Historical C-Drama Chronology sorted by Historical Periods

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

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - early years of the Republic of China .

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

MODERN - final years of the Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - mid-Republic of China.

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

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

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

* Southern Qing is a fictional dynasty.

MODERN - early Republic of China .

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

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

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

IMPERIAL - Southern Song and Jin dynasties .

IMPERIAL - Qing dynasty .

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

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

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

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

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

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

MODERN - sometime during the Republic of China .

MODERN - early People's Republic of China .

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

IMPERIAL - probably* Northern Song dynasty .

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

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

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

IMPERIAL - Tang dynasty .

IMPERIAL - possibly Tang dynasty .

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

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

IMPERIAL - Tang dynasty .

MODERN - Republic of China .

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

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

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

IMPERIAL - final years of the Qing dynasty .

MODERN - final years of the Cultural Revolution <-> late 20th century (both from the PRC period) .

MODERN - sometime during the Second Sino-Japanese War (from the Chinese Republican period) <-> final years of the 20th century (from the PRC period) .

IMPERIAL - Qing dynasty .

IMPERIAL - Southern Song dynasty .

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

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

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

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

MODERN - final years of the Cultural Revolution (from the PRC period) .

MODERN - mid-Republic of China .

MODERN - mid-Republic of China .

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

IMPERIAL - probably Tang dynasty* .

* The capital being Chang'an, the prince's surname being Li, and the flower on women's foreheads are typical Tang features.

IMPERIAL <-> MODERN - Qing dynasty <-> early People's Republic of China <-> 21st century (from the PRC period) .

IMPERIAL - probably* Ming dynasty .

* Despite the lack of aesthetics and naming correspondences, the clothing is definitely that of Ming dramas.

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .

IMPERIAL - Later Liang dynasty* (from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period) and Libei, Mobei, Natu, and Rouran khaganates** .

* That's the first dynasty upon the Tang dynasty splitting and also the one whose princess is called Chang'le, just like the plot puts it, even though it's presented as Jing state.

** Although some of these tribes are fictional, they still refer to the Mongol tribes that struggled over China's rule at that time.

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

MODERN - probably during the beginning of the 21st century (from the PRC period) .

IMPERIAL - probably Western Han <-> Liang dynasties (from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period) .

IMPERIAL - Ming* dynasty .

* Since it carries cultural imprints, such as costumes and props, of the Ming period.

MODERN - Republic of China .

MODERN - Republic of China .