Qin

Qin can refer to:

Contents 1 Chinese dynasties and states 2 People in history 3 People 4 Surnames 5 Musical instruments 6 Others

Chinese dynasties and states

• Qin (state) (秦), a state of China during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty
• Qin Dynasty (秦), which followed Qin's unification of China in 221 BC and ended in 206 BC
• Da Qin (大秦), Roman Empire, 202 BC to AD 220
• Former Qin (前秦), Di state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period
• Later Qin (后秦), Qiang state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period
• Western Qin (西秦), Xianbei state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period

People in history

• Qin Shi Huang, founder of the Qin Dynasty, surname Ying (赢)
• Qin Zhong (秦仲), General of the Zhou Dynasty, surname from Zhou Gov
• Qin Kai (秦开), grandfather of Qin Wu Yang, Chinese general of the Yan, who conquered the Liaodong Peninsula
• Qin Wu Yang(秦舞陽), Yan's assassin, who followed Jing Ke to Qin state and failed to kill Qin Shi Huang
• Qin Hui(秦檜), who died because of political activities for Jin Dynasty

People

• Qin Jiushao, Chinese mathematician
• Shaobo Qin, Chinese acrobat and actor
• Qin Hao, Chinese actor

Surnames

琴 : Qin in mandarin : Kym, Kam, Cam, Khim in Cantonese-Minnan : Kum in Korean

• from any Qin Player(琴师) in the Shun age
• from Kang clan of Wei (state) from the Zhou Dynasty
• from Xiong clan of Chu (state)
• from Mongol's two-syllable family name Hulei(胡雷:Holoi), Huer(胡尔:Hoyi), Hujin(胡仁:Horen)

秦 : Qin, Chin in mandarin : Ceon in Cantonese : Chin, Jin, Cin in Korean

• from Qin Zhong (秦仲), General of the Zhou Dynasty
• from Qin Wu Yang(秦舞陽), Qin Kai(秦开) in Yan (state), they escape to Liaoning after fall of Yan (state)
• Qin(秦) clan of Baekje, Japanese Shin(神:Jin) clan become to Baekje, they use mixed a surname Qin(秦:Jin)
• Qin(秦) clan of Silla in the 5th century, they escape to somewhere a territorial problem, some remain to Silla

Musical instruments

• Guqin (古琴), formerly named Qin, Chinese stringed musical instrument from Shun age (about 2500 BC)
• Qinqin(秦琴), a Chinese lute-type instrument
• Matouqin (馬頭琴), Morin khuur or Chuurqin, a Mongolian musical instrument
• Huqin (胡琴), a Mongolian musical instrument
• Kayageum (伽倻琴), a Korean musical instrument
• Haegeum (奚琴), a Korean musical instrument

Others

• Shaanxi, abbreviated as Qin (秦), province of China
• Qin County, in Shanxi, China
• Qin River or Qin He, a river in Shanxi that flows south to the Yellow River
• QIN, an acronym for the Quinault Indian Nation.

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