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Ch'in dynasty

noun

The Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall. Synonyms: Ch'in, Qin, Qin dynasty.

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... several of the Yi. Amid the disorder and collisions of the warring States (B.C. 481-220), truth and falsehood were still more in a state of warfare, and a sad confusion marked the words of the various scholars. Then came the calamity inflicted under the Ch'in dynasty (B.C. 220-205), when the literary monuments were destroyed by fire, in order to keep the people in ignorance. But, by and by, there arose the Han dynasty, which set itself to remedy the evil wrought by the Ch'in. Great ...

— THE CHINESE CLASSICS (PROLEGOMENA) Unicode Version • James Legge

Words linked to "Ch'in dynasty" : dynasty, Qin dynasty, Qin, Ch'in