Historical C-Drama Chronology sorted by Historical Periods

MODERN - sometime in the beginning of the 21st century (from the PRC period) .

IMPERIAL - possibly Ming dynasty* .

* The aesthetics and clothing are pretty much similar to the ones used in Ming dramas.

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - possibly late 20th <-> early 21st centuries (from the PRC period) .

ANCIENT <-> MODERN - Xia dynasty <-> People's Republic of China .

MODERN - early Republic of China .

MODERN - early Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

IMPERIAL - probably Ming dynasty* .

* Since it is based on a novel set in this dynasty, in addition to its aesthetics and clothing.

IMPERIAL - late years of the Ming dynasty .

IMPERIAL - Qing dynasty .

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - early years of the Republic of China .

PRIMORDIAL - Great Flood (from the Primordial Chaos period) .

MODERN - sometime between the Second Sino-Japanese and the Second World Wars (from the Chinese Republican period) <-> possibly early People's Republic of China <-> 21st century (from the PRC period) .

IMPERIAL - final years of the Ming dynasty .

PRIMORDIAL <-> IMPERIAL - Great Flood (from the Primordial Chaos period) <-> possibly Tang dynasty .

IMPERIAL - possibly (Hu) Xia kingdom* (from the Sixteen Kingdoms period) .

* There are elements from other kingdoms from the same period as well, such as Cheng-Han's and Later Zhao's.

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

IMPERIAL - possibly* end of the Ming dynasty .

* The evidences for this are the aesthetics, the clothing, the contacts/invasions by the Japanese, and the fact that China was corrupt at its most during Ming times.

IMPERIAL - possibly* Ming dynasty .

* The evidences for this are the aesthetics, the clothing, the contacts/invasions by the Japanese, and the fact that China was corrupt at its most during Ming times.

MODERN - Republic of China .

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

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

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

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

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

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

MODERN - Cultural Revolution (from the PRC period) .

MODERN - Republic of China .

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

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

IMPERIAL - possibly* Ming dynasty .

* It's actually based on a Ming-set novel, despite its mostly fictional aesthetics.

MODERN - Republic of China .

IMPERIAL - possibly* Ming dynasty .

* The aesthetics and colors are pretty much similar to Ming-set dramas.

MODERN - early People's Republic of China .

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

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

IMPERIAL - probably* Ming dynasty .

* The aesthetics and clothing are definitely Ming representative.

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

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

MODERN - Second Sino-Japanese War (from the Chinese Republican period) .

MODERN - Chinese Civil War (from the Chinese Republican period) .

MODERN - late 20th <-> early 21st centuries (from the PRC period) .

MODERN - late 20th <-> early 21st centuries (from the PRC period) .

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

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

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

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

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

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

IMPERIAL - Tang dynasty .

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

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

MODERN - Republic of China .

IMPERIAL - Northern Song dynasty .

IMPERIAL - final years of the Qing dynasty .

MODERN - early years of the Republic of China .

MODERN - end of the Republic of China <-> beginning of the People's Republic of China .

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

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Second Sino-Japanese War (from the Chinese Republican period) .

IMPERIAL - possibly* Ming dynasty .

* Because of its colors and aesthetics.

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

IMPERIAL - possibly Northern Yan* (from the Sixteen Kingdoms period) .

* It also contains some Song dynasty aesthetics.

IMPERIAL <-> MODERN - final years of the Qing dynasty <-> early years of the Republic of China .

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

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

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

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

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

ANCIENT  - Zhou dynasty .

MODERN - Republic of China .

IMPERIAL - Tang dynasty and Nanzhao kingdom (Tang's contemporary dynastic state) .

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

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

IMPERIAL - Northern Song dynasty .

MODERN - Republic of China .

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

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

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

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - early years of the Republic of China .

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