Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇, pronunciation; February 259 – 12 July 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. Rather than...
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Sima Qian, they accepted Qin Er Shi as a member of the state of Qin's House of Ying. Huhai is the eighteenth son of Qin Shi Huang. As the youngest son, he...
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Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (Chinese: 秦始皇陵; pinyin: Qínshǐhuáng Líng) is the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin dynasty. It is located...
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Ying Zheng, who had become king of the Qin state in 246, declared himself to be "Shi Huangdi", the first emperor. Qin was a minor power for the early centuries...
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of Qin Shi Huang" An elder brother of Qin Er Shi; 三赵高反,二世自杀,高立二世兄子婴。 In the third year [of Qin Er Shi], [Zhao] Gao made a coup d'etat, [Qin] Er Shi committed...
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military general of Qin during the Warring States era. Alongside Wang Jian, Wang Ben and other generals, Li Xin served under Qin Shi Huang (Ying Zheng) in...
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Burning of books and burying of scholars (redirect from Qin Shi Huang's biblioclasm)
burial of 460 Confucian scholars in 212 BCE ordered by Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang. The events were alleged to have destroyed philosophical treatises of...
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Look up Qín Shǐhuáng in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇; 259 BC – 210 BC) was the founder and first emperor of the Qin dynasty...
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of Qin Shi Huang, who would later unify China proper and become China's first emperor. He was posthumously honored as Taishang Huang by the Qin dynasty...
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Qin control. Ying Zheng declared himself the First Emperor, or Qin Shi Huang—becoming the first sovereign over a unified China under the imperial Qin...
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Qin Shi Huang's imperial tours (Chinese: 秦始皇東巡) refer to the trips that China's first emperor Qin Shi Huang undertook between the years 220 BC and 210...
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Li Si (category Qin Shi Huang)
politician of the Qin dynasty. He served as Chancellor from 246 to 208 BC, first under King Zheng of the state of Qin—who later became Qin Shi Huang, the "First...
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region south of the Yangtze River attracted the attention of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and he undertook a series of military campaigns to conquer it. Lured...
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Zhao Gao (category Qin Shi Huang)
of the Qin dynasty of China. Allegedly a eunuch, he served as a close aide to all three rulers of the Qin dynasty – Qin Shi Huang, Qin Er Shi and Ziying...
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History of the Great Wall of China (redirect from Qin Great Wall)
(475–221 BC) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly founded Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) against incursions by nomads from...
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Fusu (category Qin Shi Huang)
apparent of Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty. After being deceived by two alchemists while seeking prolonged life, Qin Shi Huang supposedly...
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BC, Qin emerged as one of the dominant powers among the Seven Warring States. It unified the seven states of China in 221 BC under Qin Shi Huang. This...
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of Qin, ruled 306 BC – 251 BC King Xiaowen of Qin, ruled 250 BC King Zhuangxiang of Qin, ruled 250 BC – 247 BC, father of Qin Shi Huang Qin Shi Huang, ruled...
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The Myth (film) (category Films set in the Qin dynasty)
(Kim), a Korean princess, back to China to serve as a concubine for Qin Shi Huang, in an attempt to strengthen diplomatic relationships. Along the journey...
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Emperor of China (section Early dynasties and Qin)
an emperor was titled as the Taishang Huang ('grand imperial sire'). The practice was initiated by Qin Shi Huang, who gave the title as a posthumous name...
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Queen Dowager Zhao (category Qin Shi Huang)
personal name unknown, was the wife of King Zhuangxiang of Qin and the mother of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. Upon her marriage, she was the...
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History of China (redirect from Pre-Qin)
and Wuxing. China was first united under a single imperial state by Qin Shi Huang in 221 BC. Orthography, weights, measures, and law were all standardized...
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chariots that were unearthed in 1980 at the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Qin Shi Huang (reigned 247–220 BCE). When the models were found they were in...
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Historian, after Jing Ke failed in his attempt to assassinate emperor Qin Shi Huang, the Kingdom of Yan where Jing Ke was a retainer, was conquered by General...
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Epang Palace (category Qin Shi Huang)
complex built during the reign of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China and the founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty. It is located in western Xi’an...
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Terracotta Army (category Qin Shi Huang)
Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with...
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Great Wall of China (category Qin Shi Huang)
with selective stretches later joined by Qin Shi Huang (220–206 BC), the first emperor of China. Little of the Qin wall remains. Later on, many successive...
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Small seal script (category Culture of the Qin dynasty)
ancient Chinese states following Qin's wars of unification and establishment of the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) under Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China...
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in China drew to a close, with Qin Shi Huang conquering the six other nation-states and establishing the short-lived Qin dynasty, the first empire of China...
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Qin Shi Huang is a Chinese historical drama television series based on the life of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor who unified China under the Qin dynasty...
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