This paper investigates the process of ancient Qin state territorial expansion based on the information from both the written sources and archaeological studies of recent years. The paper’s main objective is to reconcile conflicting narratives of different parts of the written sources and to create such a model that would explain the genesis of the contradictions in question. The explanatory model involves dividing the process of conquest into three stages, each suggesting different relations between the Qin ruling elite and the lands conquered and their population. Applying the model to Qin history reveals the chronological frame of the model’s applicability and defines the boundaries of the periods, during which the Qin state proper was taking its shape, outlines the main traits of the Qin imperial model formation process, that started immediately after the Qin state territorial core formation process ended. The research allow to create a hypothetical model of relations between the inner-political process of power struggle in Qin and the process of territorial expansion.
本文以文献资料和近年来的考古资料为基础，探讨了秦国疆域扩张的过程。本文的主要目的是解决不同书面来源的秦国疆域扩张过程的冲突叙述，并建立这样一个模型来解释矛盾的起源。本文的主要目的是调和不同书面来源的秦国疆域扩张过程的冲突叙述，并建立这样一个模型来解释矛盾的起源。该模型将征服过程分为三个阶段，每一阶段都反映了秦朝统治精英与被征服土地及其人口之间的不同关系。通过这一研究，可以建立一个关于秦朝内部政治斗争过程与其领土扩张过程之间关系的假设模型。