Chinese political dynasty

C20692
concept

A Chinese political dynasty is a historically distinct period of rule in China characterized by a hereditary ruling family that maintains centralized authority, legitimized by cultural, ideological, and bureaucratic institutions, until replaced by another ruling house.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Five Dynasties period state 7
ancient Chinese dynasty 2
Chinese political dynasty canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Chinese political dynasty
Generated description
A Chinese political dynasty is a historically distinct period of rule in China characterized by a hereditary ruling family that maintains centralized authority, legitimized by cultural, ideological, and bureaucratic institutions, until replaced by another ruling house.

Instances (14)

Instance Via concept surface
Chiang family
Former Han Western Han dynasty
Later Zhou Five Dynasties period state
Later Liang Five Dynasties period state
Xia dynasty ancient Chinese dynasty
Shun dynasty short-lived Chinese dynasty
Later Han (Five Dynasties) Five Dynasties period state
Xixia
surface form: Western Xia
medieval Chinese dynasty
Later Tang Five Dynasties period state
後周 中國朝代
Hòu Zhōu
surface form: Later Zhou
Five Dynasties period state
Hòu Liáng Five Dynasties period state
Yijiu
surface form: Zhou dynasty
ancient Chinese dynasty
Hou Liang Five Dynasties period state