HUANGDI, the Yellow Emperor, is a pan-Chinese culture hero and the mythic first emperor of history. In order to avoid the very narrow connotations of the term emperor, the word di is often rendered lord, monarch, thearch, ancestor, or god. The complex...

259-210 B.C. Chinese Emperor Ch'in Shih-huang-ti was a formidable figure in ancient Chinese history. As the emperor of the Ch'in Dynasty he established the parameters of dynastic rule that all others would follow for the next 2,000 years....

The mausoleum of the "First Qin Emperor" Ying Zheng , also known as Qin Shi Huang (259–210 BCE), was built over a period of thirty-seven years with as many as 720,000 workers involved. Situated at the foot of Mount Lishan, 35...

The monarch known now as Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇; pinyin: Qín Shǐ Huáng; Wade-Giles: Ch'in Shih-huang) (259 BCE – September 10, 210 BCE),[1] personal name Yíng Zhèng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from 247 BCE to 221 BCE...

A group of farmers were searching for water in 1974 and began digging a well. There at Xian (pronounced Shee-ahn), in the center of China, they uncovered something very strange. It was the head of an ancient terra cotta (pottery) statue. The news...

(AUSTRALIA-U.S.-CHINA-GERMANY) A Sony Pictures Classics (in U.S.) release of a Film Finance Corp. Australia (Australia)/Rouge Entertainment (U.S.) presentation of an Arthur Cohn/Wieland SchulzKeil production and a Ming Prods. (China)/Bluewater Pictures (Austra]ia)/Zero Fiction (Germany)/Cheerland (China) production, in association with Rough Cut Pictures, Filmko...

An exhibit of the famed Chinese terra cotta warriors is scheduled to open May 18 at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana.Advance tickets for "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor" at the Bowers are on sale now.The exhibit consists of 20 figures and...

Perceptions of the First Emperor have also varied according to the narrator, form of media and target audience. Although the recent movie "Hero" portrayed the Emperor as a person of dignity, many historians in contrast have rendered the Emperor as a cruel tyrant who was greedy and nearsighted. Although Qin Shi Huang accomplished feats his adversaries could not, his terracotta burial was fitting not for commemorating his accomplishments, but rather for illustrating his failures.

Provides a biography of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang Di, and describes how he has influenced his country. Explores how he defeated the feudal stated and gained control over China, then, with his conquest and emperorship complete, he created a series of amendments, which rectified and consolidated China

How a one western and one non-western sculpture portrayed power and authority according to political, social and religious ideals.