The first emperor : selections from the Historical records
Sima Qian tells the story of the First Emperor, founder of the Qin dynasty, in whose reign the Great Wall was built and whose tomb was guarded by the famous terracotta warriors excavated in 1974. His account details the ruthless exercise of power but also the creation of an empire that endured until 1911.
Print Book, English, [2009], ©2007
Oxford University Press, Oxford, [2009], ©2007
Biography
xxxviii, 165 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
9780199574391, 0199574391
481239833
The birth of the first emperor
An assassination attempt
The biography of the chief minister of Qin
The builder of the Great Wall
The annals of Qin
The treatises
The story of the rebel Xiang Yu
The story of the rebel Chen Sheng
Reprint. Originally published: 2007
Translated from the Chinese