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Passes
- Great Wall:Shanhai Pass, Jiumenkou, Xifengkou, Gubeikou, Juyongguan, Badaling, Zijingguan, Daomaguan, Pingxing Pass, Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Pass, Piantou Pass, Niangziguan, Shahukou, Jiayuguan
- Guanzhong:Hangu Pass (Qin), Tongguan, Wu Pass, Xiao Pass, Dasan Pass
- Central Plains:Hulao Pass
- Silk Road:Yumen Pass, Yang Pass, Wushaoling
- Southwest:Jianmen Pass, Yangping Pass, Kunlun Pass, Friendship Pass (Zhennan Pass)
- Southeast:Xianxia Pass, Mei Pass
Battles (53)
Legendary age
- Battle of Zhuolu: Zhuolu, Hebei; Huangdi vs Chiyou
Shang–Zhou
- Battle of Muye (1046 BC): Xinxiang, Henan; Zhou vs Shang
Spring and Autumn
- Battle of Chengpu (632 BC): Juancheng, Shandong; Jin vs Chu
- Battle of Changshao (684 BC): Laiwu, Shandong; Lu vs Qi
Warring States
- Battle of Guiling (354 BC): Changyuan, Henan; Qi vs Wei
- Battle of Maling (342 BC): Fanxian, Henan, or Tancheng, Shandong; Qi vs Wei
- Battle of Changping (260 BC): Gaoping, Shanxi; Qin vs Zhao
End of Qin
- Battle of Julu (207 BC): Pingxiang, Hebei; Xiang Yu vs Qin
Chu–Han contention
- Battle of Pengcheng (205 BC): Xuzhou, Jiangsu; Xiang Yu vs Liu Bang
- Battle of Jingxing (204 BC): Jingxing, Hebei; Han Xin vs Zhao
- Battle of Gaixia (202 BC): Lingbi, Anhui; Liu Bang vs Xiang Yu
Western Han
- Siege of Baideng (200 BC): Datong, Shanxi; Han vs Xiongnu
- Battle of Mobei (119 BC): Mongolian Plateau; Han vs Xiongnu
Xin
- Battle of Kunyang (23): Yexian, Henan; Liu Xiu vs Wang Mang
End of Eastern Han
- Battle of Guandu (200): Zhongmu, Henan; Cao Cao vs Yuan Shao
- Battle of Red Cliffs (208): Chibi, Hubei; Sun Quan and Liu Bei vs Cao Cao
Three Kingdoms
- Battle of Yiling (222): Yichang, Hubei; Wu vs Shu
- Battle of Jieting (228): Qin'an, Gansu; Wei vs Shu
- Wuzhangyuan (234): Qishan, Shaanxi; Shu vs Wei
Eastern Jin
- Battle of Fei River (383): Shouxian, Anhui; Eastern Jin vs Former Qin
Northern and Southern Dynasties
- Battle of Yubi (546): Jishan, Shanxi; Western Wei vs Eastern Wei
Early Tang
- Battle of Hulao (621): Xingyang, Henan; Li Shimin vs Dou Jiande
Tang
- Siege of Suiyang (757): Shangqiu, Henan; Zhang Xun vs the An–Shi rebels
- Battle of Xiangji Temple (757): Xi'an, Shaanxi; Tang vs the An–Shi rebels
- Battle of Talas (751): Taraz, Kazakhstan; Tang vs Abbasids
Northern Song
- Battle of Chanyuan (1004): Puyang, Henan; Song vs Liao
- Battle of Haoshuichuan (1041): Longde, Ningxia; Song vs Western Xia
Southern Song
- Battle of Huangtiandang (1130): Nanjing, Jiangsu; Han Shizhong vs Jin
- Battle of Yancheng (1140): Luohe, Henan; Yue Fei vs Jin
- Battle of Caishi (1161): Ma'anshan, Anhui; Song vs Jin
- Siege of Diaoyucheng (1259): Hechuan, Chongqing; Song vs Mongols
- Siege of Xiangyang (1273): Xiangyang, Hubei; Song vs Yuan
- Battle of Yamen (1279): Xinhui, Guangdong; Song vs Yuan
End of Yuan
- Battle of Lake Poyang (1363): Lake Poyang, Jiangxi; Zhu Yuanzhang vs Chen Youliang
Ming
- Tumu Crisis (1449): Huailai, Hebei; Ming vs Oirat
- Defence of Beijing (1449): Deshengmen, Beijing; Ming vs Oirat
Late Ming
- Battle of Sarhu (1619): Fushun, Liaoning; Later Jin vs Ming
- Battle of Ningyuan (1626): Xingcheng, Liaoning; Ming vs Later Jin
Ming–Qing transition
- Battle of Shanhai Pass (1644): Qinhuangdao, Hebei; Qing and Wu Sangui vs Li Zicheng
Qing
Qing (Opium War)
- Battle of the Bogue (1841): Humen, Dongguan, Guangdong; Qing vs Britain
Qing
Qing (Sino-French War)
- Battle of Zhennan Pass (1885): Friendship Pass, Pingxiang, Guangxi; Feng Zicai vs France
Qing (First Sino-Japanese War)
- Battle of the Yalu River (1894): Yellow Sea off Dadonggou; Qing vs Japan
- Battle of Weihaiwei (1895): Weihai, Shandong; Qing vs Japan
Late Qing
War of Resistance against Japan
- Battle of Taierzhuang (1938): Taierzhuang, Zaozhuang, Shandong; China vs Japan
- Battle of Pingxingguan (1937): Pingxing Pass, Fanshi, Shanxi; China vs Japan
- Battle of Shanghai (1937): Shanghai; China vs Japan
- Battle of Wuhan (1938): around Wuhan, Hubei; China vs Japan
- Battles of Changsha (1939): Changsha, Hunan; China vs Japan
- Hundred Regiments Offensive (1940): North China (Shanxi, Hebei); China vs Japan
- Burma Campaign (1942): Yunnan and Burma; China, Britain and the US vs Japan