HIST 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Luoyang, Lintong District, Sima Qian
7 Feb 2018
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Qin before and after the unification of 221 bce. Before uni cation: qin during the spring and autumn period. 770 bce: western zhou dynasty relocates to luoyang area; qin (ying dynasty) is rewarded with a ef. 659-621 bce: reign of duke mu very active in the zhou interstate order; capital at. Yong: from early on qin rulers display their wealth, and power. 576-537 bce: reign of duke jing his very large tomb discovered in 1976; 186 sacri cial victims. Pre-unification qin: reforms in the fourth century bce: qin comes relatively late to reforms. 384-338 bce: reforms in qin, under duke xian (r. 384-362) and duke xiao (r. 361-338); shang yang is the best known reformer (c. 385-338. Bce); capital of the state moved to xianyang. An increasingly large part of the population is managed directly by officials of the state(s), via a system of xian (counties), and later junxian (commanderies and counties)
