Qin Shi Huang

Full Name: Ying Zheng

Other Names: 

• Shi Huangdi

• Zhao Zheng

Born: 259 BCE at Handan, Zhao (present-day Handan, Hebei, China, Asia, Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, Earth)

Died: 12 July 210 BCE at Shaqiu (沙丘), Qin dynasty (present-day Pingxiang County, Hebei, Asia, Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, Earth)

Burial: Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

Species: Human

Citizenship: Chinese 🇨🇳

Ethnicity: 

• Seth's Children

  • Han Chinese

Age: 49 (his death)

Gender: Male ♂️

Occupation: 

• Qin Emperor

Religion: Chinese Folk Religion

Language Spoken: 

• Isu/Borean languages

  • Punjabi

  • French

  • English

Reign: 221 BC – 12 July 210 BC BCE

Predecessor: King Zhuangxiang

Successor: Office abolished on Qin (221 BCE), but Qin Er Shi (12 July 210 BCE)

Alignment: Neutral

Paraphernalia: 

• His sword

• His staff

Powers and Abilities: 

• TBA

Partner(s): 

• Unknown

Relative(s): 

• See below

Affiliate(s): 

• See below

Like(s): TBA

Dislike(s): TBA

Inspiration: Himself

Life Status: Deceased

Conservation Status: Extinct

Upon unifying China in 221 BCE, he coined the title Qin Shi Huang (秦始皇帝):

• Qin (秦): His state/dynasty name.

• Shi (始): Meaning "First".

• Huangdi (皇帝): "Emperor", created by combining Huang ("god-king") and Di ("sage-king") to signal supremacy over all former kings (Wang).

There is no securely verified contemporary portrait that establishes Qin Shi Huang's exact appearance. Most familiar images are later artistic reconstructions. His precise height, weight, and body type are unknown. Traditional portraits often depict him with a long face, dark hair, a mustache or beard, and imperial robes, but these are artistic conventions rather than confirmed physical facts.

As emperor, he would have worn elaborate court clothing and formal headgear appropriate to his rank, although the exact appearance of his personal wardrobe is uncertain. Later accounts portray him as imposing and physically distinctive, but they must be treated cautiously because they were written after his lifetime.

Born in Handan, the capital of Zhao, as Ying Zheng (嬴政) or Zhao Zheng (趙政), his parents were King Zhuangxiang of Qin and Lady Zhao. The wealthy merchant Lü Buwei assisted him in succeeding his father as the king of Qin, after which he became King Zheng of Qin (秦王政). By 221 BC, he had conquered all the other warring states and unified all of China, and he ascended the throne as China's first emperor. During his reign, his generals greatly expanded the size of the Chinese state: campaigns south of Chu permanently added the Yue lands of Hunan and Guangdong to the Sinosphere, and campaigns in Inner Asia conquered the Ordos Plateau from the nomadic Xiongnu, although the Xiongnu later rallied under Modu Chanyu.

Educated under rigid Legalist tradition by top scholars and advisors like Lü Buwei and later Li Si. His studies focused heavily on legal theory, military strategy, statecraft, administrative organization, and classic historical texts.

Qin Shi Huang was not simply a battlefield warrior. His greatest abilities were political, strategic, and administrative for the Order of the Ancients (predecessors of Order of Assassins and Templar Order against Monster Hunter's ancestor, Hidden Savior).

He used Qin's established military institutions, resources, alliances, and commanders to defeat rival states. His success depended on an organized state and capable generals, not solely on his personal fighting skill.

His government standardized weights, measures, currency, and important aspects of written script and transport infrastructure, helping officials administer a large territory. The Qin state developed roads, canals, defensive works, and supply networks that supported military campaigns and government communication. His mausoleum complex and monumental building projects demonstrated the Qin court's ability to mobilize enormous quantities of labor and resources.

What is not established: There is no dependable evidence that Qin Shi Huang was an exceptional swordsman, martial artist, archer, or hand-to-hand combatant. Those portrayals are common in action films, television, games, and novels.

Because Qin Shi Huang left no personal diary or autobiography that survives, historians reconstruct his personality from government actions and accounts written by later authors. His commonly discussed traits include that he sought to conquer rival states and establish a new imperial order, he concentrated power in the central government and severely restricted political opposition, his government used practical administrative methods to manage territory and resources, later accounts describe his fear of assassination, political betrayal, and death, and his adoption of the title First Emperor presented his achievement as the beginning of a new era. Even he sponsored searches for substances or methods that might extend his life.

These characteristics should not be treated as a complete psychological diagnosis. Ancient accounts were shaped by political and moral judgments, particularly those of historians writing under the succeeding Han dynasty.

Qin Shi Huang has often been portrayed as a tyrant and strict Legalist—characterizations that stem partly from the scathing assessments made during the Han dynasty that succeeded the Qin. Since the mid-20th century, scholars have begun questioning this evaluation, inciting considerable discussion on the actual nature of his policies and reforms.

A balanced historical interpretation would describe him as an authoritarian unifier whose administrative achievements were accompanied by serious human costs. Whether he is a hero or villain depends on the moral framework being applied because Qin Shi Huang is considered a nuetral figure. His unification and reforms were historically consequential, but they do not erase the violence and coercion associated with his rule.

TBA

Family

1. King Zichu of Qin (Ying Yiren) (father)

2. Queen Dowager Zhao (Zhao Ji) (mother)

3. Fusu (first son)

4. Huhai (Qin Er Shi, second son)

Pets

Historical texts do not document specific personal household pets, though he maintained imperial hunting grounds with war horses, falcons, and hounds used for state hunts.

1. Horses

2. Dogs

3. Falcons

4. Fenghuang

5. Azure Dragon

Allies

• Humans

  1. Lü Buwei

  2. Li Si

  3. Zhao Gao

  4. Han Fe

  5. Sima Qian

• Factions

1. Order of the Ancients (his supporters)

   1. Assassin Order (ally)

   2. Templar Order (ally)

Enemies

• Humans

  1. Jing Ke

• Factions

  1. Hidden Savior/Monster Hunter

     1. Chinese Hunter's Guild

1. " none "

See also: none

• Shi Huang ordered the destruction of non-pragmatic texts (history, poetry, philosophy) and famously executed around 460 Confucian scholars (though modern scholars debate the exact scale and details of the event).

• During Jing Ke's assassination attempt, Qin Shi Huang's ceremonial ceremonial sword was so long that he struggled to draw it out of its sheath while running around a pillar, until a court physician shouted at him to carry it on his back.

• His central burial chamber remains unexcavated to this day due to fears of damaging artifacts, as well as ancient records claiming it contains traps and rivers of flowing mercury.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huang

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Qin-Shi-Huang-842135135