Do Now
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Evaluate the following quotes. Do you believe it is better to rule out of fear
or love? Which of the following quotes do you agree with? Where in the
world do rulers rule through fear and love?
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“It is best to be both feared and loved, however, if one cannot
be both it is better to be feared than loved.”
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“…A wise prince should establish himself on that which is his
own control and not that of others; he must endeavor to avoid
hatred”
- Niccolo Machiavelli
Goals for today
• Explain the rise of Qin Dynasty
• Examine the impact of legalism on ruling an empire
• Compare/Contrast the Qin to modern society
• Explore the life of the Qin Emperor and his impact
on the dynasty
After the Zhou…
Result of rebellions was Warring States Period
• 403 BC to 221 BC, number of small states fought
each other for land, power
• Zhou still nominally in charge, but power almost
nonexistent by mid-200s BC
• Qin, new dynasty, arose to bring end to Warring
States Period, Zhou dynasty
Qin Dynasty and Han
Dynasty
Qin Dynasty Beginnings –
only 15 years!
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Shi Huangdi – 221 – 206 BC
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Established China’s first
empire
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Legalist Rule
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Bureaucratic control
Centralized control
Military Expansion
Tyrannical Rule
Targeted Confucianists
Burned Books
Buried Protestors alive
Qin and Legalism
• ALL Humans = EVIL
• Strict Laws
• Harsh Punishments
• No one will dare stand up to you
• Downside = People eventually will hate you
Accomplishments of the Qin
• Standardization of money, weights, and
measurements
• Great Wall of China
• 4,000 Miles of new roads
Great Wall
Shi Huangdi’s Terra Cotta
Army
Apply these quotes to the Qin
Dynasty
• He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to
command.
- Niccolo Machiavelli
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It is necessary for him who lays out a state and
arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are
evil and that they are always going to act
according to the wickedness of their spirits
whenever they have free scope.
- Niccolo Machiavelli