Qin Shihuang

(noun)

The self-proclaimed first Emperor of the Qin Dynasty.

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  • Sculpture of the Qin Dynasty

    • The Qin Dynasty is perhaps best known for the impressive Terracotta Army built to protect Qin Shihuang in the afterlife.
    • The Qin Dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of China, lasting from 221 to 206 BCE.
    • The Qin, under the leadership of its first self-proclaimed emperor Qin Shihuang, accomplished a series of swift conquests, first ending the powerless Zhou Dynasty and eventually destroying the remaining six of the major states, thus gaining control over the whole of China and resulting in the first-ever unified China.
    • The most famous example of sculpture under the Qin Dynasty was a project commissioned during Qin Shihuang's rule known as the Terracotta Army, intended to protect the emperor after his death.
    • The "army" of sculptures consists of more than 7,000 life-size tomb terracotta figures of warriors and horses that were buried with Qin Shihuang after his death in 210–209 BCE.

  • Architecture of the Qin Dynasty

    • The Qin Dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of China, lasting from 221 to 206 BCE.
    • Architecture from the previous Warring States Period had several definitive aspects which carried into the Qin Dynasty.
    • The Qin central government sought to minimize the role of aristocrats and landowners and have direct administrative control over the peasantry, who comprised the overwhelming majority of the population and granted the Qin access to a large labor force.
    • Qin Shihuang, the first self-proclaimed emperor of the Qin Dynasty, developed plans to fortify his northern border in order to protect against the nomadic Mongols.
    • The initial construction of what would become the Great Wall of China began under Qin Shihuang during the Qin Dynasty.

  • The Qin Dynasty

    • The Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE), though short-lived, is known for its military strength and its unification of China.
    • The Qin Dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of China, lasting only 15 years from 221 to 206 BCE.
    • Qin Shihuang, the self-proclaimed first Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, made vast improvements to the military, which used the most advanced weaponry of its time.
    • When Qin Shihuang died in 210 BCE, his son was placed on the throne by two of the previous emperor's advisers, who attempted to influence and control the administration of the entire dynasty through him.
    • The colored territories show the approximate extent of Qin political control at the death of Qin Shi Huang in 210 BCE.

  • Literature of the Qin Dynasty

    • As a result, coaches, roads, currency, laws, weights, measures, and writing were systematically unified under the Qin.
    • In 221 BC, Qin Shihuang, the first Qin emperor, conquered all of the Chinese states and governed with a single philosophy known as legalism.
    • This decree, passed in 213 BCE, almost single-handedly gave the Qin Dynasty a bad reputation among later scholars.
    • Qin Shihuang, in an attempt to consolidate power, ordered the burning of all books on non-legalist philosophical viewpoints and intellectual subjects.
    • In 213 BCE, Qin Shihuang, attempting to consolidate power, ordered the burning of all books on non-legalist philosophical viewpoints and intellectual subjects.

  • Individualist Painting under the Qing Dynasty

    • Reminiscences of Qin-Huai is one of Shitao's unique paintings.
    • A monk stands placidly on a boat that floats along the Qin-Huai river, staring up in admiration at the stone giant.
    • Like many of the paintings from the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, Shitao's Reminiscences of Qin-Huai deals with man's place in nature.

  • Ceramics and Bronze in the Yayoi Period

    • Chinese expansion under the Qin (221-206 BCE) and Han (206-220 CE) Dynasties is said to have been one of the primary impetuses for migrations to the Japanese archipelago.
    • Discuss how Chinese expansion under the Qin and Han Dynasties contributed to the migrations to the Japanese archipelago during the Yayoi period.

  • Art of the Middle Kingdom

    • The spectacular Terracotta Army was assembled for the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China from 221–210 BCE, as a means of enabling the deceased to enjoy the same lifestyle in the afterlife.
    • Crossbow men from the Terracotta Army, interred by 210 BCE, Qin Dynasty
    • The spectacular Terracotta Army was assembled for the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China from 221–210 BCE.

  • Philosophy and Art of the Han Dynasty

    • The Han Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty (221–207 BCE) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE).
    • The Han Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty (221–207 BCE) and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE).

  • Bronze under the Zhou Dynasty

    • The Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BCE) was a Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty.