaining independence for centuries, Shuang is included in the list as it too used Wan customs and titles of similar meanings, being ruled by the chunized Shangwai people, and is considered a true dynasty of Tianchao rather than a simple breakaway state, despite never having ruled any part of Zanghuan.
***Uniquely among the rest of the dynasties of Tianchao, the Shuang dynasty always had two co-rulers at a time, ruled by two families descended from the two rulers who founded the dynasty, twin brothers Hanleng Sansun (寒冷三筍) & Hanleng Dongmu (寒冷冬木).
*Until the brief civil war that marked the transition between the Lin and Hang dynasties, the Lin dynasty was the last true golden age Tianchao experienced.
**On that note, the Hang dynasty never recovered from the war to take over Tianchao and restore Gao rule from the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – or really, it never had the chance to recover – as the Empire of Yamatai invaded western Tianchao, a few years after it fully subjugated Tianchao's western vassals, the year before Hang defeated Lin.
***And so, almost the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign was dedicated to combating the Yamato; the exahustion of conflict, which, combined with wartime economic collapse, contributed to the Hang dynasty's demise at the hands of the Tun dynasty in 4523TJH following a fourteen-year-long civil war, the Hang–Tun War, after less than a century on the throne.
***That same war also saw Tianchao lose control much of its southeasternmost territories in Huaxia to Dongbalian.
****On that note, the Tun dynasty didn't last long either, as the aftereffects of the Hang–Tun War and the Third Yamato–Tianzu War left it weak and strained. Its badly timed and economically costly project, the Great Wall of Guangdai, for the purpose of containing Yamato expansion, greatly contributed to the Tun dynasty's collapse after less than three-quarter's of a century in power.
****The Tun dynasty was succeeded by the Lei dynasty after an interregnum of six months following the death of the second and last huangdi of the Tun dynasty.	Several interesting facts of notes about the dynasties in Tianzu history.
*The "dynasties" of the semi-legendary era were really chiefdoms that mostly existed contemporaneously until they were all united/conquered by the Wan dynasty.
*The Wan, Re and Gao dynasties are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved by the founders of the Mei dynasty.
*The Wan dynasty is the origin of the name of the Wan peoples.
*The "Predynastic Era" is a bit of misnomer, as the states of the time were technically dynasties in their own right. The name really just refers to the more well documented period following the semi-legendary era and before the imperial era.
*The Gao, Qiang, Zhai, Kai, Mei, and Cui dynasties were founded by alleged descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first abjaksan of Marlakcor.
*The listed founders & final rulers of dynasties are listed with the name they're commonly refered to, which can be either their posthumous name, or their personal name if they don't have one.
*The Zan, Qiu and Lin dynasties were the only unified dynasties ruled by a non-Gao ethnic group, Tonglu, Xiyi and Arslan respectively. The former two were Wan while the Arslan were not, adopting local customs for ease of rule.
*Aside for the pre-imperial Mei dynasty, which lasted for 722 years, the only dynasties of the imperial era to surppass 500 years of rule were the Hun and Jing dynasties.
*The Jing dynasty is unique among the rest. While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, the Jing dynasty is the only unity period dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally.
**It was also the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era, enduring for 662 years.
*The race of the ruling families of the dynasties were majoritively human.
**Of the non-human-ruled unity period dynasties of Tianchao, there was 1 gargoyle-ruled dynasty 1 centaur-ruled dynasty, 1 vampire-ruled dynasty, 1 dwarf-ruled dynasty and 1 faun-ruled dynasty,
*Some unity dynasties were established a few years before the preceding dynasty officially ended, as they took power by force through civil war.
**One that note, while some of said dynasties were proclaimed alongside a declaration of war, some of civil wars started some time – whether months or years – before a new dynasty was actually proclaimed, before it was believed that the Mandate of Heaven had been passed on.
*Some dynasties that replaced prior ones were established some time after the preceding dynasty ended – whether months or years; these instances were the filling of interregnums resulting from the collapse of the previous dynasty. The major disunity periods don't count.
*The Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom from the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period were never recovered and were eventually succeeded by modern Dongbalian.
*The Lin dynasty was the only ethnic Arslan dynasty in the history of Tianchao. It was a conquest dynasty that took advantage of the discord of the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period to conquer Tianchao. 
**The Lin dynasty was originally founded as a division of the Gergazartan Kaganate, a longtime rival of Tainchao, and so it was also the only time Tianchao and the Gergazartan Khaganate were united one nation, though only for a short time. A succession dispute in Gergazar following the death of the third ruler of Lin saw the Altanzul clan ousted from rulership of Gergazar, which in turn resulted in the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five states and the independence of the Lin dynasty.
**The Shuang dynasty was also originally a division of Gergazar, but it too split from Arslan rule within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. It endured independently for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Hang, Tun, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with Tianchao, Gergazar and Bogino until it was finally conquered by the Lei dynasty.
***Despite retaining independence for centuries, Shuang is included in the list as it too used Wan customs and titles of similar meanings, being ruled by the chunized Shangwai people, and is considered a true dynasty of Tianchao rather than a simple breakaway state, despite never having ruled any part of Zanghuan.
***Uniquely among the rest of the dynasties of Tianchao, the Shuang dynasty always had two co-rulers at a time, ruled by two families descended from the two rulers who founded the dynasty, twin brothers Hanleng Sansun (寒冷三筍) & Hanleng Dongmu (寒冷冬木).
*Until the brief civil war that marked the transition between the Lin and Hang dynasties, the Lin dynasty was the last true golden age Tianchao experienced.
**On that note, the Hang dynasty never recovered from the war to take over Tianchao and restore Gao rule from the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – or really, it never had the chance to recover – as the Empire of Yamatai invaded western Tianchao, a few years after it fully subjugated Tianchao's western vassals, the year before Hang defeated Lin.
***And so, almost the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign was dedicated to combating the Yamato; the exahustion of conflict, which, combined with wartime economic collapse, contributed to the Hang dynasty's demise at the hands of the Tun dynasty in 4523TJH following a fourteen-year-long civil war, the Hang–Tun War, after less than a century on the throne.
***That same war also saw Tianchao lose control much of its southeasternmost territories in Huaxia to Dongbalian.
****On that note, the Tun dynasty didn't last long either, as the aftereffects of the Hang–Tun War and the Third Yamato–Tianzu War left it weak and strained. Its badly timed and economically costly project, the Great Wall of Guangdai, for the purpose of containing Yamato expansion, greatly contributed to the Tun dynasty's collapse after less than three-quarter's of a century in power.
****The Tun dynasty was succeeded by the Lei dynasty after an interregnum of six months following the death of the second and last huangdi of the Tun dynasty.	Several interesting facts of notes about the dynasties in Tianzu history.
*The "dynasties" of the semi-legendary era were really chiefdoms that mostly existed contemporaneously until they were all united/conquered by the Wan dynasty.
*The Wan, Re and Gao dynasties are more properly described as loose confederations or collections of chiefdoms, consisting of several loosely affiliated independent clans who recognized a wang. Proper centralization of authority under a wang was achieved by the founders of the Mei dynasty.
*The Wan dynasty is the origin of the name of the Wan peoples.
*The "Predynastic Era" is a bit of misnomer, as the states of the time were technically dynasties in their own right. The name really just refers to the more well documented period following the semi-legendary era and before the imperial era.
*The Gao, Qiang, Zhai, Kai, Mei, and Cui dynasties were founded by alleged descendants of Xiangrikui Gongchen, the first abjaksan of Marlakcor.
*The listed founders & final rulers of dynasties are listed with the name they're commonly refered to, which can be either their posthumous name, or their personal name if they don't have one.
*The Zan, Qiu and Lin dynasties were the only unified dynasties ruled by a non-Gao ethnic group, Tonglu, Xiyi and Arslan respectively. The former two were Wan while the Arslan were not, adopting local customs for ease of rule.
*Aside for the pre-imperial Mei dynasty, which lasted for 722 years, the only dynasties of the imperial era to surppass 500 years of rule were the Hun and Jing dynasties.
*The Jing dynasty is unique among the rest. While there were female rulers in past and future dynasties, the Jing dynasty is the only unity period dynasty that was ruled entirely by women, with the title passed mother to daughter matrilineally.
**It was also the longest-enduring dynasty of the imperial era, enduring for 662 years.
*The race of the ruling families of the dynasties were majoritively human.
**Of the non-human-ruled unity period dynasties of Tianchao, there was 1 gargoyle-ruled dynasty 1 centaur-ruled dynasty, 1 vampire-ruled dynasty, 1 dwarf-ruled dynasty and 1 faun-ruled dynasty,
*Some unity dynasties were established a few years before the preceding dynasty officially ended, as they took power by force through civil war.
**One that note, while some of said dynasties were proclaimed alongside a declaration of war, some of civil wars started some time – whether months or years – before a new dynasty was actually proclaimed, before it was believed that the Mandate of Heaven had been passed on.
*Some dynasties that replaced prior ones were established some time after the preceding dynasty ended – whether months or years; these instances were the filling of interregnums resulting from the collapse of the previous dynasty. The major disunity periods don't count.
*The Hang Kingdom and Sang Kingdom from the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period were never recovered and were eventually succeeded by modern Dongbalian.
*The Lin dynasty was the only ethnic Arslan dynasty in the history of Tianchao. It was a conquest dynasty that took advantage of the discord of the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period to conquer Tianchao. 
**The Lin dynasty was originally founded as a division of the Gergazartan Kaganate, a longtime rival of Tainchao, and so it was also the only time Tianchao and the Gergazartan Khaganate were united one nation, though only for a short time. A succession dispute in Gergazar following the death of the third ruler of Lin saw the Altanzul clan ousted from rulership of Gergazar, which in turn resulted in the fragmentation of the Khaganate into five states and the independence of the Lin dynasty.
**The Shuang dynasty was also originally a division of Gergazar, but it too split from Arslan rule within months of the Altanzul clan's ousting from rulership of Gergazar. It endured independently for the better part of five centuries contemporaneously with the Lin, Hang, Tun, and early-Lei dynasties, enduring many wars with Tianchao, Gergazar and Bogino until it was finally conquered by the Lei dynasty.
***Despite retaining independence for centuries, Shuang is included in the list as it too used Wan customs and titles of similar meanings, being ruled by the chunized Shangwai people, and is considered a true dynasty of Tianchao rather than a simple breakaway state, despite never having ruled any part of Zanghuan.
***Uniquely among the rest of the dynasties of Tianchao, the Shuang dynasty always had two co-rulers at a time, ruled by two families descended from the two rulers who founded the dynasty, twin brothers Hanleng Sansun (寒冷三筍) & Hanleng Dongmu (寒冷冬木).
*Until the brief civil war that marked the transition between the Lin and Hang dynasties, the Lin dynasty was the last true golden age Tianchao experienced.
**On that note, the Hang dynasty never recovered from the war to take over Tianchao and restore Gao rule from the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty – or really, it never had the chance to recover – as the Empire of Yamatai invaded western Tianchao, a few years after it fully subjugated Tianchao's western vassals, the year before Hang defeated Lin.
***And so, almost the entirety of the Hang dynasty's reign was dedicated to combating the Yamato; the exahustion of conflict, which, combined with wartime economic collapse, contributed to the Hang dynasty's demise at the hands of the Tun dynasty in 4523TJH following a fourteen-year-long civil war, the Hang–Tun War, after less than a century on the throne.
***That same war also saw Tianchao lose control much of its southeasternmost territories in Huaxia to Dongbalian.
****On that note, the Tun dynasty didn't last long either, as the aftereffects of the Hang–Tun War and the Third Yamato–Tianzu War left it weak and strained. Its badly timed and economically costly project, the Great Wall of Guangdai, for the purpose of containing Yamato expansion, greatly contributed to the Tun dynasty's collapse after less than three-quarter's of a century in power.
****The Tun dynasty was succeeded by the Lei dynasty after an interregnum of six months following the death of the second and last huangdi of the Tun dynasty.
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====Government & Politics====
*See also: List of Rulers of Tianchao
Tianchao is an imperial hereditary monarchy ruled by a Huangdi (皇帝/Emperor). Female rulers also used the title. The heir apparent is titled Taizi (太子/Crown Prince). In the instance of a female ruler, the titles do not usually change; the exception being the rulers of the women-ruled Jing dynasty, whom used the title Niangdi (娘帝). The only title that does change is the title of the female hunagdi's spouse: husbands of female huangdi and rulers of the Jing dynasty and are titled Yufuma (御駙馬/Imperial Prince Consort).
Rulers of Arslan-ruled division era states and rulers of the Arslan-ruled Lin dynasty were titled Khagan (卡幹/) as well as huangdi. This was discontinued from the Hang dynasty onward with the return of Wan rule.
Important female titles include the Huanghou (皇後/Empress), the legal wife of the huangdi, and the Huang-Taihou (皇太後/Empress Dowager), the title of the widow of the prior huangdi and mother of the current one. Both women control the Huogong (后宮/Imperial Harem) and can exercise a great degree on the politics of Tianchao, mainly through the huangdi, if given the chance. Both control the Huogong, yet the huang-taihou generally has more power over it than the huanghou. The title of huanghou is generally discarded in the event of a female ruler, during which the standard title of hunagdi is used.
Aside for the Taizi, sons and daughters of the huangdi, as well as brothers and sisters, are referred to as Wangzi (王子/Prince) and Wangfei (王妃/Princess) respectively. All other relatives, such as nephews, nieces & cousins, are titled Gongjue (公爵/Prince, Duke) and Gongzhu (公主/Princess) respectively. Husbands of wangfei and gongzhu are titled Fuma (駙馬).
Gong (公/Duke) and Gongnu (公女/Duchess) are titles of the highest-tier noblemen unrelated to the hunagdi. Often these are just prestigious titles with power limited to command troops, but they can also given power to autonomously administer the territories they're granted, either from the seat of the territory or the imperial capital; but this is not without risk of the empowered person from becoming a threat to the central government. Holders of such titles may also be enfeoffed to the rank of Wang (王/King).
Succession of the huangdi is generally straightforward. The heir to the throne, the taizi, is generally appointed by either favoritism or by merit. Often it is the eldest son of the huangdi is appointed the taizi, whether they are from the huanghou or a concubine, yet this is not automatically so; a daughter can be chosen as well. If the huangdi feels that his eldest is not up to the task or simply favors someone else, a younger son or daughter, a nephew, niece, brother, sister or cousin can be appointed taizi instead. Generally, while there is only one huanghou at a time, the huangdi's harem of many dozens of concubines, if any in the first place, often result in there being any number of children to choose from.
Yet, if the huangdi dies before or without appointing a successor, the huang-taihou generally has the sole right to appoint one of the late huangdi's surviving sons or relatives to the position. Most often the successor chosen in this fashion is a minor, thus the huang-taihou serves as regent over the government. Other times, responsibility for appointing a new ruler from among the deceased huangdi's relatives falls to the government, generally the liugexia. Sometimes the huangdi will not announce an heir during their reign, instead writing it down and keeping it secret for it to be discovered upon his death. However, it's not uncommon for the deceased hunagdi's wishes to be disregarded or unannounced, leaving a vacuum to be filled one way or another.
The event a new huangdi can not be appointed in a timely fashion, the late-huangdi's various relatives generally tend make claims to the throne, resulting in a heated – and often deadly – strife to fill the power vacuum and even wars of succession in the extreme cases. These power-struggles often start smoldering even before the huangdi dies, and tend to shape the future of the dynasty for generations afterwards.
Sometimes the huangdi is succeeded without dying. Sometimes the huangdi will abdicate without ending the dynasty; in other words, retire. Huangdi who abdicate to retirement are titled Taishang Huangdi (太上皇帝/Retired Emperor). However, while most huangdi who do retire go into quiet retirement for the rest of their days, the huangdi sometimes doesn't always give up actual power despite retiring; sometimes they will act as the power behind the throne through his official successor.
As a religious leader, the huangdi also bears the title of Tianzi (天子/Son of Heaven); Tianfei (天妃/Daughter of Heaven) in the case of female rulers. While anyone can found a dynasty and claim the imperial title, the title of tianzi is only conferred upon by the high priests to the true ruler of the realm; i.e. the one who is believed to have the grace of the gods and been granted the Mandate of Heaven, usually the ones who rule a unified dynasty or succeed in reunifying the empire and ending a period of disunity. The title is hereditarily passed on until it is believed that the dynasty has lost the Mandate, only bestowed upon again to the one it is believed has attained the Mandate of Heaven.
Incumbent and abdicated huangdi are referred to by their courtesy name while living; after death, huangdi are also bestowed with a posthumous name and a temple name.
Posthumous names can mean anything, and usually illustrate the huangdi or his reign in some way or follow a particular naming scheme associated with previous rulers. Temple names are similar but are a selection of names chosen with more care. Even ancestors of dynasty founders, especially those who laid the foundation for the dynasty's founding, are sometimes posthumously promoted to huangdi and honored with temple names by their descendants, even if they did not rule as huangdi, or even claim the imperial title, in their lifetime.
Not all huangdi were given either name after death; in fact, there were many instances throughout Tianzu history where the practice of giving either one or both names were abandoned altogether until it was revived later, in particular during disunity periods. There were other reasons for not bestowing either to an huangdi, including the belief that a particular ruler was not worthy of one.
Name 	Notes
Temple names of dynasty founders or huagndi of a new line within an existing one are suffixed with either "jian (建/founder)" or "zu (祖/ancestor)," with a couple rare exceptions. All other temple names are suffixed with "pi (辟/monarch)," with a few rare exceptions. 	Temple names of dynasty founders or huagndi of a new line within an existing one are suffixed with either "jian (建/founder)" or "zu (祖/ancestor)," with a couple rare exceptions. All other temple names are suffixed with "pi (辟/monarch)," with a few rare exceptions.
Dynasty Founder names 	Dynasty Founder names
Bianjian變建Rebellion Founder 	Typically used for dynasty founders who came to power by revolt and/or civil war.
Dazu大祖Great Ancestor 	Can also be used for ancestors who laid the foundation for a dynasty's founding, even if they did not rule themselves.
Kaiguo開國Founder of a country 	More rare than others, as it it typically used to refer to Jian Zheng, the founder of the Qiang dynasty and the first huangdi of Tianchao.
Kaijian凱建Triumphant Founder 	Used for dynastic founders who created their dynasty by conquest.
Examples: the Zan dynasty, the Qiu dynasty, and the Lin dynasty
Xinjian新建New Founder 	The more commonly generic temple names for founders or huangdi of a new line within an existing dynasty.
Xinzu新祖New Ancestor 	The more commonly generic temple names for founders or huangdi of a new line within an existing dynasty.
Yaozu耀祖Glorious ancestor 	Can also be used for ancestors who laid the foundation for a dynasty's founding, even if they did not rule themselves.
Yongzu永祖Eternal ancestor 	Used for founders deemed worthy of eternal remembrance.
Other names 	Other names
Fanpi反辟Rebel King 	Typically used for monarchs who came to power by revolt and/or civil war.
Fuxing復興Revival 	Honored to sovereigns who revitalized their realm following a period of decline. Can also be used for dynastic founders.
Huaipi壞辟Wicked King 	Originating from the tyrant Huai Gui (壞貴), it is a rarer temple name typically given to particularly tyrannical rulers.
Jiuxing救星Liberator 	Typically given to an huangdi who overthrew a tyrannical predecessor.
Can also be used for dynasty founders if the overthrown huangdi was the last huangdi of the previous dynasty.
Kaipi凱辟Triumphant King 	Used for Huangdi who came to power by conquest.
Lieshi烈士Martyr 	Used for Huangdi were murdered by their successor or unjustly overthrown. Typically bestowed long after death following the death of their successor.
Supi穌辟Revival King 	Honored to sovereigns who revitalized their realm following a period of decline.
Weipi偉辟Great King 	One of the more commonly generic temple names.
Junpi軍辟Army King 	Typically used for huangdi who gave remarkable military achievements or greatly expanded the empire's sovereign territory during his reign.
Xiongpi雄辟Mighty King 	Typically used for huangdi who gave remarkable military achievements or greatly expanded the empire's sovereign territory during his reign.
Yongpi永辟Forever King 	Used for huangdi deemed worthy of eternal remembrance.
Zhepi哲辟Sagacious Monarch 	Typically given to huangdi who were known for being very wise or religious.
Zuangli壯麗Magnificent 	Typically given to huangdi who had a particularly prosperous reign or ushered in a golden age.
Zuihou最後Final 	Reserved for huangdi who were the last ruler of their dynasty. First used for 
Huangdi Chuantong, the last Huangdi of the Qiang dynasty.
Beneath the huangdi is the bureaucracy of the Guohui (國會/Congress).
The six senior members of the guohui are referred to as the Liugexia (六閣下/Six Excellencies):
Office 	Description & Responsibility
Chengxiang丞相Imperial Chancellor 	The de jure highest political office beneath the huangdi, the highest of the liugexia.
The chengxiang is in charge of presiding over the guohui when it meets. Also leads the armies alongside or on behalf of the huangdi.
Taiwei太尉Grand Marshal 	Leads the armies, alongside or on behalf of the chengxiang and huangdi.
Taifu太傅Grand Tutor 	Responsible for maintaining the Imperial Household on behalf, or at the discretion, of the huangdi.
Taibao太保Grand Protector 	Oversees security of the capital and its residing province. Also the head of the Imperial Guard.
Situ司徒Minister of the Masses 	In charge of maintaining the government's relations with the general public and between the various regional lords of the empire.
Sikong司空Minister of the Works 	in charge of maintaining the empire's finances and overseeing government projects—construction of the Great Wall of Guangdai being a notable example.
Beneath the huangdi and the liugexia are the titleless chen (臣/statesmen), whom make up the majority of the officials; there may be as many as five hundred or a few as fifty, depending on the policies and/or events of the time. They participate by suggesting laws and decrees, and even possible courses of action in times of crises; as well as bringing the huangdi and the liugexia up to date on what is going on around the empire, including instances of which may or may not have already reached their attention. Otherwise, they are generally powerless, yet enjoy a substantial government salary. Members are chosen based on scores taken from the Guomin Buji Kaoshi (國民部級考試/National Ministerial Examination), which is held every four years.
Throughout Tianzu history the power of the huangdi and the bureaucracy has constantly fluctuated. Sometimes the huangdi had all the power while the bureaucrats had limited or no power; other times the huangdi and the bureaucrats shared the power, creating a system of checks and balances on each other; and sometimes the power of the huangdi was curtailed, leaving the true power in the hands of the bureaucrats, the chengxiang, a regent or some other person while the huangdi was a ceremonial figurehead.
====Armed Forces====
Tianchao maintains one of the largest known standing armed forces on Qirsyllviar, but the empire's sheer size, and constant threat of rebellions and foreign incursions in the outer territories furthest from Xiazhou – the capital region – causes it to be spread thin.
Beneath the huangdi, chengxiang and taiwei, Tianchao has five main generals, referred to as the Wuzhi Laohu (五隻老虎/Five Tigers), in charge of the land forces of the Tianzu Imperial Army, and one in charge of the toops along the military zones that line the east side of the Great Wall of Guangdai. Including any number of officers in charge of various detachments spread around their zones, each has at least 700,000+ troops under their command at any given time.
Title 	Responsibility
Wuzhi Laohu (五隻老虎/Five Tigers) 	
Wuzhi Laohu (五隻老虎/Five Tigers)
Beiyu Siling北域司令Commander of the North 	Responsible for troops in Pianpilu.
Nanyu Siling南域司令Commander of the South 	Responisble for troops in the southern regions of Zanghuan and along the borders with Dongbalian and Gaoliang.
Dongyu Siling東域司令Commander of the East 	Responisble for troops in eastern Zanghuan and seaboard and the border regions of the islands shared with Miaogui.
Xiyu Siling西域司令Commander of the West 	Responsible for troops in Guangdai.
Zhongxin Siling中心司令Commander of the Center 	Responisble for troops in central Zanghuan and around the capital.
Other 	Other
Wei Qiangbi Siling偉牆壁司令Commander of the Great Wall 	Responsible for troops stationed in every fort and castle along the entire length Great Wall of Guangdai.
There are also sizeable detachments of naval forces in every body of water controlled by Tianchao.
====Political Divisions====
Tianchao today is divided into seventeen zhou (provinces). Those are in turn divided into several jun (commanderies), when are further divided into three or four xian (counties).
Zhou (州) 	Zhou (州) 	Jun (郡) 	Xian (縣) 	Notes
Name 	Capital 	Name 	Name 	Notes
Angzhou昂州 	Gongwu共舞 	 	 	
Baozhou宝州 	 	 	 	
Gaozhou皋州 	Tangzhai瑭寨 	 	 	This zhou has hosted the majority of the historical capitals of Tianchao and today hosts the modern capital of Tangzhai.
Hanzhou汗州 	Tongtong統統 	 	 	
Jinzhou金州 	Songqi送氣 	 	 	
Leizhou雷州 	 	 	 	Leizhou has the most and largest producing mines of all types in the entire empire, producing 60% of the total supply of minable substances.
Mingzhou名州 	Hongqian弘前 	 	 	
Meizhou魅州 	Guangyi光邑 	 	 	The outskirts of the province capital hosts Wushu Xueyuan (巫術學院), the oldest and most prestigious academy of magic in Tianchao.
Qinzhou琴州 	 	 	 	
Shuzhou書州 	 	 	 	
Songzhou頌州 	Zhengdu整度 	 	 	
Suizhou穗州 	Shenyun神韻 	 	 	
Tangzhou堂州 	Hongshan紅山 	 	 	
Tianzhou天州 	 	 	 	
Weizhou味州 	 	 	 	
Wuzhou五州 	 	 	 	
Xiazhou轄州 	Tangzhai瑭寨 	 	 	Xiazhou and its constituent jun and xian are directly administrated by the huangdi and the government.
Yuanzhou原州 	Hangzhai航窄 	 	 	
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