Could the Qin Dynasty still exist today

The first thing would be to have the Qin drop their harsh legalist policies as soon as they get their empire in order. And I mean at once. Qin Shi Huangdi himself is going to have to reform his policies to make them less draconic. His failure to do so led to far too much opposition. So one generation later is already too late. If this can be achieved, a lot of reasons for OTL opposition to Qin rule will largely disappear. The Han dynasty never emerges, and the Qin empire continues. This is needed just to get to a place where "lasting Qin dynasty" is even possible.

Now, given that premise, how realistic is it for a an imperial dynasty originating in 221 BC to keep existing for 2238 years? Well, it's not the most likely course of events! But then again, considering that the imperial family of Japan has been there for at least the past 1500 years, a very long-existing dynasty cannot be ruled out as ASB. On the other hand, China is not Japan. The latter one had the advantage of relative isolation, whereas the former was far more 'in the thick of it' when it came to invasions etc. -- And also, China was a vast empire, and those are just very likely to break up from time to time. In fact, keeping China together without any periods of division seems much harder to me than 'simply' preserving a dynasty.

The trick would be to keep the inevitable periods of division more like the Spring and Autumn Period (or, perhaps more fittingly, like the Tokugawa era of Japan). That is: the ruling dynasty stays in charge formally, but has little to no actual power. The emperor is a chiefly ceremonial figure, and removing him would actually be detrimental to the legitimacy of whoever is really in charge at any given time. If you can achieve that situation, you can maintain an unbroken dynasty of emperors, even through periods of near-complete division.

Cannot agree more. To explore the concept of the unbroken dynasty, Qin Shi Huangdi, or arguably his second successor, could have revived the feudal system by releasing remnants of the six states back to Hanyang, instead of keeping them as hostages in the capital intending to exterminate any resistance throughout the rest of the empire---which was totally backfired as the rebellion toppling the dynasty was accompanied by the disgruntled remnants. But their power will be kept ceremonial, with the officials and generals directly sent from Hanyang holding the real power.
 
Cannot agree more. To explore the concept of the unbroken dynasty, Qin Shi Huangdi, or arguably his second successor, could have revived the feudal system by releasing remnants of the six states back to Hanyang, instead of keeping them as hostages in the capital intending to exterminate any resistance throughout the rest of the empire---which was totally backfired as the rebellion toppling the dynasty was accompanied by the disgruntled remnants. But their power will be kept ceremonial, with the officials and generals directly sent from Hanyang holding the real power.
No.What he should have done was to grant fiefs to his own family like the Han dynasty instead of keeping everything as one solified block.He needs to brainwash the people into swearing loyalty to his own family instead of some other family.
 
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