Duke De of Qin (秦德公 Qín Dé Gōng, 710–676 BC) was from 677 to 676 BC the eleventh ruler of the
Zhou Dynasty state of
Qin that eventually united China to become the Qin Dynasty. His ancestral name was Ying ([[wikt:嬴), and Duke De was his posthumous title.
Duke De was the second of the three sons of his father Duke Xian of Qin. His younger half-brother Chuzi was the first to succeed Duke Xian in 704 BC, but was killed six years later. His older brother Duke Wu of Qin then ascended the throne and reigned for 20 years. Although Duke Wu had a son named Bai (白), when he died in 678 BC it was Duke De who succeeded him, while Prince Bai was enfeoffed at the capital Pingyang.
In the first year of his reign, Duke De moved the capital to Yong (in present-day Fengxiang, Shaanxi), which would remain the capital of Qin until almost three centuries later, when Duke Xian (Shixi) moved the capital to Yueyang in 383 BC. However, Duke De reigned for only two years before dying in 676 BC, aged 34. He had three sons, who would in turn ascend the throne as Duke Xuan, Duke Cheng, and Duke Mu, respectively.
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秦德公（前710年 - 前676年），
嬴姓，春秋時期
秦國君主。秦憲公次子，
秦武公之弟，
秦出子之兄，在位2年。
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前678年，秦武公去世，其子公子白受封于平陽（今陝西省岐山縣西南），未能繼位，其弟秦德公繼位。
前677年，秦德公將秦國首都遷至雍城（今陝西省鳳翔縣），並用牛羊豬各三百頭在鄜畤祭祀天地，占卜居住在雍城是否適宜。占卜的結果是：後代子孫將在黃河邊飲馬。同年，梁、芮兩國國君前來朝見。
前676年，初次設立伏祭，在城邑四門殺狗祭祀，祛除傳播疾病的暑氣。
秦德公有三個兒子，長子秦宣公、次子秦成公、少子秦穆公。前676年，秦德公去世，葬于陽，長子秦宣公繼位。
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