Qin Shihuang (Figure 4) In 247 BC, the king of Qin Wang Zheng ascended the throne at the age of 13. In the first 238 years, when Qin Shihuang was 22 years old, he held the coronation ceremony of the monarch in Yongcheng, his old capital, and began to "manage state affairs personally". From 230 BC to 22 BC1year, the six countries of Korea, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan and Qi perished one after another. At the age of 39, he completed the great cause of reunifying China, and established a powerful centralized country with the Han nationality as the main body-the Qin Dynasty. Xianyang is its capital. 2 10 years ago, Qin Shihuang died in a sand dune (now Xingtai City, Hebei Province) on his way to the East. Qin Shihuang believed that his contribution was the charm of Qin Yangling Mausoleum.
Better than the previous Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and agreed to change the title of minister to "Emperor". Qin Shihuang was the first monarch to use the title of "Emperor" in the history of China, calling himself "the first emperor", but he died the next year. Qin Shihuang had a far-reaching and significant influence on China and world history, and was praised as "the first emperor through the ages" by Li Zhi, a thinker in the Ming Dynasty. Qin Shihuang was not a tyrant recorded in Historical Records written by Sima Qian. If you want to know the real Qin Shihuang, there is a detailed introduction in the book The Real Qin Shihuang. It can be said that Qin Shihuang is a legendary epoch-making figure in the history of China and the founder of the first multi-ethnic centralized empire in the history of China.