From Qin Feizi to Qin Ziying

At the western foot of Qishan Mountain, Qin Feizi started the tribal epic by herding horses. No one could have imagined that this border ethnic group, forgotten by the King of Zhou, would go through thirty-eight monarchs in six hundred and ninety-three years, transforming from horse-breeding slaves to the Qin Empire that swept across the world, and was finally destroyed by the gift of Ziying Su's white horse. The ancestors of the Qin people guarded the border and raised horses for the Zhou royal family. In the wilderness and humiliation, they forged the genes of being martial, law-abiding, and greedy for land. Duke Xiang of Qin was ranked among the princes, Duke Mu of Qin dominated Xirong, and Duke Xian of Qin returned from exile and tried to become stronger. Qin Xiaogong and Shang Yang's reforms reshaped the soul of the Qin people. The military meritocracy and severe punishments made Qin unprecedentedly powerful, and also planted the seeds of alienation. Since then, the Qin State has been torn between the longing for civilization and the nature of tigers and wolves. The Battle of Changping showed its ruthlessness. Yingzheng unified the world and took the title of emperor. He unified the world with extreme centralization, but also laid the foundation for tyranny. Hu Hai was ignorant, Zhao Gao was in chaos, the second powerful empire fell, and the Xianyang fire burned away the prosperity. Although Qin died, the Qin system will last forever. The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and its governance logic profoundly affected later generations. This period of history is a psychological archeology of power, showing the eternal game of rise and fall, human nature and system. The rise and fall of the Qin people is an allegory of the shaping and backlash of power. It still echoes in the long river of history, questioning the boundaries between civilization and human nature. .