Popular Deities of Chinese Buddhism (Illustrated)

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W T

Liang 907 — 922 Known as “Wu Tai’;

T’ang 923 — 935 or “Five Dynasties”

Chin 936 — 946 to distinguish them

Han 947 — 950 from other dynasties

Chou 951 — 959 similarly named.

Sung 960–1280

“Southern Sung” from 1127 with

Northern China under Manchus

and Mongols.

Yuan 1280–1368 Mongolian rule.

Ming 1368–1643 Chinese rule restored.

1368–1398

1399–1402

1403–1424

1425–

1426–1435

1436–1449

1450–1457

1457–1464

1465–1487

1488–1505

1506–1521

1522–1566

1567–1572

1573–1620

1620–

1621–1627

1628–1644

Hung–Wu

Chien Wen

Yung–Lo

Hung–Hsi

Hsuan–Te

Cheng–Tung

Ching Tai

Tien Shun

Cheng–Hua

Hung–Chih

Cheng–Te

Chia–Ching

Lung–Ching

Wan–Li

Tai–Chang

Tien–Chi

Chung–Chen