From around 2000 BC, Chinese civilization was led by a progression of dynasties until the collapse of the very last Qing Dynasty in 1912. ... Known as Qin Shi Huangdi, "Supreme Emperor of the First Generation, he established the Qin Dynasty (Ch'in where the original name of China derived from), which lasted for only fifteen years, but produced immense changes throughout China that lasted a lifetime. ... This led to the establishing of the "Code of Qin". ... The Qin Dynasty initiated the imperial system in China and set a pattern of changes that followed and developed Traditiona...

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Another intellectual in the Han Dynasty, Jia yi, went as far as to suggest the Qin Dynasty's fall was due to Qin Shi Huang's failure to rule with the Confucius ideas of humanity and righteousness. ... He notably stated that the Han Dynasty would last for a very long time due to adapting the Qin's bureaucratic and administrative systems. ... The system was perpetuated in the Han dynasty, to which the Chinese deemed one of the two most prosperous times in Chinese history. Thereafter, with minor modifications, the system became the norm for later dynasties, eventually developing in...

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It was then followed by the Shang Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty. ... Next, in came the Qin Dynasty that was established as the first empire. ... Eventually, the Qin Dynasty was overthrown when it became weak from the death of Qin Shi Huang. The strong Han Dynasty arrived right after the Qin Dynasty. ... Buddhism reached China by the time of the later Han Dynasty. ...

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From around 2000 BC, Chinese civilisation was led by a progression of dynasties until the collapse of the very last Manchu (Qing) Dynasty in 1912. ... Known as Shi Huangdi, "Supreme Emperor of the First Generation", he established the Qin Dynasty (a.k.a. ... This led to the establishing of the "Code of Qin". ... The Qin Dynasty initiated the imperial system in China and set a pattern of changes that followed and developed Traditional China till 1912. ... From the beginning of the first dynasty till the falling stages of the last dynasty, Chinese ...

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