Qin Shi Huangdi's Great Debate: Classical China

With China united, Qin became the first emperor of United China (China) and created the Qin dynasty, surpassing the long-lasting and powerful Zhou dynasty. He then established his own form of government. He removed Feudalism, where the people had to listen to the nobles. Instead, he split his empire into 36 provinces, each one having two government officials

The battles were brutal and abundant. Especially because his army and him had better weapons. Huangdi’s weapons were coated in a rare metal that kept weapons sharper, and his weapons were 30% longer. The finest of bronze was used on his army’s weapons were astounding compared to any other tribes’. The battles has caused a lot of bloodshed, but not so much on the Qin side. Although the unwritten rules of keeping hostages alive, he chopped off their heads instead of keeping them alive to return them later on. I think he might have been the first to conquer China because he was born into loyalty. At least, that’s I partially think. I also think that he might have done it because of his mindset, and how brutal it was. Maybe it was that his employees had drilled it into his head when he was young because he had the power but they didn’t. But he was different because he made it a reality. What is hard to understand is how one state got so much power to overthrow everyone. But hey. I might just be underestimating

The Han dynasty was a golden era for China. It saw the greatest land confiscation of the nation’s history and economic success. In this paper I will be focusing on the structure of the national government, the monopolizing of iron and salt, the Yumen Pass and the Yellow Turban rebellion. Join me as we take a trip back in time to visit a time in Chinas history that is highly revered.

Qin Shihuang was the leader of one of the warring regions, Qin (the others were Yan, Zhao, Qi, Wei and Chu). Qin (pronounced chin) sounds simular to China evidence indicating that Qin Shihuang conquered China. Yong Ho (Chinese historian, 2000) states “the Qin triumphed over six rival states and emerged as the only power posed to unify China. Quin Shihuang accomplished this goal and founded the Qin Empire in 221 B.C.” Yong Ho also mentioned that Qin Shihuang was the first emperor of a united China. Sima Qian (Grand Historian, 221 B.C.) said (about Qin Shihuang) “once he really has his way in the world, he will hold the whole world captive. He is ruler without benevolence or respect for learning”. Sima Qian statement is most likely bias but it

The first emperor of China, Shi Huangdi was a man of no mercy, however as unpardonable as his reign was, it is impossible to ignore how successful he was in gaining power. The sheer size of China alone is a true measure of his strategist potential, and his ability to unify what was once seven separate states proved that Shi Huangdi was also a man of smart manipulation. He started great construction projects such as the Great Canal of China to name just one. Shi Huangdi also standardized measurements, money, and language. Without Shi Huangdi, China would not have been unified, and possibly not even as successful as nation as it is today.

The Qin and the Han are two equally important dynasties that greatly expanded in their reign, although both the Qin and the Han had its own ideas on expansion. In fifteen years, the Qin Dynasty united the seven warring states. Emperor Qin’s rule resulted in the isolation of China from foreigners and brought upon strict rules and the removal of freedom. Under Emperor Qin’s rule, any action people took which angered the ruler could result in harsh punishment. Consequently, people were unhappy and often suffered from poverty. On the other hand, The Han dynasty lasted 426 years and managed to conquer more land, which gradually expanded and formed what China now is today. While isolation from the outside world was still present

During the classical civilizations there were many types of rulers and governments, two of these include Augustus from the Roman Empire and Qin Shi Huangdi from the Qin Dynasty in China. Both of these emperors were from classical civilizations but their own different civilization, on in Rome and the other in China. My goal in this paper is to compare and contrast these two rulers from different civilizations by looking at their characteristics, such as how they came to power, how they ruled, their successes and failures as well as their legacy.

They feared that if they were to go against him, they would not have a pleasant afterlife. Therefore, with nobody to stop him, Qin Shi Huang was a tyrant that refused to allow people to think for their own and would burn scholars’ books and bury them alive. He was not very wise, and because he was cruel and angered the peasants, they revolted and cause the downfall of the Qin Dynasty. However, legalism has

The Qin Empire began in the mid-third century B.C.E. and quickly unified all northern and central China by 221 B.C.E. Qin’s empire advanced due to the military preparedness, the adoption of Legalism and having such a young energetic emperor known as Zheng. Zheng, thirteen year old emperor, changed to his name to Shi Haungdi in 221 B.C.E because he wanted his name to symbolize the new states of

Overall, the Qin and Han were what impacted China the most in terms of great improvements and great disasters near the end of their imperial power. The Qin built this strong foundation of a military to help protect their people and to also conquer any invaders that may try to break their peace. This correlation between military and family is shown much in Lewis’s book, where military is most emphasized when legalism starts to emerge within the Qin Dynasty. And although, legalism was not present much of late China, the idea of having an abundant and strong military was still intact up until the end of their empire, and also soon became their demise. The Han did not count on a rebellion brewing with each small military division they made, nonetheless

Qin had ruled under an autocratic reign, and treated his opponents, and even subjects poorly. Zhou, 2017 stated the extremity of his actions as "Every time he captured people from another country, he castrated them in order to mark them and made them into slaves.” The severity of his methods, was furthered by Zhou calling Qin a “ruthless tyrant." Qin’s actions were prosecuted as his ideologies followed strictly under legalism, and expected his subjects to follow the same behavior (C., 2017), this is also supported in the line “who punishes traitors, roots out evil men” from the inscription by Sima Qian, stating Qin’s actions to those who betray him. Beside Qin’s method of treatment, his system of standardizing governments, and money had benefited China in their daily lives. Qin had centralized the governments to control the districts around China and created a durable political system, that endured for two millenniums (Müller, 2016), which in turn standardized taxation and currency throughout China (C., 2017). Figure 1, shows a coin derived from the Ancient period, as coins and currency became standardized during the era, to further unify China as a nation. Due to Qin Shi Huangdi’s legalistic standing point, his methods of control had questionable details, however because of his actions in regards to legalism, he standardized and improved China in terms

When the Qin first took over, China was in pieces. It was the Era of Warring states, a nasty civil war that tore China apart. The Qin knew the solution to putting the country back together was to bring the people back together. At the time, three great philosophies that are still studied and praised today called Daoism, Legalism and Confucianism arose to do just

The Ch’in people were located along the border of the Chinese region. Their armies spread eastward, successfully conquering as they moved. There are a lot of parallels between the Ch’in and Roman Empires.They standardized measurements like weights and created a standard form of money to be used throughout the Empire.The primary leader of the Ch’in government was Qin Shi Huangdi, who died in 210 BCE. He ruled through a bureaucracy that was able to implement his ideas and policies throughout the conquered lands. the administration and government were able to continue uninterrupted as the specifics of leadership were sorted out. Without interruption, there were few causes for rebellion and resistance. Local changes could be made on a local basis

Shi Huangdi was debatably one of the best leader’s in chinese history. He had several technological advancements, especially in the architectural area. He built so many things that helped improve the Qin empire, and China as a whole. Also what makes him impressive is that he was only thirteen when he began ruling the Qin dynasty! (Nowadays a thirteen yearold’s biggest accomplishment is one thousand social media followers). Qin Shi Huangdi made a huge impact on China’s technology because he executed all of his ideas in a good manner, such as architectural ideas, his military mentality, and his national standards.

The Chinese Empire was large and controlled most of Asia at one point in time. One of the dynasties that ruled the empire was the Ming Family. Ruling from 1368-1644, almost three hundred years, the Ming Dynasty impacted Chinese history very much.