The Sui Dynasty (581-618)
The Sui dynasty briefly reunified China and laid a crucial foundation for the further development of TCM.
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Jin-dynastie (265-420)
De Jin-dynastie bracht tijdelijke eenheid en belangrijke medische ontwikkelingen in de TCM.
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The period of the Three Kingdoms (220-280)
The period of the Three Kingdoms was an era of division, warfare, and medical innovation, in which Hua Tuo emerged as a legendary physician and surgeon in the history of TCM.
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The Xin Dynasty (9-23 AD)
The Xin dynasty was a brief interruption between the Western and Eastern Han, marked by Wang Mang's reform ambitions, political instability, and the reminder that medicine depends on social stability.
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The Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
The Han dynasty is regarded as the golden age of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in which the great classical works were compiled and the theory of Qi, Yin-Yang, and the Five Elements received its definitive systematic form.
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The Qin Dynasty (221 BC-208 AD)
The Qin dynasty unified China for the first time under a single central authority and, through standardization, centralization, and imperial rule, created the conditions for the later development of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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The Zhou Dynasty (1122-221 BC)
The Zhou dynasty was the longest dynasty in Chinese history and formed the philosophical foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, with Yin-Yang, the Five Elements, and the Mandate of Heaven.
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The Shang Dynasty (1750-1122 BC)
The Shang dynasty was the first historically proven Chinese dynasty and marks an early phase in the development of medicine, with the Bian stone, ritual healing, and the earliest medical instruments.
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Xia dynasty (2205-1766 BCE)
The Xia dynasty marks the transition from mythical time to dynastic order and forms an early bridge between ritual healing and the first transmission of medical knowledge.
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