At the end of the Warring States Period, the monarch of the State of Qin, the first founding emperor of the Qin Dynasty to unify China, was also called Qin Shihuang.
Won the surname, Zhao, (Zheng). In the pre-Qin period, men called (Zhao Zheng) and Qin Wei appropriate, but later generations called them Ying Zheng.
Qin Shihuang was the first monarch to use the title of "Emperor" in the history of China, which had a far-reaching and significant impact on the history of China and the world, and was praised as "the first emperor through the ages" by Li Zhi, a thinker in the Ming Dynasty.
Main achievements: "counties are in the sea, and laws and regulations are unified"; Build the Great Wall.
The centralization of authority established in the Qin Dynasty was imitated by successive dynasties.
Among them, the "three public officials and nine ministers" in the Han Dynasty basically copied the Qin system.
Qin Shihuang's order to unify and simplify Chinese characters is a summary of the development and evolution of ancient Chinese characters and a great reform of Chinese characters, which has played an important role in the development of China culture.
Qin Shihuang made many unprecedented achievements in unifying China, and listed several influential issues as follows: 1. Unify the written language, making it the foundation of a nation and continuing to this day; 4. Abandoning the enfeoffment system and establishing counties and counties became the standard mode of management after the reunification of China, which lasted for thousands of years; 13. unifying currency and weights and measures will greatly promote domestic business exchanges. 4. The cars are on the same track and the roads are at the same distance. The construction of Qin Zhi Road greatly facilitates domestic traffic; 5. Burn the history books of the six countries, unify thoughts objectively, and avoid splitting the country due to historical problems; However, the destruction of ancient books in various countries has made a considerable number of ancient cultural faults and ancient history in China dating, which is really regrettable; 6. The construction of Lingqu strengthens the control over the Pearl River Basin, making this area the territory of China forever; 7. Build the Great Wall to make it a natural dividing line between agricultural and nomadic peoples, and the Great Wall will become a national border for a long time; ⒏ Attack the Xiongnu in the north, recapture the Hetao area, and make this area the territory of China forever.