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Biography of Quin Shi Huang-DiName: Quin Shi Huang-DiBirth Date: 259 B.C. Death Date: 210 B.C. Place of Birth: China Nationality: Chinese Gender: Male Occupations: emperor Quin Shi Huang-Di First emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Quin Shi Huang-di (259 BC-210 BC) unified China in 221 BC and turned the country into a centralized empire.Contributed by Liping Bu, Ph.D. in History, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaName variations: Qin Shihuangdi, Ch'in Shih Huang-ti, Shih Huang Ti, Qin Shi Huang, Qin Wang Zheng (King Zheng of Qin), Qin Ying, Qin Zheng; Qin Shi Huang-di was his title, often abbreviated as Qin Shi Huang. His own name was Zheng, and his family name was Ying. "Qin" indicates the Qin Dynasty or Qin Empire, "Shi" means the beginning or the first, "Huang-di" means emperor. Born in 259 b.c.; died in 210 b.c.; son of King Zhuang Xiang of Qin; children: more than 20 sons. Predecessor: Zhuang Xiang of Qin. Successor: Hu Hai, his second son.Before Qin Shi Huang (Ch'in Shih Huang-ti) unified China in 221 b.c., the country was torn apart by wars between …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…by earthquake Further Reading Guisso, R. W. L., et al. The First Emperor of China. Carol Pub Group, New York: Birch Lane Press; 1989.Lang, Zhou. Zhong Guo Li Dai Xing Wang Shi Tong Jian (Rise and Fall of Each Dynasty in China). Wu Nan Publishing Company, 1985.Twitchett, Denis, and John Fairbank, eds. The Cambridge Historyof China. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press, 1986.Yu-ning, Liu, ed. The First Emperor of China. White Plains, N.Y.: International Arts and Sciences, 1975. Bodde, Dirk. China's First Unifier: A Study of the Ch'in Dynasty as Seen in the Life of Li Ssu. Hong Kong University Press, 1967.Cotterell, Arthur, The First Emperor of China: the Greatest Archeological Find of Our Time, New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1981. Hsüe-chin, Li. Eastern Zhou and Qin Civilizations. Yale University Press, 1985.Levenson, Joseph R. China: An Interpretive History, From the Beginning to the Fall of Han. University of California Press, 1969. |