Chinese Era Name Converter

Before modern calendar years, Chinese history was dated by reign titles: 康熙二十三年 means the 23rd year of the Kangxi era, which is 1684. Pick a dynasty and an era, enter the year number, and the tool gives the AD year, the ruler and the sexagenary cycle. The reverse direction lists every era that covered a given year, so you can tell at a glance which reign title a date belongs to. The table covers 94 commonly used era names from the Han dynasty to the Republic.