Qin Shihuang Achievements
Emperor Qin Shihuang, also called Ying Zheng, is well-known and famous in China. The reason he got so much attention and criticism might come down to his mining the terra-cotta soldiers and horses buried with him in Xi'an.
Ying Zheng was born in 259 B.C. When he was 13, he was the king of the state of Qin in 246 B.C. He started a series of wars for the sake of unifying the country in 238 B.C. In 230 B.C, He defeated the state of Han. After ten years of time, he defeated the last remaining state, Qi, in 221 B.C. Later on, he established the Qin Dynasty, which made him the first one to unify the nation in the history of China. Afterwards, he made himself the highest ruler and claimed himself as "Huang-Di" which is emperor in Chinese. Some historians praise Qin Shihuang for his achievement during his time. Some historians criticize him for his cruelty and some questionable decisions.
For his achievements, he established the system of prefectures and divided the entire nation into 36 prefectures. Moreover, he unified laws, weights …show more content…
and measures, currencies and written characters. The Great Wall was also built under his instructions. For his blame, he destroyed all local armaments and burnt all opposing philosophers' works in order to confirm his power and authority. Along with that, he also buried 460 opposing intellectuals alive because their negative comments about him. Citizens who opposed his harsh laws, frequent military recruitment and heavy taxation were extremely tortured. Historians also criticize that his extremely luxury tyranny exhausted the entire national power at that time.
In order to secure and defend his power, Qin Shihuang decided to build the world famous Great Wall. During his time, the Qin always faced constant attacks from the Huns. As a result, Qin Shihuang decided to build the Great Wall to defend his throne. In his plan, the great wall would strength the original walls of the states of Yan, Zhao and Qin. Qin Shihuang enlisted hundred thousand laborers to construct the-thousand-li Great Wall. The Great Wall passed through highlands, rough mountains and deep gorges. The laborers had to work and build walls on high peaks and deep ditches, making it extremely hard for the laborers. At that time, constructions had to be done by labor force, clearing mountains, collecting rough rocks, building bricks with clay.
Those hundred thousand of workers are forced to work day and night to build the Great Wall.
Sometimes they even had to work under extreme weather conditions. In the days, they had to work under the burning sun without any shades. Sometimes, there were rainstorms and thunderstorms. The laborers had nowhere to hide, so they just simply had to stand in the wind and rain, hoping the dazzling flashes would not shot them. During the winters, the wind blew up all the dusts to their eyes. The cold weather froze their cheeks and ears. Some of them were freeze to death during snowstorms. The world-famous ten-thousand ii Great Wall was actually built with the blood and sweat of those hundred thousand of workers. However, Qin Shihuang did not have any sympathy for his workers. He tortured those laborers who worked too slow or tried to escape. He did not care about their working conditions, he just wanted to have the Great Wall done as soon as
possible.
Qin Shihuang burnt thousands of books and buried thousands of scholars as a way to demonstrate his absolute authority. During his time, the scholars always complained about his unfair laws, heavy regulations and heavy taxation which to Qin Shihuang was a thread to his throne and might injure his reputation. Qin Shihuang was worries about these antigovernment forces would build up and endanger his power and authority. As a result, he posted a "Prohibition of Books" policy throughout the entire nation. First, he ordered to burn all the historic books of the Six States (except the state of Qin) Secondly, he ordered to collect all copies of The Book of Songs, The Book of Documents, and The Analects of Various. He had them burned by the local government. Thirdly, he put those who discussed about The Book of Songs or The Book of Documents and those who failed to report such events to public execution. Citizens who did not burn these books within 30 days were punished by tattooing characters on their face and put to work at the construction the Great Wall. Lastly, every citizen was responsible to learn all the laws and regulations from the government. After the establishment of this policy, books were burned everywhere in the nation. All the documents and ancient records were burned to dust and ashes. In 212 B.C., after burning thousands of books, Qin Shihuang began to torture those opposing scholars. He ordered the death of 460 scholars and they were buried in a deep valley outside of the city. Thousands of precious document were bruned to ashes, thousands of innocent scholars were put to death under Qin Shihuang’s absolute authority.
In order to make sure he has a peaceful rest after his death, Qin Shihuang used the entire nation’s labor power and wealth to build himself a imperial palace. During the Warrior states time, Qin Shihuang decided to build a imperial palaces for himself at the Qin capital, He used imperial palace of each defeated state as his reference. As a result, there were six different imperial palaces in the capital of Qin. He wanted his palaces to fill with beauties and music. He also ordered his men to build a monuments so that he could have a long peaceful sleep. He is extremely determined to have the most gorgeous and luxurious tomb in history. The Epang Palace was the first imperial palace to be build. It was gigantic. It was 3300 feet long and 550 feet wide in length. It is estimated that it could possibly hold 10,000 people. It took a huge effort of labor, money and materials to get the Epang Palace done. However, it is just one of many palaces. In fact, Qin Shihuang had about 700 palaces built. Every palace was filled with well-furnished furniture, musical instruments, gold and jewels.
After Qin Shihuang unified the nation, he continued his imperial palace project. At that time, the imperial palace was 8200 feet long and 550 feet tall. He also ordered craftsmen to make a huge amount of terra-cotta soldiers in order to show his mightiness and power. The terra-cotta soldier itself is about 6 feet 2 inches high. All of them were geared up heavy armors and well-made weapons. Each of them was riding a terra-cotta horses. The terra-cotta horses itself is about 10 feet long. They were placed in groups of four. It toke about 700,000 laborers working every day and night all years long to get this project done.
Ying Zheng was born in 259 B.C. When he was 13, he was the king of the state of Qin in 246 B.C. He started a series of wars for the sake of unifying the country in 238 B.C. In 230 B.C, He defeated the state of Han. After ten years of time, he defeated the last remaining state, Qi, in 221 B.C. Later on, he established the Qin Dynasty, which made him the first one to unify the nation in the history of China. Afterwards, he made himself the highest ruler and claimed himself as "Huang-Di" which is emperor in Chinese. Some historians praise Qin Shihuang for his achievement during his time. Some historians criticize him for his cruelty and some questionable decisions.
For his achievements, he established the system of prefectures and divided the entire nation into 36 prefectures. Moreover, he unified laws, weights …show more content…
and measures, currencies and written characters. The Great Wall was also built under his instructions. For his blame, he destroyed all local armaments and burnt all opposing philosophers' works in order to confirm his power and authority. Along with that, he also buried 460 opposing intellectuals alive because their negative comments about him. Citizens who opposed his harsh laws, frequent military recruitment and heavy taxation were extremely tortured. Historians also criticize that his extremely luxury tyranny exhausted the entire national power at that time.
In order to secure and defend his power, Qin Shihuang decided to build the world famous Great Wall. During his time, the Qin always faced constant attacks from the Huns. As a result, Qin Shihuang decided to build the Great Wall to defend his throne. In his plan, the great wall would strength the original walls of the states of Yan, Zhao and Qin. Qin Shihuang enlisted hundred thousand laborers to construct the-thousand-li Great Wall. The Great Wall passed through highlands, rough mountains and deep gorges. The laborers had to work and build walls on high peaks and deep ditches, making it extremely hard for the laborers. At that time, constructions had to be done by labor force, clearing mountains, collecting rough rocks, building bricks with clay.
Those hundred thousand of workers are forced to work day and night to build the Great Wall.
Sometimes they even had to work under extreme weather conditions. In the days, they had to work under the burning sun without any shades. Sometimes, there were rainstorms and thunderstorms. The laborers had nowhere to hide, so they just simply had to stand in the wind and rain, hoping the dazzling flashes would not shot them. During the winters, the wind blew up all the dusts to their eyes. The cold weather froze their cheeks and ears. Some of them were freeze to death during snowstorms. The world-famous ten-thousand ii Great Wall was actually built with the blood and sweat of those hundred thousand of workers. However, Qin Shihuang did not have any sympathy for his workers. He tortured those laborers who worked too slow or tried to escape. He did not care about their working conditions, he just wanted to have the Great Wall done as soon as
possible.
Qin Shihuang burnt thousands of books and buried thousands of scholars as a way to demonstrate his absolute authority. During his time, the scholars always complained about his unfair laws, heavy regulations and heavy taxation which to Qin Shihuang was a thread to his throne and might injure his reputation. Qin Shihuang was worries about these antigovernment forces would build up and endanger his power and authority. As a result, he posted a "Prohibition of Books" policy throughout the entire nation. First, he ordered to burn all the historic books of the Six States (except the state of Qin) Secondly, he ordered to collect all copies of The Book of Songs, The Book of Documents, and The Analects of Various. He had them burned by the local government. Thirdly, he put those who discussed about The Book of Songs or The Book of Documents and those who failed to report such events to public execution. Citizens who did not burn these books within 30 days were punished by tattooing characters on their face and put to work at the construction the Great Wall. Lastly, every citizen was responsible to learn all the laws and regulations from the government. After the establishment of this policy, books were burned everywhere in the nation. All the documents and ancient records were burned to dust and ashes. In 212 B.C., after burning thousands of books, Qin Shihuang began to torture those opposing scholars. He ordered the death of 460 scholars and they were buried in a deep valley outside of the city. Thousands of precious document were bruned to ashes, thousands of innocent scholars were put to death under Qin Shihuang’s absolute authority.
In order to make sure he has a peaceful rest after his death, Qin Shihuang used the entire nation’s labor power and wealth to build himself a imperial palace. During the Warrior states time, Qin Shihuang decided to build a imperial palaces for himself at the Qin capital, He used imperial palace of each defeated state as his reference. As a result, there were six different imperial palaces in the capital of Qin. He wanted his palaces to fill with beauties and music. He also ordered his men to build a monuments so that he could have a long peaceful sleep. He is extremely determined to have the most gorgeous and luxurious tomb in history. The Epang Palace was the first imperial palace to be build. It was gigantic. It was 3300 feet long and 550 feet wide in length. It is estimated that it could possibly hold 10,000 people. It took a huge effort of labor, money and materials to get the Epang Palace done. However, it is just one of many palaces. In fact, Qin Shihuang had about 700 palaces built. Every palace was filled with well-furnished furniture, musical instruments, gold and jewels.
After Qin Shihuang unified the nation, he continued his imperial palace project. At that time, the imperial palace was 8200 feet long and 550 feet tall. He also ordered craftsmen to make a huge amount of terra-cotta soldiers in order to show his mightiness and power. The terra-cotta soldier itself is about 6 feet 2 inches high. All of them were geared up heavy armors and well-made weapons. Each of them was riding a terra-cotta horses. The terra-cotta horses itself is about 10 feet long. They were placed in groups of four. It toke about 700,000 laborers working every day and night all years long to get this project done.