Their state was founded in 9th century BC. Originally Qin was noble persons (of the low rank) which were responsible for the reproduction of the horses of the emperor. The administration of Qin was based on a very strict organization which was a little re-formed in court of the 4th century BC. The advantage of Qin is based on their huge dominant position. At the beginning they were obliged to defend themselves against the barbaric invasions on the West and having enslaved them, they were able to spread their Kingdom and their power. The army Qin was very good and was able to conquer more and more State hostile. In 249, last king Zhou was defeated. The conquest of all the States continued and in 221 BC China was unified. Feudal China with its multitude of small States was dissolved and was replaced by a Kingdom with a single emperor in the …show more content…
In my mind, the Emperor lived as a model and many of its methods remained applied (without that we convince officially). For me, the authoritarian tendency, joined to the humanitarian government preached by Confucius (too utopian in its precepts), allowed a policy to become viable in a period marked by an unknown future. So at the end of his reign, the political philosophy was defined in its main lines. And this policy and these legacies prevailed in China until the dawn of XX e