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Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇, pronunciation ⓘ; February 259 [e] – 12 July 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. [9] Rather than maintain the title of "king" (wáng 王) borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, he assumed the invented title of "emperor" (huángdì 皇帝), which would see continuous use by monarchs in China for the next two ...
In 259 BCE, Lady Zhao gave birth to a son, Ying Zheng, who eventually unified China under the Qin dynasty and became historically known as "Qin Shi Huang" (First Emperor of Qin). After the death of King Zhaoxiang in 251 BCE, Lord Anguo was enthroned and became historically known as "King Xiaowen", but he died three days after his coronation in ...
King Zhuangxiang of Qin (281– 6 July 247 BCE [2]), personal name Ying Yiren, Ying Ziyi or Ying Zichu, was a king of the Qin state. [3] He was the father and predecessor 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.
The Qin dynasty (秦朝) was established in 221 BC after Qin Shi Huang, King of Qin, conquered his final independent neighbour, the state of Qi.It is now recognised as the first Chinese imperial dynasty in the modern sense of the term; in recognition of this, its rulers were for the first time titled "Emperor" (皇帝), a title of which the components are drawn from legend, higher than the ...
Meng Yi's father, Meng Wu, served as a general during the reign of King Zhuangxiang's son, Zheng (the future Qin Shi Huang). Meng Wu participated in the Qin campaign against the Chu state as a deputy to the general Wang Jian and succeeded in conquering Chu.
The first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, was born in Handan. His father is King Zhuangxiang of Qin, a statesman from the state of Qin, and his mother is Queen Dowager Zhao, who is a Handan native. At the beginning of the Han dynasty, Handan was Liu Bang's base for suppressing Chen Xi's rebellion in 197 and 196 BCE. By the late Western Han ...
Instances of Chinese rulers who were granted the title Taishang Huang and/or Taishang Huangdi: Early eras. King Zhuangxiang of Qin (281–247 BC). He was posthumously honored by his son, Qin Shi Huang. Liu Taigong (282–197 BC), the father of Emperor Gao (Liu Bang) (the founder of the Han dynasty). Emperor Hui (259–307, r. 290–307) of the ...
Qin Er Shi (230/222 – 207 BC [2]), given name Ying Huhai, was the second emperor of the Chinese Qin dynasty, reigning from 210 to 207 BC.The son of Qin Shi Huang, he was put on the throne by Li Si and Zhao Gao, circumventing his brother Fusu, who had been the designated heir.