When we watch movies or TV series about Qin Shihuang, the actors who play Qin Shihuang are all handsome. So the question is, was Qin Shihuang handsome or ugly in history? However, no matter whether Qin Shihuang is handsome or not, no one can deny his greatness.
As the first orthodox emperor in Chinese history, Qin Shihuang set many records in China. His achievements can be said to put other emperors of China to shame, and he is considered to be the best candidate for the emperor through the ages. What does such a great man look like?
Many of our readers have seen Yan's Emperors of the Past Dynasty, which depicts more than a dozen emperors such as Sun Quan, Liu Bei, and tyrants like this. In his works, most emperors are crowned, majestic, wise and enlightened, with a graceful and generous style. So, as the first emperor in history, was Qin Shihuang as tall and burly as other emperors?
Let us open the historical records of Qin Shihuang written by the great historian and veteran teacher Sima Qian and see how such authoritative historical materials record the appearance of Qin Shihuang. The original text is as follows: The King of Qin is a man, long and precise, with long eyes, a bird's beak, and a jackal. In the vernacular, Qin Shihuang has a flat nose, slender eyes and chicken breasts. Some friends may ask, what is chicken breast? To put it bluntly, it is lordosis of the anterior chest wall.
It can be seen that in the writings of the old teacher Sima Qian, Qin Shihuang did not look like an emperor, was not handsome, and was even a little deformed. Of course, the description of Qin Shihuang's appearance written by Sima Qian was said by Wei Liaozi. So are Liao Weizi’s words credible? Don’t mention that this Liao Weizi was a real person in history. He was a hermit during the Warring States Period, the same period as Qin Shi Huang. His book Wei Liaozi is a famous military book in ancient my country and is very famous.
Other ancient books of the Han Dynasty also describe the appearance of Qin Shihuang. For example, the classic Han Dynasty work "Li Wei" records that Qin Shihuang was eight feet six inches tall in addition to the characteristics recorded in historical records. Even now, his height is unusually high, and he feels like a big man from the northwest. Eighty-six inches is Kobe's current height, 1.98 meters, very impressive.
In short, there is no conclusion about the appearance of Qin Shihuang. Some scholars think he is handsome, while others think he is ugly. However, no matter what Qin Shihuang looked like, he was one of the greatest emperors in Chinese history. No one can deny this. Let us remember this great emperor.