| Dynasty | Capital | Location |
| Sixteen Kingdoms: Western Yan 384 - 394 | |
| Sixteen Kingdoms: Western Qin 385 - 431 | |
| Sixteen Kingdoms: Later Liang 386 - 403 | |
| Sixteen Kingdoms: Zhai Wei 386 - 391 | |
| Sixteen Kingdoms: Southern Liang 397 - 414 | |
| Sixteen Kingdoms: Northern Liang 397 - 439 | |
| Sixteen Kingdoms: Southern Yan 398 - 410 | |
| Sixteen Kingdoms: Western Liang 400 - 421 | |
| Sixteen Kingdoms: Xi Shu 405 - 431 | |
| Sixteen Kingdoms: Xia 407 - 431 | |
| Sixteen Kingdoms: Northern Yan 409 - 436 | |
| Northern Dynasties: Northern Wei 386 - 534 | |
| Northern Dynasties: Eastern Wei 534 - 550 | |
| Northern Dynasties: Northern Qi 550 - 577 | |
| Northern Dynasties: Western Wei 535 - 557 | |
| Northern Dynasties: Northern Zhou 557 - 581 | |
| Southern Dynasties: Sung 420 - 479 | |
| Southern Dynasties: Qi 479 - 502 | |
| Southern Dynasties: Liang 502 - 557 | |
| Southern Dynasties: Chen 557 - 589 | |
| Sui 581 - 605 | |
| Sui 605 - 618 | |
| Tang 618 - 904 | |
| Tang 904 - 907 | |
| Five Dynasties: Later Liang 907 - 923 | |