Chinese History: Qin Dynasty

The Qin dynasty collapsed after 15 years because Qin was cruel and to his people which caused dissatisfaction. After he died Hu Hai took over for Qin. The peasants then led a uprising. Winning over the dynasty.

Qin became king when he was 13 because of his father's death who was king at the time. When he was 38, Qin had conquered all of the other Warring States and unified all of China in 221 BC.Qin ordered construction of the Great Wall around 221 B.C They began the construction of the Great Wall of China but they could not finish in the short time that the Qin Dynasty was around . The wall was finished in later dynasties. When the wall was all done, it extremely big. It stretched out to be about 8851 km long. The walls purpose was to hold off any threat. The Qin Dynasty was the first unified, multi-national and power-centralized state in

The Qin and the Han dynasties are both equally important in China’s history. Each dynasty started out with a smaller piece of land than which they ended with, both also had it’s own idea on expansion and isolation of the boarders.The Qin dynasty in 15 years, managed to unite the 7 warring states. They segregated themselves from foreigners and the population had no free will because the if their actions would not help the emperor then they would be punished. The Han dynasty lasting 426 years manage to conquer more land expanding to the size of present day China and farther. Citizens were happy with their lives, so the dynasty had more time to focus on expansion and development of the land. Although the Qin and the Han are different in how they

The Qin dynasty lasted from 221 B.C. to 206 B.C. Its founder was the First Emperor of China. He wanted to unify the nation. He made a standard measurement system for all of china. The standardization of the Chinese characters was considered the most important of changes in this dynasty.

Around three-hundred thousand soldiers from the Qin Dynasty were sent to guard and build this wall. In 221 BCE, Qin conquered towns and state, which he soon created a large kingdom with. He died about eleven years after he made this big kingdom. Before his death, he had a chance to create roads, a palace, and his artists created the terra cotta army. This army had about eight thousand real-life soldiers. His biggest project was the Great Wall of China. This was made in 206 BC, because Qin’s successors were overthrown by the Han Dynasty, who ruled for four hundred years. The Han dynasty was concerned about border security, so the Qin and Han dynasty joined forces to build a wall. This wall, the Great Wall of China, was built to keep the Xiongnu

The Qin dynasty approximately started on 256 BC but the unification did not start until 221 BC. The Qin was ruled by Ying Zheng, a 13-year-old boy, starting from 246 BC. Because of the very young age, Zheng was being helped and counselled by number of adviser, on was Li Su, one of the founders of Legalism. Then newly administered government under the Qin implemented a number of reforms that improved agriculture and infrastructure. They also introduced a currency that is to be used by all states and they also consolidated existing systems of writings and laws. Corrupt officials were sentenced to death as strict laws were implemented, specifically in the government. In 213 BC, as ordered by Zheng, all private libraries and books were burned that

Every new dynasty in ancient china always starts up good. During the period of prosperity, nothing bad happened in dynasties such as the Han, Qing, Tang, Qin, and Song. Although there are always good beginnings, things will always have to come to an end. Since all of the dynasties have a period of decline, the ones that’ll be talked about in this essay are the Han dynasty and the Tang Dynasty and then will be comparing their period of decline. I will be seeing of what is different, and then I will say that is the same between the two dynasties.

The Qin state was the major key player in who succeeded in the unification of China even if it was just a small state in the west. In 238 BC, Ying Zheng, the Qin King, with the help lent by Li Si, Wei Liao and other advisers, was the one who formulated and shaped a plan to triumph over and unify China. (“The Unification of China”, 2015)

In 221-210 B.C.E., Qin, a militant Roman ruler, “created an empire by defeating all rival states and assuming absolute responsibility for maintaining order” (Fiero 88). Many individual kingdoms during this era and under Qin’s leadership, unit as one which brings about many prosperous changes in China.

China’s unification by Zheng is one of the most integral events that shaped China’s history. Zheng then went on to organize an empire with a strong centralized authority and assumed the title Shi Huangdi meaning “First Emperor.” Included in his program of centralization are the extermination of independent states and the unification of China under a centralized rule. Although the Qin dynasty is the most short-lived among all the dynasties, its implemented landmark reforms would be used by China in the centuries to come. Because of a unified China, the establishment of the Great Wall of China, a shield against the nomadic groups of North Asia, was made possible (Boncan et al,

When the power of the Zhou royal family at last declined in 403 B.C., wars broke out among some 170 feudal lords, throwing China into an era of political anarchy now labeled the Warring States Period. Chaos prevailed for nearly 100 years, until a single family managed at last to defeat the rival lords and bring China again under a common rule. The new emperor, Qin Shi Huang, then set out to establish a universal and everlasting empire. During his 11-year tyrannical reign, Qin killed thousands of Confucian scholars, divided the estates of other lords into smaller private plots, and undertook great public projects such as the reconstruction of the Great Wall of China. To ensure that his empire remained intact, Qin also established a formal system of government that linked the villages to central provinces and thence directly to the emperor. Between the emperor and the people he created an elaborate imperial bureaucracy that was to dominate China for the next two millennia.

Qin dynasty is a very important dynasty in the China history. It evolved from the state of Qin of the Warring States Period. Qin Dynasty was also known as the first dynasty to unify China. Emperor Qin managed to defeat six kingdoms one by one and eliminated all his enemies. However, in 221BC Emperor Qin decided to build a large building known as the Great Wall of China. He did that because he wanted to defend the Qin Dynasty that period from northern barbarians invading into the dynasty and disrupting the peace. He also thought he would be able to recruit labors to work on the Great Wall. Furthermore, Emperor Shi Huang was confident about having enough resources to build this Great Wall and he knew the ways to build it. These are the reasons persuaded Emperor Shi Huang to proceed with the construction of the Great Wall.

Power. It is a concept that has always been part of human societies regardless of time period or area. Though expressed in different ways and structures, it was and still is part of human civilizations today. However, within the establishments of power, many conflicts arise for both those in power and those governed by the rulers, such as problems over the selection of new authority figures and the retainment of their power. This conflict can be recognized from the ruling of Qin Shi Huang in China in the mid-200s BC. He is well known for uniting the Chinese states during the Warring States Period, in which the country was broken up into states that were in a war for dominance (Mark). Shi Huang ultimately founded the Qin Dynasty and worked to improve humanity by helping construct the Great Wall for defense and the Lingqu Canal for commerce (Mark). However, he later began to threaten those who refused to comply with his ideas, and he became more concerned with becoming immortal and keeping his power (Szczepanski).

Along the Ancient Chinese History, Qin State was the first one that conquered six major states and unified China became Qin Dynasty. Under the rules of Qinshihuang, the first King of the Qin dynasty and he was the first one that centralized monarchy in ancient Chinese history. Nevertheless, the glory of Qin Dynasty only lasted for fifteen years due to the burning of books and burying of scholars, tyrannical rulers, compulsory labors, and the incompetence of the emperor. Especially because of Qinershi the ruler of the social chaos and fatuous incompetence, which was the second son of Qinshihuang, he was the main causes of Qin dynasty became extinct.

There have been many debates among Chinese historians as to the cause of the fall of the Qin Dynasty. The Qin used force and strict rules to keep a short leash on the people of the kingdom. However, with the precautions taken by the government, they did not know it would ultimately be their demise. In order to contain rebellion and to keep the people of the empire ignorant, the combination of brutality, persecutions, antagonizing of the elites, and denying the Way, led to the short reign and ultimately the fall of the Qin Dynasty.