 Emperor
Qin Shihuang(259B.C-210B.C),the son of King Zhuang Xiang,had Ying
as his surname and Zheng as his given name.He came to throne as the
King of the state of Qin at the age of 13,but he was too young to
administrate state affairs or to complicated the complicated political
and military problems of the time . The power of Qin actually lay
in the hands of courtiers.When Ying Zheng turned 22 years old in
238B.C, he began to take the helm of the state aftcr he had Lao
Ai murdered and Lu Buwei dismissed from his post.From the year of
231B.C,the other six states Qi Chu Yan Han Zhao and Wei were initiated one
by one after ten years fighting. At the yesr of 221B.C,Ying Zheng
built the first unified,multi-nationality empire under the central
govemment in Chinese history. After the unification ,he named himself Shi
huangdi that means his later generation could be the second,the third
and so on, for endless generations.in 210B.C. Qin Shihuang died of
illness at the age of 50 while on an inspection tour of his empire.
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