Abstract：The ethical choices of Qin State as it developed from an ancient state into an eparch state and then an empire provide a typical case for us to understand the ethical changes in ancient China. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was a “tianxia system” based on tianxia philosophy, moral ethics and ritual-musical (Li Yue) civilization. The killing of King You of Zhou brought an end to the “tianxia system” of the Western Zhou. In the anarchy during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, Qin State experienced a series of cruel struggles for survival and natural selection, going through the three stages of an ancient state, an eparch state and an empire. With the ethical choices based on moral ethics, survival ethics and responsibility ethics, Qin State eventually became a hegemony and rose as a great power. At the same time, the “tianxia system” created by the Western Zhou was replaced by the “empire system” of Qin State.
王兴尚. 从“天下伦理”到“责任伦理”：周秦国家伦理变迁与重构[J]. 《深圳大学学报》（人文社科版）, 2017, 34(3): 62-66.
WANG Xing-shang. From “Tianxia Ethics” to “Responsibility Ethics”: the Evolution and Reconstruction of the National Ethics in Zhou and Qin Dynasties. , 2017, 34(3): 62-66.
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