The Qin Empire 2009
What is The Qin Empire?
The Qin Empire is a 2009 Chinese television series based on Sun Haohui's novel of the same title. The series was produced in 2006 and first aired on television channels in 2009.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2009
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 217
- Runtime
- 45 minutes
- First aired
- Dec 18, 2009
- Last aired
- May 24, 2022
- Original language
- ZH
- Origin
- CN
- Networks
- iQiyi, CCTV-1
- Genres
- Drama, War & Politics
- Updated
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The Qin Empire is a 2009 Chinese television series based on Sun Haohui's novel of the same title. The series was produced in 2006 and first aired on television channels in 2009. It is a historical drama that romanticises the rise of the Qin state in the Warring States period under the leadership of Duke Xiao of Qin. The series consists of multiple installments, with the first one airing in 2009. The Qin Empire was directed by Huang Jianzhong and others, and it features the story of Qin state ruler Duke Xiao and statesman Shang Yang enacting bold reforms that transform western China. The series aired on China Central Television and other channels, and it is also known by the Chinese title 大秦帝国之裂变. The Qin Empire is a long-running Mainland Chinese historical drama that explores the history of the Qin state during the Warring States period.
Should you watch it?
“Witness the transformation of a minor state into a dominant empire through bold reforms and military might.”
- Detailed portrayal of ancient Chinese statecraft and military strategy
- Compelling depiction of political reform and its challenges
- Rich historical setting with authentic cultural elements
- Complex political intrigue may be challenging for some viewers
- Pacing can be slow during diplomatic sequences
You enjoy historically grounded political dramas with strategic depth.
Suitable for mature audiences interested in historical politics and warfare.
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Episode guide
Season 1 · 48 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide →- E1 Episode 1 Dec 18, 2009
- E2 Episode 2 Dec 19, 2009
- E3 Episode 3 Dec 20, 2009
- E4 Episode 4 Dec 21, 2009
- E5 Episode 5 Dec 22, 2009
- E6 Episode 6 Dec 23, 2009
- E7 Episode 7 Dec 24, 2009
- E8 Episode 8 Dec 25, 2009
- E9 Episode 9 Dec 26, 2009
- E10 Episode 10 Dec 27, 2009
- E11 Episode 11 Dec 29, 2009
- E12 Episode 12 Dec 30, 2009
- E13 Episode 13 Dec 31, 2009
- E14 Episode 14 Jan 1, 2010
- E15 Episode 15 Jan 2, 2010
- E16 Episode 16 Jan 3, 2010
- E17 Episode 17 Jan 4, 2010
- E18 Episode 18 Jan 5, 2010
- E19 Episode 19 Jan 6, 2010
- E20 Episode 20 Jan 7, 2010
- E21 Episode 21 Jan 8, 2010
- E22 Episode 22 Jan 9, 2010
- E23 Episode 23 Jan 10, 2010
- E24 Episode 24 Jan 11, 2010
- E25 Episode 25 Jan 12, 2010
- E26 Episode 26 Jan 13, 2010
- E27 Episode 27 Jan 14, 2010
- E28 Episode 28 Jan 15, 2010
- E29 Episode 29 Jan 16, 2010
- E30 Episode 30 Jan 17, 2010
- E31 Episode 31 Jan 18, 2010
- E32 Episode 32 Jan 19, 2010
- E33 Episode 33 Jan 20, 2010
- E34 Episode 34 Jan 21, 2010
- E35 Episode 35 Jan 22, 2010
- E36 Episode 36 Jan 23, 2010
- E37 Episode 37 Jan 24, 2010
- E38 Episode 38 Jan 25, 2010
- E39 Episode 39 Jan 26, 2010
- E40 Episode 40 Jan 27, 2010
- E41 Episode 41 Jan 28, 2010
- E42 Episode 42 Jan 29, 2010
- E43 Episode 43 Jan 30, 2010
- E44 Episode 44 Jan 31, 2010
- E45 Episode 45 Feb 1, 2010
- E46 Episode 46 Feb 2, 2010
- E47 Episode 47 Feb 3, 2010
- E48 Episode 48 Feb 4, 2010
Season 2 · 51 episodes
- E1 Episode 1 Sep 5, 2013
- E2 Episode 2 Sep 6, 2013
- E3 Episode 3 Sep 7, 2013
- E4 Episode 4 Sep 8, 2013
- E5 Episode 5 Sep 9, 2013
- E6 Episode 6 Sep 10, 2013
- E7 Episode 7 Sep 11, 2013
- E8 Episode 8 Sep 12, 2013
- E9 Episode 9 Sep 13, 2013
- E10 Episode 10 Sep 14, 2013
- E11 Episode 11 Sep 15, 2013
- E12 Episode 12 Sep 16, 2013
- E13 Episode 13 Sep 17, 2013
- E14 Episode 14 Sep 18, 2013
- E15 Episode 15 Sep 19, 2013
- E16 Episode 16 Sep 20, 2013
- E17 Episode 17 Sep 21, 2013
- E18 Episode 18 Sep 22, 2013
- E19 Episode 19 Sep 23, 2013
- E20 Episode 20 Sep 24, 2013
- E21 Episode 21 Sep 25, 2013
- E22 Episode 22 Sep 26, 2013
- E23 Episode 23 Sep 27, 2013
- E24 Episode 24 Sep 28, 2013
- E25 Episode 25 Sep 29, 2013
- E26 Episode 26 Sep 30, 2013
- E27 Episode 27 Oct 1, 2013
- E28 Episode 28 Oct 2, 2013
- E29 Episode 29 Oct 3, 2013
- E30 Episode 30 Oct 4, 2013
- E31 Episode 31 Oct 5, 2013
- E32 Episode 32 Oct 6, 2013
- E33 Episode 33 Oct 7, 2013
- E34 Episode 34 Oct 8, 2013
- E35 Episode 35 Oct 9, 2013
- E36 Episode 36 Oct 10, 2013
- E37 Episode 37 Oct 11, 2013
- E38 Episode 38 Oct 12, 2013
- E39 Episode 39 Oct 13, 2013
- E40 Episode 40 Oct 14, 2013
- E41 Episode 41 Oct 15, 2013
- E42 Episode 42 Oct 16, 2013
- E43 Episode 43 Oct 17, 2013
- E44 Episode 44 Apr 29, 2012
- E45 Episode 45 Apr 30, 2012
- E46 Episode 46 May 1, 2012
- E47 Episode 47 May 2, 2012
- E48 Episode 48 May 2, 2012
- E49 Episode 49 May 3, 2012
- E50 Episode 50 May 3, 2012
- E51 Episode 51 May 4, 2012
Season 3 · 40 episodes
- E1 Episode 1 Feb 9, 2017
- E2 Episode 2 Feb 9, 2017
- E3 Episode 3 Feb 10, 2017
- E4 Episode 4 Feb 10, 2017
- E5 Episode 5 Feb 13, 2017
- E6 Episode 6 Feb 13, 2017
- E7 Episode 7 Feb 14, 2017
- E8 Episode 8 Feb 14, 2017
- E9 Episode 9 Feb 15, 2017
- E10 Episode 10 Feb 15, 2017
- E11 Episode 11 Feb 16, 2017
- E12 Episode 12 Feb 16, 2017
- E13 Episode 13 Feb 20, 2017
- E14 Episode 14 Feb 20, 2017
- E15 Episode 15 Feb 20, 2017
- E16 Episode 16 Feb 21, 2017
- E17 Episode 17 Feb 21, 2017
- E18 Episode 18 Feb 21, 2017
- E19 Episode 19 Feb 22, 2017
- E20 Episode 20 Feb 22, 2017
- E21 Episode 21 Feb 22, 2017
- E22 Episode 22 Feb 23, 2017
- E23 Episode 23 Feb 23, 2017
- E24 Episode 24 Feb 23, 2017
- E25 Episode 25 Feb 27, 2017
- E26 Episode 26 Feb 27, 2017
- E27 Episode 27 Feb 28, 2017
- E28 Episode 28 Feb 28, 2017
- E29 Episode 29 Mar 1, 2017
- E30 Episode 30 Mar 1, 2017
- E31 Episode 31 Mar 2, 2017
- E32 Episode 32 Mar 2, 2017
- E33 Episode 33 Mar 6, 2017
- E34 Episode 34 Mar 6, 2017
- E35 Episode 35 Mar 7, 2017
- E36 Episode 36 Mar 8, 2017
- E37 Episode 37 Mar 9, 2017
- E38 Episode 38 Mar 10, 2017
- E39 Episode 39 Mar 13, 2017
- E40 Episode 40 Mar 14, 2017
Season 4 · 78 episodes
- E1 Episode 1 Dec 1, 2020
- E2 Episode 2 Dec 8, 2020
- E3 Episode 3 Dec 15, 2020
- E4 Episode 4 Dec 22, 2020
- E5 Episode 5 Dec 29, 2020
- E6 Episode 6 Jan 5, 2021
- E7 Episode 7 Jan 12, 2021
- E8 Episode 8 Jan 19, 2021
- E9 Episode 9 Jan 26, 2021
- E10 Episode 10 Feb 2, 2021
- E11 Episode 11 Feb 9, 2021
- E12 Episode 12 Feb 16, 2021
- E13 Episode 13 Feb 23, 2021
- E14 Episode 14 Mar 2, 2021
- E15 Episode 15 Mar 9, 2021
- E16 Episode 16 Mar 16, 2021
- E17 Episode 17 Mar 23, 2021
- E18 Episode 18 Mar 30, 2021
- E19 Episode 19 Apr 6, 2021
- E20 Episode 20 Apr 13, 2021
- E21 Episode 21 Apr 20, 2021
- E22 Episode 22 Apr 27, 2021
- E23 Episode 23 May 4, 2021
- E24 Episode 24 May 11, 2021
- E25 Episode 25 May 18, 2021
- E26 Episode 26 May 25, 2021
- E27 Episode 27 Jun 1, 2021
- E28 Episode 28 Jun 8, 2021
- E29 Episode 29 Jun 15, 2021
- E30 Episode 30 Jun 22, 2021
- E31 Episode 31 Jun 29, 2021
- E32 Episode 32 Jul 6, 2021
- E33 Episode 33 Jul 13, 2021
- E34 Episode 34 Jul 20, 2021
- E35 Episode 35 Jul 27, 2021
- E36 Episode 36 Aug 3, 2021
- E37 Episode 37 Aug 10, 2021
- E38 Episode 38 Aug 17, 2021
- E39 Episode 39 Aug 24, 2021
- E40 Episode 40 Aug 31, 2021
- E41 Episode 41 Sep 7, 2021
- E42 Episode 42 Sep 14, 2021
- E43 Episode 43 Sep 21, 2021
- E44 Episode 44 Sep 28, 2021
- E45 Episode 45 Oct 5, 2021
- E46 Episode 46 Oct 12, 2021
- E47 Episode 47 Oct 19, 2021
- E48 Episode 48 Oct 26, 2021
- E49 Episode 49 Nov 2, 2021
- E50 Episode 50 Nov 9, 2021
- E51 Episode 51 Nov 16, 2021
- E52 Episode 52 Nov 23, 2021
- E53 Episode 53 Nov 30, 2021
- E54 Episode 54 Dec 7, 2021
- E55 Episode 55 Dec 14, 2021
- E56 Episode 56 Dec 21, 2021
- E57 Episode 57 Dec 28, 2021
- E58 Episode 58 Jan 4, 2022
- E59 Episode 59 Jan 11, 2022
- E60 Episode 60 Jan 18, 2022
- E61 Episode 61 Jan 25, 2022
- E62 Episode 62 Feb 1, 2022
- E63 Episode 63 Feb 8, 2022
- E64 Episode 64 Feb 15, 2022
- E65 Episode 65 Feb 22, 2022
- E66 Episode 66 Mar 1, 2022
- E67 Episode 67 Mar 8, 2022
- E68 Episode 68 Mar 15, 2022
- E69 Episode 69 Mar 22, 2022
- E70 Episode 70 Mar 29, 2022
- E71 Episode 71 Apr 5, 2022
- E72 Episode 72 Apr 12, 2022
- E73 Episode 73 Apr 19, 2022
- E74 Episode 74 Apr 26, 2022
- E75 Episode 75 May 3, 2022
- E76 Episode 76 May 10, 2022
- E77 Episode 77 May 17, 2022
- E78 Episode 78 May 24, 2022
Frequently asked questions
Is this series based on real historical events?
Yes, it depicts the actual rise of the Qin state during the Warring States period.
What time period does the series cover?
It focuses on the reign of Duke Xiao of Qin in ancient China.
Are there subtitles or dubbing options available?
This depends on the streaming platform and region.
How historically accurate is the series?
It aims to faithfully represent the historical period and events.
Is this part of a larger series?
This is the first installment of The Qin Empire series.