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Qín surname Qin / Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3huang2] / short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3xi1]
函谷关 Hán Guān Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)
surname Di / generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
Qīn surname Qin
秦汉 Qín Hàn the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties
秦朝 Qín cháo Qin Dynasty (221-207 BC)
匈奴 Xiōng Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties
秦国 Qín guó the state of Qin, one of the seven states of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
巴蜀 shǔ Sichuan / originally two provinces of Qin and Han
秦安 Qín ān Qin'an county in Tianshui 天水[Tian1 shui3], Gansu
商鞅 Shāng Yāng Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[Qin2 chao2]
surname Di / variant of 狄[Di2], generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
秦代 Qín dài Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
秦篆 Qín zhuàn seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆
先秦 xiān Qín pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC
小篆 xiǎo zhuàn the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
琴瑟 qín qin and se, two string instruments that play in perfect harmony / marital harmony
沁县 Qìn xiàn Qin county in Changzhi 長治|长治[Chang2 zhi4], Shanxi
古音 yīn ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
前秦 Qián Qín Former Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (351-395)
断弦 duàn xián widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
苻坚 Jiān Fu Jian (338-385), emperor of Former Qin 前秦[Qian2 Qin2], reigning from 357-385
大篆 zhuàn the great seal / used narrowly for 籀文 / used broadly for many pre-Qin scripts
朝秦暮楚 zhāo Qín Chǔ serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
猃狁 Xiǎn yǔn Zhou Dynasty term for a northern nomadic tribe later called the Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2] in the Qin and Han Dynasties


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