The True Story of the First Emperor of China.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 14380 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 192 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2010 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251040080 |
Before King Ying Zheng (247-210), better known by his title of First Emperor, China was fragmented into numerous states fighting tirelessly against each other. One of these, the Qin, managed to become an unsurpassed military power during the 4th and 3rd centuries. Ying Zheng, building on the work of his predecessors, then conquered all the Chinese kingdoms and, in 221, unified the entire territory under his authority, creating a new political system: the Empire. The Qin Empire did not survive the despot who founded it, but the ideological and administrative reforms that Ying Zheng implemented laid the foundations for all the political powers that followed in China until the early 20th century. What do Chinese sources say about this brilliant, excessive, and megalomaniac ruler, the very one who had himself buried with an army of 8,000 terracotta soldiers? This book presents its history as it is recounted in the oldest texts, first and foremost the Historical Memoirs of the great historian Sima Qian (140-86).
Before King Ying Zheng (247-210), better known by his title of First Emperor, China was fragmented into numerous states fighting tirelessly against each other. One of these, the Qin, managed to become an unsurpassed military power during the 4th and 3rd centuries. Ying Zheng, building on the work of his predecessors, then conquered all the Chinese kingdoms and, in 221, unified the entire territory under his authority, creating a new political system: the Empire. The Qin Empire did not survive the despot who founded it, but the ideological and administrative reforms that Ying Zheng implemented laid the foundations for all the political powers that followed in China until the early 20th century. What do Chinese sources say about this brilliant, excessive, and megalomaniac ruler, the very one who had himself buried with an army of 8,000 terracotta soldiers? This book presents its history as it is recounted in the oldest texts, first and foremost the Historical Memoirs of the great historian Sima Qian (140-86).