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Qin maintained diplomatic relations with Jin through intermarriages between the royal clans, but relations occasionally deteriorated to the point of armed conflict. In the early reign of Duke Mu of Qin, the Jin state, under the leadership of Duke Xian of Jin, was a formidable power. However, after Duke Xian's death, Jin descended into internal ...
Qin was a minor power for the first several centuries of its existence; its strength greatly increased in the 4th century BC, in large part owing to the administrative and military reforms of Shang Yang. The Qin sought to create a strong administrative state that centralised power and a large military supported by a stable economy, which was ...
The Qin army led by Wang Jian conquered the Zhao territories of Eyu (閼與; present-day Heshun County, Shanxi) and Liaoyang (撩陽; present-day Zuoquan County, Shanxi), while the other Qin army under the command of Huan Yi, Qiang Lei (羌瘣) and Yang Duanhe (楊端和) captured Ye and Anyang. Zhao lost nine cities.
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Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇, pronunciation ⓘ; February 259 [e] – 12 July 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. [9] Rather than maintain the title of "king" (wáng 王) borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, he assumed the invented title of "emperor" (huángdì 皇帝), which would see continuous use by monarchs in China for the next two ...
Qin, known as the Former Qin and Fu Qin (苻秦) in historiography, [4] was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Fu (Pu) clan of the Di peoples during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Founded in the wake of the Later Zhao dynasty's collapse in 351, it completed the unification of northern China in 376 during the reign of Fu Jiān (Emperor ...
This was the beginning of the State of Qin that would over six centuries later conquer all other states and unify China under the rule of Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty. [3] At this time Qin was only a minor state classified as an "attached state" (附庸, fuyong ), and Feizi did not receive any nobility rank.
King Wu of Qin (Chinese: 秦武王; 329–307 BC), personal name Ying Dang, was the king of the Qin state from 310 to 307 BC. [1] [2]Despite his short time as ruler, King Wu played a part in Qin's wars of unification, mainly through his efforts against the Han state.