El estado Qin léase Chin (en chino: 秦國, Wade-Giles: Ch'in2 kuo2, pinyin: Qín guó) Era un estado en el noroeste de China que se extendió durante el periodo de Primaveras y Otoños y los Reinos Combatientes de la historia antigua. Surgió como una de las superpotencias dominantes de los siete estados combatientes por el siglo III a.C. y, finalmente unificó a China bajo su mandato en el año 221 a. C., después de lo cual se le conoció como la Dinastía Qin.

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Qin (Chinese: 秦; Wade–Giles: Ch'in; Old Chinese: *[dz]i[n]) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. It took its origin in a reconquest of western lands previously lost to the Rong; its position at the western edge of Chinese civilization permitted expansion and development that was unavailable to its rivals in the North China Plain. Following extensive "Legalist" reform in the 3rd century BC, Qin emerged as one of the dominant powers of the Seven Warring States and unified China in 221 BC under Shi Huangdi. The empire it established was short-lived but greatly influential on later Chinese history. Though disliked by many Confucians of its time for "dangerously lacking in Confucian scholars," Confucian Xun Kuang wrote of the later Qin that "its topographical features are inherently advantageous," and that its "'manifold natural resources gave it remarkable inherent strength. Its people were unspoiled and exceedingly deferential; its officers unfailingly respectful, earnest, reverential, loyal, and trustworthy; and its high officials public-spirited, intelligent, and assiduous in the execution of the duties of their position. Its courts and bureaus functioned without delays and with such smoothness that it was as if there were no government at all."

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