https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/ en Fri, 24 Apr 26 18:20:02 +0200 no https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/qin-dynasty <span>52. The Empire State: the Qin Dynasty</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/images/podcast_image/52%20Qin%20Emperor.jpg" width="500" height="519" alt="The first Qin emperor" /> </div> <span><span>Peter Adamson</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-24T18:20:02+02:00" title="Friday, April 24, 2026 - 18:20">24 April 2026</time> </span> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <audio id="audio-player-1" preload="none" style="max-width: 100%;"> <source src="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3"><img id="download" title="download mp3 file" alt="download-icon" src="/sites/default/files/images/download-icon.png"></a> <script> (function (Drupal, once) { Drupal.behaviors.mediaElementAudioPlayer = { attach: function (context, settings) { once('mediaelement-audio-player', 'audio', context).forEach(function (element) { const playerId = element.id; if (playerId) { new MediaElementPlayer(playerId, { iconSprite: '/images/mejs-controls.svg', // Adjust path as needed }); } }); } }; })(Drupal, once); </script> <div> <div>Podcast series</div> <div><a href="/series/warring-states-period" hreflang="en">Warring States Period</a></div> </div> <section> </section> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <div>Further Reading</div> <div><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• D. Bodde, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">China’s First Unifier: a Study of the Ch’in Dynasty as Seen in the Life of Li Ssü (280?-208 B.C.)</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Leiden: 1938).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Kern, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Stele Inscriptions of Ch’in Shih-Huang: Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Imperial Representation</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (New Haven: 2000).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M.E. Lewis, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Cambridge MA: 2009).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Loewe, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Government of the Qin and Han Empires, 221 BCE-220 CE</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Indianapolis: 2006).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines, “From Historical Evolution to the End of History: Past, Present and Future from Shang Yang to the First Emperor,” in P.R. Goldin (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Dordrecht: 2013), 25-45.</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines et al. (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Birth of Empire: the State of Qin Revisited</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Berkeley: 2016).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• R.D.S. Yates, “Cosmos, Central Authority, and Communities in the Early Chinese Empire,” in S.E. Alcock et al. (eds), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History </span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">(Cambridge: 2001), 351-68.</span></p></div> </div> <div> <div><a href="/themes/historical-context" hreflang="en">Historical Context</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/law" hreflang="en">Law</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/political-philosophy" hreflang="en">Political Philosophy</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/war-violence" hreflang="en">War and Violence</a></div> </div> <div><p>Was the short-lived Qin empire, which unified China to put an end to the Warring States period, Legalism in action?</p></div> <ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/comment/reply/node/1691/comment_node_podcast_episode#comment-form" title="Share your thoughts and opinions.">Add new comment</a></li></ul> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:20:02 +0000 Peter Adamson 1691 at https://www.historyofphilosophy.net https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/arnauld-malebranche-ideas <span>52. The Empire State: the Qin Dynasty</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/images/podcast_image/52%20Qin%20Emperor.jpg" width="500" height="519" alt="The first Qin emperor" /> </div> <span><span>Peter Adamson</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-24T18:20:02+02:00" title="Friday, April 24, 2026 - 18:20">24 April 2026</time> </span> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <audio id="audio-player-1" preload="none" style="max-width: 100%;"> <source src="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3"><img id="download" title="download mp3 file" alt="download-icon" src="/sites/default/files/images/download-icon.png"></a> <script> (function (Drupal, once) { Drupal.behaviors.mediaElementAudioPlayer = { attach: function (context, settings) { once('mediaelement-audio-player', 'audio', context).forEach(function (element) { const playerId = element.id; if (playerId) { new MediaElementPlayer(playerId, { iconSprite: '/images/mejs-controls.svg', // Adjust path as needed }); } }); } }; })(Drupal, once); </script> <div> <div>Podcast series</div> <div><a href="/series/warring-states-period" hreflang="en">Warring States Period</a></div> </div> <section> </section> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <div>Further Reading</div> <div><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• D. Bodde, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">China’s First Unifier: a Study of the Ch’in Dynasty as Seen in the Life of Li Ssü (280?-208 B.C.)</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Leiden: 1938).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Kern, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Stele Inscriptions of Ch’in Shih-Huang: Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Imperial Representation</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (New Haven: 2000).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M.E. Lewis, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Cambridge MA: 2009).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Loewe, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Government of the Qin and Han Empires, 221 BCE-220 CE</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Indianapolis: 2006).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines, “From Historical Evolution to the End of History: Past, Present and Future from Shang Yang to the First Emperor,” in P.R. Goldin (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Dordrecht: 2013), 25-45.</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines et al. (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Birth of Empire: the State of Qin Revisited</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Berkeley: 2016).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• R.D.S. Yates, “Cosmos, Central Authority, and Communities in the Early Chinese Empire,” in S.E. Alcock et al. (eds), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History </span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">(Cambridge: 2001), 351-68.</span></p></div> </div> <div> <div><a href="/themes/historical-context" hreflang="en">Historical Context</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/law" hreflang="en">Law</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/political-philosophy" hreflang="en">Political Philosophy</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/war-violence" hreflang="en">War and Violence</a></div> </div> <div><p>Was the short-lived Qin empire, which unified China to put an end to the Warring States period, Legalism in action?</p></div> <ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/comment/reply/node/1691/comment_node_podcast_episode#comment-form" title="Share your thoughts and opinions.">Add new comment</a></li></ul> Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:07:16 +0000 Peter Adamson 1681 at https://www.historyofphilosophy.net https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/legalism <span>52. The Empire State: the Qin Dynasty</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/images/podcast_image/52%20Qin%20Emperor.jpg" width="500" height="519" alt="The first Qin emperor" /> </div> <span><span>Peter Adamson</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-24T18:20:02+02:00" title="Friday, April 24, 2026 - 18:20">24 April 2026</time> </span> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <audio id="audio-player-1" preload="none" style="max-width: 100%;"> <source src="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3"><img id="download" title="download mp3 file" alt="download-icon" src="/sites/default/files/images/download-icon.png"></a> <script> (function (Drupal, once) { Drupal.behaviors.mediaElementAudioPlayer = { attach: function (context, settings) { once('mediaelement-audio-player', 'audio', context).forEach(function (element) { const playerId = element.id; if (playerId) { new MediaElementPlayer(playerId, { iconSprite: '/images/mejs-controls.svg', // Adjust path as needed }); } }); } }; })(Drupal, once); </script> <div> <div>Podcast series</div> <div><a href="/series/warring-states-period" hreflang="en">Warring States Period</a></div> </div> <section> </section> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <div>Further Reading</div> <div><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• D. Bodde, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">China’s First Unifier: a Study of the Ch’in Dynasty as Seen in the Life of Li Ssü (280?-208 B.C.)</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Leiden: 1938).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Kern, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Stele Inscriptions of Ch’in Shih-Huang: Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Imperial Representation</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (New Haven: 2000).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M.E. Lewis, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Cambridge MA: 2009).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Loewe, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Government of the Qin and Han Empires, 221 BCE-220 CE</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Indianapolis: 2006).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines, “From Historical Evolution to the End of History: Past, Present and Future from Shang Yang to the First Emperor,” in P.R. Goldin (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Dordrecht: 2013), 25-45.</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines et al. (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Birth of Empire: the State of Qin Revisited</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Berkeley: 2016).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• R.D.S. Yates, “Cosmos, Central Authority, and Communities in the Early Chinese Empire,” in S.E. Alcock et al. (eds), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History </span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">(Cambridge: 2001), 351-68.</span></p></div> </div> <div> <div><a href="/themes/historical-context" hreflang="en">Historical Context</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/law" hreflang="en">Law</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/political-philosophy" hreflang="en">Political Philosophy</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/war-violence" hreflang="en">War and Violence</a></div> </div> <div><p>Was the short-lived Qin empire, which unified China to put an end to the Warring States period, Legalism in action?</p></div> <ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/comment/reply/node/1691/comment_node_podcast_episode#comment-form" title="Share your thoughts and opinions.">Add new comment</a></li></ul> Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Peter Adamson 1671 at https://www.historyofphilosophy.net https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/occasionalism-nadler <span>52. The Empire State: the Qin Dynasty</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/images/podcast_image/52%20Qin%20Emperor.jpg" width="500" height="519" alt="The first Qin emperor" /> </div> <span><span>Peter Adamson</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-24T18:20:02+02:00" title="Friday, April 24, 2026 - 18:20">24 April 2026</time> </span> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <audio id="audio-player-1" preload="none" style="max-width: 100%;"> <source src="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3"><img id="download" title="download mp3 file" alt="download-icon" src="/sites/default/files/images/download-icon.png"></a> <script> (function (Drupal, once) { Drupal.behaviors.mediaElementAudioPlayer = { attach: function (context, settings) { once('mediaelement-audio-player', 'audio', context).forEach(function (element) { const playerId = element.id; if (playerId) { new MediaElementPlayer(playerId, { iconSprite: '/images/mejs-controls.svg', // Adjust path as needed }); } }); } }; })(Drupal, once); </script> <div> <div>Podcast series</div> <div><a href="/series/warring-states-period" hreflang="en">Warring States Period</a></div> </div> <section> </section> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <div>Further Reading</div> <div><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• D. Bodde, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">China’s First Unifier: a Study of the Ch’in Dynasty as Seen in the Life of Li Ssü (280?-208 B.C.)</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Leiden: 1938).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Kern, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Stele Inscriptions of Ch’in Shih-Huang: Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Imperial Representation</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (New Haven: 2000).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M.E. Lewis, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Cambridge MA: 2009).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Loewe, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Government of the Qin and Han Empires, 221 BCE-220 CE</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Indianapolis: 2006).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines, “From Historical Evolution to the End of History: Past, Present and Future from Shang Yang to the First Emperor,” in P.R. Goldin (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Dordrecht: 2013), 25-45.</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines et al. (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Birth of Empire: the State of Qin Revisited</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Berkeley: 2016).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• R.D.S. Yates, “Cosmos, Central Authority, and Communities in the Early Chinese Empire,” in S.E. Alcock et al. (eds), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History </span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">(Cambridge: 2001), 351-68.</span></p></div> </div> <div> <div><a href="/themes/historical-context" hreflang="en">Historical Context</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/law" hreflang="en">Law</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/political-philosophy" hreflang="en">Political Philosophy</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/war-violence" hreflang="en">War and Violence</a></div> </div> <div><p>Was the short-lived Qin empire, which unified China to put an end to the Warring States period, Legalism in action?</p></div> <ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/comment/reply/node/1691/comment_node_podcast_episode#comment-form" title="Share your thoughts and opinions.">Add new comment</a></li></ul> Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Peter Adamson 1685 at https://www.historyofphilosophy.net https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/warring-states-philosophy-van-norden <span>52. The Empire State: the Qin Dynasty</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/images/podcast_image/52%20Qin%20Emperor.jpg" width="500" height="519" alt="The first Qin emperor" /> </div> <span><span>Peter Adamson</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-24T18:20:02+02:00" title="Friday, April 24, 2026 - 18:20">24 April 2026</time> </span> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <audio id="audio-player-1" preload="none" style="max-width: 100%;"> <source src="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3"><img id="download" title="download mp3 file" alt="download-icon" src="/sites/default/files/images/download-icon.png"></a> <script> (function (Drupal, once) { Drupal.behaviors.mediaElementAudioPlayer = { attach: function (context, settings) { once('mediaelement-audio-player', 'audio', context).forEach(function (element) { const playerId = element.id; if (playerId) { new MediaElementPlayer(playerId, { iconSprite: '/images/mejs-controls.svg', // Adjust path as needed }); } }); } }; })(Drupal, once); </script> <div> <div>Podcast series</div> <div><a href="/series/warring-states-period" hreflang="en">Warring States Period</a></div> </div> <section> </section> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <div>Further Reading</div> <div><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• D. Bodde, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">China’s First Unifier: a Study of the Ch’in Dynasty as Seen in the Life of Li Ssü (280?-208 B.C.)</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Leiden: 1938).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Kern, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Stele Inscriptions of Ch’in Shih-Huang: Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Imperial Representation</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (New Haven: 2000).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M.E. Lewis, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Cambridge MA: 2009).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Loewe, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Government of the Qin and Han Empires, 221 BCE-220 CE</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Indianapolis: 2006).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines, “From Historical Evolution to the End of History: Past, Present and Future from Shang Yang to the First Emperor,” in P.R. Goldin (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Dordrecht: 2013), 25-45.</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines et al. (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Birth of Empire: the State of Qin Revisited</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Berkeley: 2016).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• R.D.S. Yates, “Cosmos, Central Authority, and Communities in the Early Chinese Empire,” in S.E. Alcock et al. (eds), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History </span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">(Cambridge: 2001), 351-68.</span></p></div> </div> <div> <div><a href="/themes/historical-context" hreflang="en">Historical Context</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/law" hreflang="en">Law</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/political-philosophy" hreflang="en">Political Philosophy</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/war-violence" hreflang="en">War and Violence</a></div> </div> <div><p>Was the short-lived Qin empire, which unified China to put an end to the Warring States period, Legalism in action?</p></div> <ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/comment/reply/node/1691/comment_node_podcast_episode#comment-form" title="Share your thoughts and opinions.">Add new comment</a></li></ul> Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:00:00 +0000 Peter Adamson 1682 at https://www.historyofphilosophy.net https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/malebranche-occasionalism <span>52. The Empire State: the Qin Dynasty</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/images/podcast_image/52%20Qin%20Emperor.jpg" width="500" height="519" alt="The first Qin emperor" /> </div> <span><span>Peter Adamson</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-24T18:20:02+02:00" title="Friday, April 24, 2026 - 18:20">24 April 2026</time> </span> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <audio id="audio-player-1" preload="none" style="max-width: 100%;"> <source src="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3"><img id="download" title="download mp3 file" alt="download-icon" src="/sites/default/files/images/download-icon.png"></a> <script> (function (Drupal, once) { Drupal.behaviors.mediaElementAudioPlayer = { attach: function (context, settings) { once('mediaelement-audio-player', 'audio', context).forEach(function (element) { const playerId = element.id; if (playerId) { new MediaElementPlayer(playerId, { iconSprite: '/images/mejs-controls.svg', // Adjust path as needed }); } }); } }; })(Drupal, once); </script> <div> <div>Podcast series</div> <div><a href="/series/warring-states-period" hreflang="en">Warring States Period</a></div> </div> <section> </section> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <div>Further Reading</div> <div><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• D. Bodde, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">China’s First Unifier: a Study of the Ch’in Dynasty as Seen in the Life of Li Ssü (280?-208 B.C.)</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Leiden: 1938).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Kern, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Stele Inscriptions of Ch’in Shih-Huang: Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Imperial Representation</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (New Haven: 2000).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M.E. Lewis, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Cambridge MA: 2009).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Loewe, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Government of the Qin and Han Empires, 221 BCE-220 CE</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Indianapolis: 2006).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines, “From Historical Evolution to the End of History: Past, Present and Future from Shang Yang to the First Emperor,” in P.R. Goldin (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Dordrecht: 2013), 25-45.</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines et al. (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Birth of Empire: the State of Qin Revisited</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Berkeley: 2016).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• R.D.S. Yates, “Cosmos, Central Authority, and Communities in the Early Chinese Empire,” in S.E. Alcock et al. (eds), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History </span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">(Cambridge: 2001), 351-68.</span></p></div> </div> <div> <div><a href="/themes/historical-context" hreflang="en">Historical Context</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/law" hreflang="en">Law</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/political-philosophy" hreflang="en">Political Philosophy</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/war-violence" hreflang="en">War and Violence</a></div> </div> <div><p>Was the short-lived Qin empire, which unified China to put an end to the Warring States period, Legalism in action?</p></div> <ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/comment/reply/node/1691/comment_node_podcast_episode#comment-form" title="Share your thoughts and opinions.">Add new comment</a></li></ul> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 03:00:00 +0000 Peter Adamson 1676 at https://www.historyofphilosophy.net https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-moeller <span>52. The Empire State: the Qin Dynasty</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/images/podcast_image/52%20Qin%20Emperor.jpg" width="500" height="519" alt="The first Qin emperor" /> </div> <span><span>Peter Adamson</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-24T18:20:02+02:00" title="Friday, April 24, 2026 - 18:20">24 April 2026</time> </span> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <audio id="audio-player-1" preload="none" style="max-width: 100%;"> <source src="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3"><img id="download" title="download mp3 file" alt="download-icon" src="/sites/default/files/images/download-icon.png"></a> <script> (function (Drupal, once) { Drupal.behaviors.mediaElementAudioPlayer = { attach: function (context, settings) { once('mediaelement-audio-player', 'audio', context).forEach(function (element) { const playerId = element.id; if (playerId) { new MediaElementPlayer(playerId, { iconSprite: '/images/mejs-controls.svg', // Adjust path as needed }); } }); } }; })(Drupal, once); </script> <div> <div>Podcast series</div> <div><a href="/series/warring-states-period" hreflang="en">Warring States Period</a></div> </div> <section> </section> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <div>Further Reading</div> <div><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• D. Bodde, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">China’s First Unifier: a Study of the Ch’in Dynasty as Seen in the Life of Li Ssü (280?-208 B.C.)</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Leiden: 1938).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Kern, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Stele Inscriptions of Ch’in Shih-Huang: Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Imperial Representation</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (New Haven: 2000).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M.E. Lewis, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Cambridge MA: 2009).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Loewe, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Government of the Qin and Han Empires, 221 BCE-220 CE</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Indianapolis: 2006).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines, “From Historical Evolution to the End of History: Past, Present and Future from Shang Yang to the First Emperor,” in P.R. Goldin (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Dordrecht: 2013), 25-45.</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines et al. (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Birth of Empire: the State of Qin Revisited</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Berkeley: 2016).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• R.D.S. Yates, “Cosmos, Central Authority, and Communities in the Early Chinese Empire,” in S.E. Alcock et al. (eds), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History </span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">(Cambridge: 2001), 351-68.</span></p></div> </div> <div> <div><a href="/themes/historical-context" hreflang="en">Historical Context</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/law" hreflang="en">Law</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/political-philosophy" hreflang="en">Political Philosophy</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/war-violence" hreflang="en">War and Violence</a></div> </div> <div><p>Was the short-lived Qin empire, which unified China to put an end to the Warring States period, Legalism in action?</p></div> <ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/comment/reply/node/1691/comment_node_podcast_episode#comment-form" title="Share your thoughts and opinions.">Add new comment</a></li></ul> Sun, 15 Mar 2026 03:00:00 +0000 Peter Adamson 1680 at https://www.historyofphilosophy.net https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/malebranche <span>52. The Empire State: the Qin Dynasty</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/images/podcast_image/52%20Qin%20Emperor.jpg" width="500" height="519" alt="The first Qin emperor" /> </div> <span><span>Peter Adamson</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-24T18:20:02+02:00" title="Friday, April 24, 2026 - 18:20">24 April 2026</time> </span> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <audio id="audio-player-1" preload="none" style="max-width: 100%;"> <source src="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3"><img id="download" title="download mp3 file" alt="download-icon" src="/sites/default/files/images/download-icon.png"></a> <script> (function (Drupal, once) { Drupal.behaviors.mediaElementAudioPlayer = { attach: function (context, settings) { once('mediaelement-audio-player', 'audio', context).forEach(function (element) { const playerId = element.id; if (playerId) { new MediaElementPlayer(playerId, { iconSprite: '/images/mejs-controls.svg', // Adjust path as needed }); } }); } }; })(Drupal, once); </script> <div> <div>Podcast series</div> <div><a href="/series/warring-states-period" hreflang="en">Warring States Period</a></div> </div> <section> </section> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <div>Further Reading</div> <div><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• D. Bodde, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">China’s First Unifier: a Study of the Ch’in Dynasty as Seen in the Life of Li Ssü (280?-208 B.C.)</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Leiden: 1938).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Kern, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Stele Inscriptions of Ch’in Shih-Huang: Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Imperial Representation</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (New Haven: 2000).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M.E. Lewis, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Cambridge MA: 2009).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Loewe, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Government of the Qin and Han Empires, 221 BCE-220 CE</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Indianapolis: 2006).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines, “From Historical Evolution to the End of History: Past, Present and Future from Shang Yang to the First Emperor,” in P.R. Goldin (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Dordrecht: 2013), 25-45.</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines et al. (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Birth of Empire: the State of Qin Revisited</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Berkeley: 2016).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• R.D.S. Yates, “Cosmos, Central Authority, and Communities in the Early Chinese Empire,” in S.E. Alcock et al. (eds), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History </span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">(Cambridge: 2001), 351-68.</span></p></div> </div> <div> <div><a href="/themes/historical-context" hreflang="en">Historical Context</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/law" hreflang="en">Law</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/political-philosophy" hreflang="en">Political Philosophy</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/war-violence" hreflang="en">War and Violence</a></div> </div> <div><p>Was the short-lived Qin empire, which unified China to put an end to the Warring States period, Legalism in action?</p></div> <ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/comment/reply/node/1691/comment_node_podcast_episode#comment-form" title="Share your thoughts and opinions.">Add new comment</a></li></ul> Sun, 08 Mar 2026 03:00:00 +0000 Peter Adamson 1675 at https://www.historyofphilosophy.net https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-wandering <span>52. The Empire State: the Qin Dynasty</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/images/podcast_image/52%20Qin%20Emperor.jpg" width="500" height="519" alt="The first Qin emperor" /> </div> <span><span>Peter Adamson</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-24T18:20:02+02:00" title="Friday, April 24, 2026 - 18:20">24 April 2026</time> </span> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <audio id="audio-player-1" preload="none" style="max-width: 100%;"> <source src="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3"><img id="download" title="download mp3 file" alt="download-icon" src="/sites/default/files/images/download-icon.png"></a> <script> (function (Drupal, once) { Drupal.behaviors.mediaElementAudioPlayer = { attach: function (context, settings) { once('mediaelement-audio-player', 'audio', context).forEach(function (element) { const playerId = element.id; if (playerId) { new MediaElementPlayer(playerId, { iconSprite: '/images/mejs-controls.svg', // Adjust path as needed }); } }); } }; })(Drupal, once); </script> <div> <div>Podcast series</div> <div><a href="/series/warring-states-period" hreflang="en">Warring States Period</a></div> </div> <section> </section> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <div>Further Reading</div> <div><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• D. Bodde, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">China’s First Unifier: a Study of the Ch’in Dynasty as Seen in the Life of Li Ssü (280?-208 B.C.)</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Leiden: 1938).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Kern, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Stele Inscriptions of Ch’in Shih-Huang: Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Imperial Representation</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (New Haven: 2000).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M.E. Lewis, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Cambridge MA: 2009).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Loewe, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Government of the Qin and Han Empires, 221 BCE-220 CE</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Indianapolis: 2006).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines, “From Historical Evolution to the End of History: Past, Present and Future from Shang Yang to the First Emperor,” in P.R. Goldin (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Dordrecht: 2013), 25-45.</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines et al. (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Birth of Empire: the State of Qin Revisited</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Berkeley: 2016).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• R.D.S. Yates, “Cosmos, Central Authority, and Communities in the Early Chinese Empire,” in S.E. Alcock et al. (eds), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History </span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">(Cambridge: 2001), 351-68.</span></p></div> </div> <div> <div><a href="/themes/historical-context" hreflang="en">Historical Context</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/law" hreflang="en">Law</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/political-philosophy" hreflang="en">Political Philosophy</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/war-violence" hreflang="en">War and Violence</a></div> </div> <div><p>Was the short-lived Qin empire, which unified China to put an end to the Warring States period, Legalism in action?</p></div> <ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/comment/reply/node/1691/comment_node_podcast_episode#comment-form" title="Share your thoughts and opinions.">Add new comment</a></li></ul> Sun, 01 Mar 2026 03:00:00 +0000 Peter Adamson 1677 at https://www.historyofphilosophy.net https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/port-royal-logic <span>52. The Empire State: the Qin Dynasty</span> <div> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/images/podcast_image/52%20Qin%20Emperor.jpg" width="500" height="519" alt="The first Qin emperor" /> </div> <span><span>Peter Adamson</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-04-24T18:20:02+02:00" title="Friday, April 24, 2026 - 18:20">24 April 2026</time> </span> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <audio id="audio-player-1" preload="none" style="max-width: 100%;"> <source src="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3" type="audio/mp3"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> </div> <a href="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bn2mzep2h5hbn3e7/HPC_52_The_Empire_State_the_Qin_Dynasty8y1wd.mp3"><img id="download" title="download mp3 file" alt="download-icon" src="/sites/default/files/images/download-icon.png"></a> <script> (function (Drupal, once) { Drupal.behaviors.mediaElementAudioPlayer = { attach: function (context, settings) { once('mediaelement-audio-player', 'audio', context).forEach(function (element) { const playerId = element.id; if (playerId) { new MediaElementPlayer(playerId, { iconSprite: '/images/mejs-controls.svg', // Adjust path as needed }); } }); } }; })(Drupal, once); </script> <div> <div>Podcast series</div> <div><a href="/series/warring-states-period" hreflang="en">Warring States Period</a></div> </div> <section> </section> <div>52. Qin Dynasty</div> <div> <div>Further Reading</div> <div><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"> </p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• D. Bodde, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">China’s First Unifier: a Study of the Ch’in Dynasty as Seen in the Life of Li Ssü (280?-208 B.C.)</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Leiden: 1938).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Kern, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Stele Inscriptions of Ch’in Shih-Huang: Text and Ritual in Early Chinese Imperial Representation</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (New Haven: 2000).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M.E. Lewis, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Cambridge MA: 2009).</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• M. Loewe, </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Government of the Qin and Han Empires, 221 BCE-220 CE</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Indianapolis: 2006).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines, “From Historical Evolution to the End of History: Past, Present and Future from Shang Yang to the First Emperor,” in P.R. Goldin (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Han Fei</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Dordrecht: 2013), 25-45.</span></p><p style="text-autospace:none;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• Y. Pines et al. (ed.), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">The Birth of Empire: the State of Qin Revisited</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB"> (Berkeley: 2016).</span></p><p class="v1msolistparagraph" style="margin:0cm;"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">• R.D.S. Yates, “Cosmos, Central Authority, and Communities in the Early Chinese Empire,” in S.E. Alcock et al. (eds), </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History </span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-size:12.5pt;" lang="EN-GB">(Cambridge: 2001), 351-68.</span></p></div> </div> <div> <div><a href="/themes/historical-context" hreflang="en">Historical Context</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/law" hreflang="en">Law</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/political-philosophy" hreflang="en">Political Philosophy</a></div> <div><a href="/themes/war-violence" hreflang="en">War and Violence</a></div> </div> <div><p>Was the short-lived Qin empire, which unified China to put an end to the Warring States period, Legalism in action?</p></div> <ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/comment/reply/node/1691/comment_node_podcast_episode#comment-form" title="Share your thoughts and opinions.">Add new comment</a></li></ul> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 09:27:27 +0000 Peter Adamson 1678 at https://www.historyofphilosophy.net