Qin

Qin or Ch'in (Wade-Giles) can refer to... A state:\n* Qin (state), a state of China during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.\n* Qin Dynasty, which followed Qin's unification of China\n* The Former Qin (Di), Later Qin (Qiang) and Western Qin (Xianbei) in the Sixteen Kingdoms period. Others:\n* King Qin, a title of the Emperor Tang Taizong of China\n* 秦, or Qín, an abbreviation for the Shaanxi province of the People's Republic of China\n* a kind of musical instrument of China, also known as Guqin or Gu Qin (old Qin). See also: Daqin