The pre-Qin period is the time interval in which China divided the ancient history. China called it the pre-Qin period (also known as the pre-Qin era) and the era before the Qin dynasty (that is, before 22 BC1year), which refers to the period from the legendary Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the Warring States Period. The narrow research scope of pre-Qin history includes the period from civilization to the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, mainly referring to the history of Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States. Because the Qin Dynasty was the watershed of China's monarchical centralization, tribal rule and feudal system, the monarchical centralization only started from the Qin Dynasty, so the pre-Qin period was also the period when China's politics was in feudal system. Mr. Huang Moya, a famous scholar, compared the pre-Qin dynasty to the first of Chinese civilization.

(2 1 century-22 1 year BC) Pre-Qin refers to the historical era before the establishment of the Qin Dynasty. Experienced Xia, Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties, as well as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

In the history of 1800 years, the ancestors of China created brilliant historical civilization, among which Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Xia and Shang Dynasties and bronzes in Yin and Shang Dynasties were historical symbols of human civilization. Hundred schools of thought, a great thinker in this period, initiated the first cultural and academic prosperity in the history of China. Military strategist Sun Wu's The Art of War is still widely used in military, economic and other fields. Qu Yuan is a great poet in the history of China. Shi Gan Xing Jing in the Warring States Period is the earliest catalogue in the world. At this historical stage, China gradually moved from decentralization to unification.