Do Now

• 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?

•   “It is best to be both feared and loved, however, if one cannot be both it is better to be feared than loved.”

• “…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!

• Shi Huangdi – 221 – 206 BC

• Established China’s first empire

• Legalist Rule • 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

•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