Author(s)

Sunxiaozheng Liu

Corresponding Author

Sunxiaozheng Liu

ABSTRACT

The reasons that causes the rapid demise of the Qin empire has always attracted much attention, as to find an example of an empire as powerful and advanced as the Qin Empire that declined in such a short period of time is very hard. This makes the fall of the Qin Empire an extremely useful and important example to study when exploring the reasons why a seemed very efficient and advanced system would rapidly collapse. This article mainly explores the decline and fall of the Qin Empire from the role that Legalism and the system of taxation and corvee collection of Qin played in the collapse of the empire. This paper can help to expand the academic understanding of the causes of the collapse of Qin and provide a basis for future related research. After going through 6 previous studies from Google Scholars and several original historical materials, the article came to the conclusion that Legalism and Qin’s state system, two most important factors that lead to Qin’s rise, eventually caused the rapid collapse of the empire.

KEYWORDS

Qin dynasty, Rapid Demise, Reasons