| This monumental work provides a synchronized list of the Chinese cyclical year, Christian year, and reign years, for Chinese, Anaam, Korean, Mongolian, etc., dynastic reigns. During such periods as the Ch'un-ch'iu, Chan-kuo, and Nan-Pei Ch'ao, when a multiplicity of states existed in China, the reign years of the rulers of the various states are incorporated into the chronological table. The table is preceded by character and alphabetical indices to Nien-hao with the dates which they encompass. The table is followed by an index to the names and reigns of the various sovereigns. |