Emperor of China
The Empire of China was founded in 221 BC by Emperor Qin Shi Huang. He made it from several kingdoms that he conquered by little. In its long history, the empire disintegrated into multiple times, numerous entities, and was reunited three times: in the year 280 by the Jin Dynasty in the year 589 by the Sui Dynasty and in 1279 by the Mongol Yuan dynasty.
The Empire was ( intermittently ) 2132 years long until the proclamation of the Republic of China by Sun Yat-sen on January 1, 1912; Aisin Gioro Puyi, the last emperor abdicated on February 12, 1912. 1915 Yuan Shikai, the first President of the Republic of China, made himself " Emperor of China". This again abolished in 1916 " Empire " and subsequent attempts at restoration are historically of little importance.
The partly mythical ruler of the early period (see also Chinese mythology) have been received in the historiography and especially in Western representations sometimes referred to as the " Ur - Emperor " (Chinese partly as huang, partly as di ). In the strict historical sense there were no emperors ( huangdi ). The ruler of the Zhou Dynasty vorkaiserlichen regarded as kings ( wang ).
Traditional chronology of dynasties
In Chinese history, there have been various dynasties. The partly mythological " dynasties " before the emergence of China as a unitary state - that is, strictly speaking, before the founding of the Chinese empire - were:
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Ruler
The dynasties of the Empire of China, which was founded in 221 BC by the ruler of the then Kingdom of Qin and the first time united the whole empire, were:
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Ruler
Attempts at restoration
In the first half of the 20th century there were several attempts to restore the monarchy in China: