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Dynasties and states

Qin (state) Qin (, , or ''Ch'in'') was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. It is traditionally dated to 897 BC. The state of Qin originated from a reconquest of western lands that had previously been lost to the Xirong. Its location at ...

(秦), a major state during the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China *

Qin dynasty The Qin dynasty ( ) was the first Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China. It is named for its progenitor state of Qin, a fief of the confederal Zhou dynasty (256 BC). Beginning in 230 BC, the Qin under King Ying Zheng enga ...

(秦), founded by the Qin state in 221 BC and ended in 206 BC * Daqin (大秦), ancient Chinese name for the Roman Empire *

Former Qin Qin, known as the Former Qin and Fu Qin (苻秦) in historiography, was a Dynasties of China, dynastic state of China ruled by the Fu (Pu) clan of the Di (Five Barbarians), Di peoples during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Founded in the wake of ...

(前秦), Di state/Di (Wu Hu) in the Sixteen Kingdoms period, 351 AD *

Later Qin Qin, known in historiography as the Later Qin ( zh, s=后秦, t=後秦, p=Hòuqín; 384–417) or Yao Qin (), was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Yao clan of Qiang ethnicity during the Sixteen Kingdoms period in northern China. As the onl ...

(后秦), Qiang state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period, 384 AD *

Western Qin The Western Qin (; 385–400, 409–431) was a dynastic state of China ruled by the Qifu clan of Xianbei ethnicity during the era of Sixteen Kingdoms. All rulers of the Western Qin declared themselves "''wang''", translatable as either "king" or ...

(西秦), Xianbei state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period, 409 AD

Geography

* Qin (秦), another name of

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

province, China *

Qin County Qin County or Qinxian () is a county in the southeast-central part of Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Changzhi Changzhi ( zh, s=长治) is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering ...

(沁县), in Shanxi province, China * Qin River (沁河) in Shanxi, tributary of the Yellow River *

Qin River (Hebei) The Ming River, also formerly known as the Qin, Qianbu, and Nanyi River, is a tributary of the Ziya River in Hebei, China. History The river gave its name to Imperial China The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geog ...

(寢水) in Hebei, a former name of the Ming River

Other uses

Qin (surname) Qín () (秦) is a common Chinese surname. "Qin" is the hanyu pinyin romanization of the surname for Mandarin, the common dialect of China; other romanizations of the surname include Chin and Jin in Mandarin, Ceon and Cheun in Cantonese, and T� ...

* ''Qin'' (board game) *

Qin (Mandaeism) In Mandaeism, Qin () is the mother of Ruha and Zahreil, and grandmother of Ur in the World of Darkness (''alma ḏ-hšuka'') or underworld. In Mandaean texts, she is frequently mentioned as the "queen of darkness." One of her epithets is Sumqa ...

, a demon of the Mandaean underworld * Qin (''Star Wars''), a character on the television series ''The Mandalorian'' *

BYD Qin The BYD Qin (, after the Qin dynasty) is a series of compact and mid-size sedan (car), sedans produced by BYD Auto since 2012. The Qin started out as the plug-in hybrid version of the BYD Surui, and was introduced in the Chinese market in August ...

, a car *

Guqin The ''guqin'' (; ) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement, as highlighted b ...

(古琴), or qin, Chinese stringed musical instrument * QIN, an acronym for the

Quinault Indian Nation The Quinault Indian Nation ( or ; QIN), formerly known as the Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, is a federally recognized tribe of Quinault people, Quinault, Queets people, Queets, Quileute people, Quileute, Hoh, Lower Chehalis people, ...

, Native American peoples in the United States * qin(), one representation of the functional fourth root of sin()

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