In the fiftieth year of the Reign of Qin Wengong (716 BC), Duke Wen of Qin died and was succeeded by Duke Xian of Qin, living in Xixinyi.
Duke Xian of Qin (秦明公) was the grandson of Duke Wen of Qin and the son of Duke Jing of Qin (一作秦竫公). In the forty-eighth year of the Duke of Qin (718 BC), Duke Jing of Qin died, and Duke Wen of Qin made his grandson Duke Qin Xian the heir.
Qin Xiangong was a "child" monarch, but he made great contributions to the Qin state and laid a solid foundation for the next monarch to expand his territory.
According to the Chronicle of History. Volume V. Qin Benji Fifth": Qin Xian gongsheng ten years old. Twelve years. That is to say: Qin Xiangong succeeded to the throne at the age of ten and reigned for twelve years. At the age of ten, he began his career as a monarch.
In the second year of Qin Xian Gong (714 BC), Qin Xian Gong moved from Xixinyi to Pingyang (present-day Chencang District, Shaanxi Province). In the same year, Qin Xiangong sent troops to attack the Dangshe (亳戎) of Bo Rong (西戎) (一作唐杜, in the southeast of present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, and the area around present-day Sanyuan County and Xingping City in Shaanxi Province).
In the third year of Qin Xian Gong (713 BC), the Qin army engaged Bo Rong, and the leader of the Qin Army, King Bo, was defeated and fled to Xi Rong, so the Qin army destroyed the Dangshe.
In the seventh year of the Reign of Qin Xian (709 BC), Rui Jiang, the mother of Rui Bowan, the ruler of the State of Rui, hated Rui Bowan's favor too much, so she expelled Rui Bowan from the State of Rui. Rui Bowan then went to weicheng (魏城; present-day northern Ruicheng County, Shanxi Province) to live.
In the autumn of the eighth year of Qin Xian Gong (708 BC), Qin Xiangong took advantage of Rui Bowan's absence to send troops to attack the State of Rui, and the Qin army was defeated because of its contempt for the Rui army. In the winter of the same year, King Huan of Zhou sent troops to join forces with the Qin army to besiege the city of Wei and capture Rui Bowan.
In the twelfth year of Qin Xian Gong (704 BC), Qin Xiangong sent troops to attack the small state of Lang Shi in Xi Rong, and soon the Qin army captured The Dang clan. In the same year, Qin Xiangong died at the age of twenty-one and was buried in the foothills of Xishan (present-day Beilingyuan, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province).
Qin Xiangong's short life did not slack off in the slightest. A gentleman should be self-reliant. This brute force lasted until the Qin state unified the six kingdoms.