Template:History of China
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Timeline sourcing
- Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N. (2016). The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China. Oxford University Press. pp. 325–326. ISBN 978-0-19-968375-8.
- Wilkinson, Endymion (2018). Chinese History: A New Manual (5th ed.). Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-0-9988883-0-9. OCLC 006640418.
Usage
Add {{History of China}} to transclude this template into an article. Note, this sidebar is not intended to provide an exhaustive or comprehensive list of Chinese dynasties, but only to provide an overview of major periods in Chinese history to help with navigation. Most minor and short-lived states and dynasties are intentionally not included to prevent the sidebar becoming overwhelming and difficult to navigate, thereby undermining its purpose.
BC, AD, BCE, CE
This template has been designed so that it can be used both in articles that adopt the BC/AD date notation and those that adopt the BCE/CE date notation without forcing some articles to have inconsistent style.
It will display BCE/CE notation unless the template gives the parameter BC a value. For instance {{History of China}} will give BCE/CE notation, {{History of China|BC=1}} will give BC/AD notation.
It can be edited as normal, but with the following exception:
- Instead of writing BCE or BC write
{{#if: {{{BC|}}}|BC|BCE}} - Instead of writing CE or AD write
{{#if: {{{BC|}}}|AD|CE}}
This functionality is necessitated by the Wikipedia:Manual of Style requirement that BC-AD and BCE-CE do not both appear in the same article. See MOS:ERA for details.
Collapsibility
Each list in this sidebar is collapsed by default to reduce its size and prevent the sidebar from excessively displacing other page elements such as images, tables, or other templates. The |expanded= parameter can be set to the name of one of the lists to automatically expand that list. For example, |expanded=Ancient will automatically expand the list named "Ancient" on loading the page.
