The Qin, Han, Tang, Ming, and Qing dynasties were all powerful in China's ancient feudal dynasties, and played an important role in promoting the establishment and continuation of the great unification of Chinese civilization. The First Emperor built the Great Wall in the north, opened the Lingqu in the south, the car on the same track, and wrote the same text, so that the world witnessed the birth of the first feudal dynasty; Gaozu Liu Bangpei County raised an army, seized Guanzhong, went to the feast at Hongmen, and came to the world, and established a unified dynasty that enjoyed the country for 426 years (Eastern and Western Han); Emperor Wude's Taiyuan Juyi, Xi Annihilation XueJu, Pingding Wang Dou, and Zhao Xiao Milling made the "Tang People" glorious and famous in the world; Taizu Yuanzhang expelled Hu Yu, took the throne of Yingtian, abolished the Chancellor, centralized power, and pacified the southern kingdoms; Emperor Taizong Taiji's northern expedition to Mongolia, Ge Gu Dingxin, It is said that the emperor changed the Yuan and the Manchu and Han dynasties, so that the Great Qing Domain belonged to the Zhongyi.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" >1, comparison of major data such as population and area in the heyday (longitudinal comparison - subject to official historical data).</h1>
The population of the Qin Dynasty was 27.5 million, the population of the Han Dynasty was 59.59 million, the Tang Dynasty was 52.88 million, the Ming Dynasty was 71.85 million, and the Qing Dynasty was 436 million (the population soared to more than 300 million during the Yongqian period, and exceeded 400 million during the Daoguang period)
The area of the Qin Dynasty is 3.4 million square kilometers, the area of the Han Dynasty is 6.09 million square kilometers, the area of the Tang Dynasty is 12.37 million square kilometers, the Ming Dynasty is 9.97 million square kilometers, and the Qing Dynasty is 13.16 million square kilometers
Judging from the two main indicators of population and area, the first is the Great Qing, followed by the Tang Dynasty, the second is the Daming, the second is the Great Han, and the last is the Great Qin.
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Qin Dynasty: Attacking the Xiongnu in the north and attacking Baiyue in the south, mainly still focusing on defense, and the territorial expansion was small. Diplomacy is limited to neighbors such as North Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
Han Dynasty: Attacking the Xiongnu in the north, merging with Korea in the east, establishing the Silk Road, by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, European and Western Asian countries had learned about the Han Dynasty. (Later Han Shu Tale of the Western Regions: Its king often wanted to communicate with the Han, and the rest wanted to make friends with him with han color, so he could not reach himself.) In the ninth year of Emperor Huan's reign, King An Dun of Great Qin sent envoys to sacrifice ivory, rhino horns, and yaoyao from outside the southern part of Japan. ）
Tang Dynasty: Destroying the Eastern and Western Turks in the north, merging the Korean Peninsula in the east, and submitting to the Siyi, Tang Taizong was revered as the "Heavenly Khan" and became the supreme leader of the countries in East and Central Asia in essence. Its reputation is far-reaching, and it has contacts with Asian and European countries. ((1) Song Wang Pu's "Tang HuiJiao Miscellaneous Records": "In the fourth year of Zhenguan, the princes of Zhufan were long and que, and emperor Taizong was asked to be the Khan of Heaven." It was a subordinate system, and ordered the Hou Seal Book to give the princes of the Northern Wilderness of the Western Regions, all of whom were called Emperor Tian Khan. (2) Old Book of Tang and Emperor Taizong's Benji: "In the summer of April, Ding You, Yushun Tianmen, military officials held the jieli to offer victory." Since the northwestern emperors had the title of 'Heavenly Khan', they descended from the Seal Book and ordered their rulers to be called "Heavenly Khans". ）
Ming Dynasty: Eastern Na liaodong, northern Xinjiang eastern, unified Tibet, Zheng He went to the West, and the king of Sulu came to the dynasty. ("Ming Shi Foreign Chronicles": Fifteen years of Yongle, the eastern king of the Sulu kingdom, Batu Ge Dala, the Western King Maha Thorn Ge Zha Ma Ding, and the King of Gong Du Ge Ba Shi Bu, carry pearls, gems, tortoiseshells and other gifts, led more than 340 of his dependents, doctors and attendants to visit China)
Qing Dynasty: Chasing Russia in the north, Burma in the south, defeating Korea in the east, and Attacking Annam in the west, at most it had 19 vassal states. (Vassal states: Korea, Ryukyu, Annam, Namphong, Burma, Siam, Cambodia, Lanfang, Luzon, Sulu, Gurkha, Jemengxiong, Bhutan, Ladakh, Kazakh Khanate, Brut Khanate, Kokand Khanate, Bukhara Khanate, AiWuhan, BadakShan, Ganzhute, etc.)
In terms of external achievements or international influence, the Qing Dynasty is the first, the Tang Dynasty is the second, the Ming Dynasty is the third, the Han Dynasty is the fourth, and the Qin Dynasty is the fifth.
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Qin Dynasty: Some systems were groundbreaking (such as the salt and iron official camp system, the hukou system, etc.). The main economic policy is "heavy agriculture and suppressing business", and the overall economic strength of the country is relatively weak.
Han Dynasty: Iron smelting, textile industry, commerce, etc. were more developed than the previous dynasties, and the early implementation of the policy of heavy agriculture and suppression of commerce, although agricultural production was restored, but the economic strength was still slightly insufficient. During the Wenjing period, the policy of guisu was changed, the state's grain storage further soared, and its economic strength was greatly enhanced. During the Western Han Dynasty, there were several commercial centers in the country, such as Chang'an, Luoyang, Handan, Jiangling, Shouchun, Panyu, Chengdu, etc., and the Silk Road was the most important trade route in the world at that time.
Tang Dynasty: The scale of agriculture and handicrafts developed significantly compared with the previous dynasty, and cabinets and flying money appeared in the big cities of the Tang Dynasty (one of the symbols of ancient economic development)
Ming Dynasty: Agricultural products showed a trend of specialization and commercialization of grain production. The commercial economy has increased its status in the overall socio-economic situation. Taking the banknote customs as an example, in 1502, the national banknote customs income was equivalent to about 80,000 taels of silver, accounting for about 3% of the income of Taicang in that year; in 1597, it reached 47,500 taels, accounting for about one-tenth of the income of the Taicang, which shows that the proportion of commercial taxes in the Ming Dynasty in the state finances is increasing day by day.
Qing Dynasty: to reclaim wasteland, immigrate to border areas and promote new crops to increase production, domestic and foreign trade increased, economic agriculture is also more developed, the Yongzheng Emperor implemented the policy of "spreading land into acres", and the social economy of the interior and frontiers has developed. By the middle of the 18th century, the feudal economy of the Qing Dynasty reached a new peak.
The continuous development of feudal dynasties has promoted the increasing economic strength, in terms of economic strength, the Qing > the Ming > the Tang> the Han > the Qin.
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15th year of the Qin Dynasty, 426th year of the Han Dynasty (Eastern and Western Han), 289th year of the Tang Dynasty, 276th year of the Ming Dynasty,
Qing Dynasty Guozuo 276 (counting from the beginning of the Qing Dynasty when the Emperor Taiji changed the name of the country)
The longer you stay in power, the higher the continuity and stability of the regime. The Han Dynasty regime was the most stable, followed by the Tang Dynasty, then the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and finally the Qin Dynasty
On the whole, the comprehensive national strength of the Qing Dynasty is absolutely the strongest, but in modern times, with the beginning of the first industrial revolution in Europe, the gap between China and the West has become wider and wider, and the Qing Dynasty has also failed in the rolling wave of world reform, which is why many people believe that the Qing Dynasty is not worthy of becoming the strongest empire in ancient China.
The strength of the Tang Dynasty can be called the second, the Ming Dynasty can be the third, the Han Dynasty is the fourth, and the Qin Dynasty is the fifth.