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Qin Shi Huangdi

Qin Shi Huang
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King of Qin
Reign 7 May 247 – 220 BC
Predecessor King Zhuangxiang
Emperor of China
Reign 220 BC – 10 September 210 BC
Successor Qin Er Shi
Born 18 February 259 BC
Died 10 September 210 BC (aged 49)
Issue Crown Prince Fusu
Qin Er Shi
Prince Gao
Prince Jianglü
Full name
Ancestral name: Ying ()
Clan name: Zhao ()
Given name: Zheng ()
House Qin dynasty
Father King Zhuangxiang
Mother Queen Dowager Zhao
Full name
Ancestral name: Ying ()
Clan name: Zhao ()
Given name: Zheng ()
Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang (Chinese characters).svg
"Qin Shi Huang" in seal script (top) and regular (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese
Literal meaning "First Emperor of the Qin"
Shi Huang Di
Chinese
Literal meaning "First Emperor"

Qin Shi Huang Listen (Chinese: 秦始皇; literally: "First Emperor of Qin"; 18 February 259 BC – 10 September 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and was the first emperor of a unified China. He was born Ying Zheng (嬴政) or Zhao Zheng (趙政), a prince of the state of Qin. He became the King Zheng of Qin (秦王政) when he was thirteen, then China's first emperor when he was 38 after the Qin had conquered all of the other Warring States and unified all of China in 221 BC. Rather than maintain the title of "king" borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, he ruled as the First Emperor (始皇帝) of the Qin dynasty from 220 to 210 BC. His self-invented title "emperor" (皇帝, About this sound huángdì), as indicated by his use of the word "First", would continue to be borne by Chinese rulers for the next two millennia.


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