Guisso R. L.: The First Emperor Of China

Qin Shi Huang-Di has left a large impact on China, and by extension the world, that has lasted many years. Qin created the foundation of the Chinese country of today. Some scholars even believe that without Qin Shi Huang-Di, there would be no China at all (Gracie). Qin’s impact on the world was the creation of an entire country, a pretty impressive feat. Especially in his time, when nothing like China had ever been created before, his unification and reformation of China into a lasting country is inspiring. Qin is sometimes credited “with establishing the world’s first truly centralized bureaucratic empire” (Gracie). Furthermore, his format of a centralized bureaucratic empire would be the basis for many other empires and countries that would

During the Warring States period (475 – 221 BC), China was made up of seven major states which were often at war with each other. In 221 BC, Shi Huangdi unified the major warring states under the Qin dynasty. Rather than maintain the title of king, he ruled as the First Emperor of the Qin dynasty from 220 to 210 BC. During his reign, he supported the philosophy of Legalism. Legalism in ancient China was a philosophical belief that human beings are essentially bad because they are inherently selfish. No one, unless forced to, willingly does good. Accordingly, a ruler had to create a body of strict laws with strict punishments.

In the World History textbook, “The Human Experience”, a Confucian essay by Jia Yi, and a newspaper article by T’an Hsiao-Wen, it tells us how the Qin Dynasty came to an end. The most reliable source for the end of the dynasty was the Confucian essay by Jia Yi.

During the time when he was in China, he actually work for the court of yuan dynasty, which he learned many ruled and thoughts of how to be a competent Liegeman in Chinese court. He study a lot of eastern people’s philosophy, such as think more and talk less. But in a different way, he was one of the representative of Western culture in Chinese court, he's different than others, he acts and words offset the bad side of the Chinese court, and make yuan dynasty became one of the biggest empire throughout the history. When he went back to his country, he taught people the smarter way for living condition from Chinese people. He taught people the firework, how to make silk products, and some Chinese eating way, such as dumplings and buns. His life really builds up a huge success for the connection between west and east

Every civilization has a prominent figure. That person the civilization looks up to in felicity and pride and follows to the end. That person that provides all of the people of the civilization with hope and a sense of victory. That person that does everything they can in order to assist their civilization in improving anything that could possibly be improved. A certain man or woman that contributes a large quantity to his or her civilization. During the Han dynasty, Liu Bang was one of those prominent figures. Liu Bang was that significant person that provided the Han dynasty with numerous developments that changed the lives of that civilization in such an effective way.

China, up until the Qin Dynasty, consisted of independent states controlled by kings fighting each other for land and power. This time period was called The Era of Warring States, which lasted two hundred years. After this time, the Qin Dynasty rose to power. They conquered all other dynasties, and established a centralized government, unifying China for the first time. The dynasty that succeeded the Qin, the Han, continued the centralized government and they started a westward expansion that would encourage trade and cultural diffusion. The Qin and Han Dynasties were similar in that they both believed in a strong centralized government, which strengthened and unified their empires, but they differed in that the Qin followed the strict Legalism while the Han followed the more flexible Confucianism, and the way they interacted with outsiders; the Qin tended to be more defensive of outsiders while the Han were more interactive and wanted to build relationships with foreigners.

Qin Shi Huang-di is often regarded as a great leader within history. However, he was also paranoid and got rid of anyone who disagreed with him, but without Qin, there might be no China. Furthermore, despite his mixed reputation today, he brought six warring kingdoms together to form the basis of a country that has lasted to this day, an impressive feat that was a huge turning point in Chinese history. Qin’s effect on China and by default, on the other countries of the world was enormous. In fact, his dynasty, the Qin dynasty, even gave China its name (“Shi Huangdi Becomes Emperor”). His influence on the world has lasting impacts even today, though it has been over two thousand years since he lived. Qin Shi Huang-Di was a cruel but effective

Although Qin Shi Huang-Di is sometimes seen as a fantastic leader and unifier, he was also paranoid, oppressive, and tyrannical. For example, he was constantly worried about people who opposed him and about keeping control of his country. When Confucian scholars talked behind his back or criticized him because his administration was built on Legalism, he decided to get rid of them and ordered the arrest and execution of over 400 scholars (Gracie). This dislike of opposition and debate has carried over to the communist party of China today, showing just how much of Qin’s legacy has lasted. Along with the arrest of the scholars, he also used other means to end intellectual opposition. In 213 BCE, he ordered that all books be burned, except for

Qin Shi Huangdi was the first emperor to unify all regions of China into one single empire, taking drastic steps and measures to achieve this aim. He conquered six kingdoms and survived many attempts on his life. Through his barbarity and brutality, he had earned himself the title of the most successful and influential man of China. The State of Qin believed in a political philosophy called Legalism, which justified strict and centralized control and using the people to strengthen Qin. They believed that part of strengthening his rule was to force everyone to simply obey, not speak out against him and by decreeing even how people could write, what they could believe and what they could do. He succeeded in moulding the people to become more

‘Pu Yi led one of the strangest lives in history’ (history today.com, 2009). He spent a good fraction of his life in the Quing Dynasty. In this time, he was known to have beaten his servants (Enuch’s), whenever he felt like it. One time in particular, he decided to reward in Enuch for his puppet show with a large chocolate cake. The only problem was it was full of metal shards, so that Puyi could be entertained by the look on his face when he bite into it. But what makes one do such things? Almost anyone can come to the same conclusion. It was the way he was raised, and taught. He didn't know any better. There was so much pressure put on Pu Yi, a three year old, being treated like a living god, and expected to make decisions for the whole of

Few historical figures can stand alongside legends such as Napoleon and Alexander the Great but in his book, Heavenly Khan, Victor Cunrui Xiong Ph.D. tries to make a case for Tang Emperor Taizong, Li Shimin. Xiong attempts to write a historical fiction that appeals to a wide variety of readers. Heavenly Khan tells the story of Emperor Taizong who grew up in a period of devastation for the Chinese people. Taizong would grow to become a military commander, military genius, and emperor of the Tang Dynasty

Wu Zhao was a good leader in ancient china because she reduced taxes for farmers and introduced a new work system for workers. Wu Zhao recommended and gave out ideas on how to make her dynasty much better than what is was before by making it affordable for others, for example, farmers. The effect of reducing taxes for farmers was that it made a less expensive food production and also made other buddhist from other dynasties realize how affordable Wu Zhao's dynasty is compared to theres. As well as the taxes reduced she had also

Jianzhang Palace was built during the reign period of the Emperor Wu of Han. The Emperor Wu of Han was believed to be one of the greatest emperors in the Chinese history, with his more active, or even aggressive attitudes on the ruling of the empire. Moreover, he was the emperor with the longest reign in Han Dynasty, and he remained the record until the Kangxi Emperor in Qing Dynasty broke it. Differ from the previous emperors in Han Dynasty, the Emperor Wu

Qin Shi Huang’s biggest accomplishment was that he unified China. To do this, he had to defeat six other Kingdoms. They were Han, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Chu and Qi. Zhao fell in 228 BC, Yan in 226 BC, Wei in 225 BC. The powerful Chu fell in 223 BC and Qi in 221 BC. It took Qin Shi Huang less than ten years to become the first Emperor of a unified China.

The Hsia Dynasty considered the first dynasty in China. However this dynasty is legendary because there is little archeological evidence to support existence. It is dated from 2205 BCE to 1760 BCE. According to the legend Yu was the wise king who invented a way to control flooding of the Huang He River so that people could live there. Since there is very little evidence to support the story, the second dynasty, called the Shang Dynasty, is the first one recorded