Chinese era names, also known as reign mottos, were titles used by various Chinese dynasties and regimes in Imperial China for the purpose of year identification...

the Chinese era names used by the various dynasties and regimes in the history of China, sorted by monarch. The English renditions of the era names in...

the use of era names was originally derived from Chinese imperial practice, although the Japanese system is independent of the Chinese, Korean, and...

Chinese names are personal names used by individuals from Greater China and other parts of the Sinophone world. Sometimes the same set of Chinese characters...

Korean regimes officially adopted the era names of Chinese dynasties. Era names originated in 140 BCE in China, during the reign of the Emperor Wu of...

own era names. During periods of direct Chinese rule, Chinese era names would gain official use in Vietnam, as was the case for other parts of China. The...

state', 'Middle kingdom' in Standard Chinese, a form based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin. The English name "China" was borrowed from Portuguese during...

the Republic of China (ROC) in Nanjing, as the first year. The ROC calendar follows the tradition of using the sovereign's era name and year of reign...

(simplified Chinese: 崇祯帝; traditional Chinese: 崇禎帝; pinyin: Chóngzhēn Dì; 6 February 1611 – 25 April 1644), personal name Zhu Youjian (Chinese: 朱由檢; pinyin:...

used the Ganzhi calendar without era names. Overseas Chinese used Longfei (龍飛) or Tianyun (天運). Chinese era names (年號, niánhào) were used since 140 BC...