历朝

jiàn zhèng lì cháo biàn qiān

见证历朝变迁

witness the change of successive reigns of a dynasty

míng dài yíng jiàn běi jīng gōng chéng yǒng lè shí bā nián jī běn jiàn chéng yǐ hòu lì cháo xù jiàn

明代营建北京宫城，永乐十八年基本建成，以后历朝续建。

Construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing in the Ming Dynasty was completed in the main in the 18th year of the Yongle reign, and continued in the subsequent reigns.

lì cháo guān zhì

历朝官制

civil service in past dynasties

lì cháo diǎn zhāng zhì dù gè bù xiāng tóng

历朝典章制度各不相同。

Different dynasties have different historical institutions.

cóng gǔ dào jīn lì cháo lì dài

从古到今历朝历代

past dynasties since ancient times