“You [intellectuals] revile us for being Qin Shi Huangs. You are wrong. We have surpassed Qin Shi Huang a hundredfold.”
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Qin Shi Huang was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. He invented the title huángdì rather than reuse the existing title for "king" ; the new title was used by monarchs in China and other countries for the next two millennia.
politics · Emperor of China from 221 to 210 BC · politician · emperor · ruler · monarch · also Qin Shi Huang, Zhao Zheng, Qin Shihuang, Çin Shi Huangdi, Ying Zheng, Shi Huangdi
Born 259 BC · Died 210 BC · Q7192
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