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  Qin Shi Huang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This name Qin Shi Huang (i.e., "First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty") is the name that appears in the Records of the Grand Historian written by Sima Qian, and is the name most favored today inside China when referring to the First Emperor.
Qin Shi Huang continued military expansion during his reign, annexing regions to the south (what is now Guangdong province was penetrated by Chinese armies for the first time) and fighting nomadic tribes to the north and northwest.
He explained the ultimate weakness of Qin as a result of its ruler's ruthless pursuit of power, the precise factor which had made it so powerful; for as Confucius had taught, the strength of a government ultimately is based on the support of the people and virtuous conduct of the ruler.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shih_Huang_Ti   (4906 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia – Free Online Encyclopedia for Reference, Research, Facts
Under Shih Huang-ti, Ch'in extended the empire W to Guizhou, N to Gansu, and S to Tonkin in what is now Vietnam, and made the capital Xianyang (near modern Xi'an, Shaanxi prov.) the most splendid city of China; it is speculated that much of the Great Wall was built during his reign.
Ch'in Shih Huang-ti has been regarded as a brutal autocrat by many since he is said to have imposed harsh laws, levied heavy taxes, tolerated no criticism, and burned all books except the useful ones on medicine and agriculture.
Shih Huang-ti died in 210 BC and was succeeded by a weakling son.
www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:Chin221   (302 words)

  
 Shih huang-ti (c. 259 - 210/209 B.C.)
The last years of Shih huang-ti's life were dominated by an ever-growing distrust of his entourage‹at least three assassination attempts nearly succeeded‹and his increasing isolation from the common people.
The report that Shih huang-ti was an illegitimate son of Lü Pu-wei is possibly an invention of that epoch.
Shih huang-ti certainly had an imposing personality and showed an unbending will in pursuing his aim of uniting and strengthening the empire.
www.thelatinlibrary.com /imperialism/notes/shihhuang.html   (942 words)

  
 History: TVV Group - Manufacturer and supplier of Neckties & Scarves from China, Asia
Shih Huang Ti's, necktie wearing, terracotta soldiers: 221 B.C. It was a humid September morning in 1974 when a group of Chinese peasants set out for a hillock in the fields near the ancient capital city of Xi'an to dig a new well.
And when Shih Huang Ti died in 210 B.C. during a routine round of inspection, he was placed in this extraordinary mausoleum and forgotten.
Records show that in 16 B.C., during the reign of Ch'eng Ti, the frontier garrison was given one million rolls of silk 32 feet 9 inches (10 m) long and 1 foot 8 inches (53 cm) wide.
www.ties-scarfs.com /history.htm   (478 words)

  
 History Channel Search Results
Shih Huang Ti, the first emperor (221–210 bc) of China, and founder of the Ch'in dynasty, as a defense against raids by nomadic peoples.
Systematic work on the wall was begun about 221 bc, after Shih Huang Ti had united China under his rule, and it was finished about 204 bc.
Small sections of the wall were probably already in existence, but Shih Huang Ti is supposed to have had some 1900 km (nearly 1200 mi) of the wall erected during his reign.
historychannel.com /encyclopedia/article.jsp?link=FWNE.fw..gr087300.a   (315 words)

  
 Explorations in Politics
Now Shih Huang-ti's most spectacular project was to repair and enlarge the segments into one linked wall of stone and earth, with fortifications, gates, and watch-towers.
Despite the inhumanity of his regime, Shih Huang-ti was accorded praise as a nation-builder of vision and enterprise by Mao Tse-tung's Communist Chinese during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s.
Assess the contribution of Shih Huang-ti and Li Ssu to the Ch'in empire.
interzone.com /~cheung/SUM.dir/polit9.html   (2454 words)

  
 SHIH HUANG-TI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Shih Huang-ti was the first ruler to unify all of China.
The emperor unified China with merciless brutality and vowed that all Confucian doctrine, which set limits to the power of the ruler, should be erased.
Shih Huang-ti established a centralized administration and constructed a network of roads and canals.
www.hyperhistory.com /online_n2/people_n2/ppersons2_n2/shihuangti.html   (133 words)

  
 History of Necktie.
The earliest known version of the necktie has been found in the massive mausoleum of China's first emperor, Shih Huang Ti, who was buried in 210 B.C. Desperately afraid of death, the emperor wanted to slaughter an entire to army to accompany him into the next world.
Since silk was a great luxury, the cloths could indicate the ultimate honor Shih Huang Ti bestowed on his soldiers; they were trusted enough to guard him until the end of time.
But bow ties have lost favor for business because they are complicated to tie and must be made in the correct collar size.
www.twilightbridge.com /hobbies/festivals/father/necktie.htm   (3401 words)

  
 IDST 2310 The Fine and Applied Arts in Civilization
Shi Huang Ti was born the illegitimate son of an official in one of the Chinese provinces.
The word "Shi" means "first," and the words "Huang Ti" refer to one of the heavenly emperors of Chinese mythology, whose contribution to Chinese culture was the gift of fire and his twenty-five sons, who became the basis of the feudal families of Chou Dynasty.
Shi Huang Ti departed from his predecessors in many ways, not the least of which was the implementation of a new philosophy of virtue and of law, Legalism.
www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu /~dvess/ids/fap/aschina.htm   (1327 words)

  
 Enculturation: Heather Dubnick on Borges
The anecdote of Shih Huang simultaneously satisfies and disquiets Borges, and this leads him to inquire further into his reaction.
Shih Huang Ti made a grand gesture, attempting to create something that would withstand the inevitable passing of time—and the death of its creator.
The burning of books and the building of a wall mark Shih Huang Ti’s attempt at immortality, but also his failure; the attempt itself remains as a testimony to the aesthetic act.
enculturation.gmu.edu /3_2/dubnick/dubnick4.html   (828 words)

  
 Terracotta Warriors -- ThingsAsian Article
Shih Huang Ti, the first emperor of a unified China, was the man who literally united the Great Wall of China -- ordering his subjects to link different parts of the wall originally built by different provinces.
After decades of fighting between warlords, attacks between the various clans and other instability around the provinces of China, Shih Huang Ti was powerful enough to realize his "one China" dream.
According to the Chinese history, Shih Huang Ti ordered the construction of this extraordinary mausoleum when he was only a 13 year old boy emperor.
www.thingsasian.com /goto_article/article.1775.html   (1638 words)

  
 The American Spectator
Hero would have you believe that the secret to Shih Huang-ti's success in overcoming neighboring states was a corps of ruthless, talented bowmen.
Shih Huang-ti, influenced by the anti-Confucian Legalist philosophers, poured a dissolving acid on the old framework of relationships and ritual.
(That the turmoil which followed on Shih Huang-ti's death was far more sanguinary than the relatively stable disharmony of the Warring States is, apparently, a mere trifle.) Zhang depicts the model tyrant of Asian history as profoundly alert, and even rather matey, once you approach within ten paces of him.
www.spectator.org /dsp_article.asp?art_id=7084   (832 words)

  
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\par }\pard\plain \s3\keepn\widctlpar\outlinelevel2\adjustright \i\fs20\cgrid {\fs22 Han Wu Ti \par }\pard\plain \fi720\widctlpar\adjustright \fs20\cgrid {\fs22 Perhaps the greatest and most powerful of the Han emperors was Han Wu Ti, who came to power in 141 BC at the age of sixteen and ruled for fifty four years, the second longest reign in Chinese history.
In addition, Han Wu Ti established a network of "ever-level granaries," which were designed to store excess grain in order to prevent starvation in times of flood or drought.
Chang-an itself was sacked by one of these warlords, Huang Ch'ao, and the remaining decades of the T'ang dynasty were essentially a period of chaos among small, fractious kingdoms.
www.wsu.edu /~dee/TEXT/chememp.rtf   (14726 words)

  
 Essay Galaxy - Shih Huang Ti
In the year 221 B.C.E., there was a great ruler over the Ch’in kingdom in China, named Shih Huang Ti.
Shih was power hungry and wanted more land so he gathered his army and captured the surrounding kingdoms.
Shih showed his tyranny when he burned all history books to insure that his people and future generations would only remember him and none of the earlier rulers.
www.essaygalaxy.com /download.htm?essay=194341   (146 words)

  
 China's First Emperor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He declared himself Ch'in Shih Huang Ti, First Emperor, establishing the Rule of Emperors (called Huang Ti) that would last in China until 1911 with the abdication of the last emperor, Pu Yi.
To solidify his power, Ch'in Shih Huang Ti build a mobile army of cavalry and chariots armed with iron swords and bows.
The creation of a central government was used to standardize weights and measures, coinage, roadways, legal codes and a standardized, written script that could be read not only by speakers of China's many regional dialects but later also by the Japanese, the Koreans, and the Vietnamese.
killeenroos.com /6/Chin1st.htm   (349 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - B.C. ) (Chinese And Taiwanese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
B.C. The word China is derived from Ch'in, the first dynasty to unify the country by conquering the warring feudal states of the late Chou period.
B.C. and began to consolidate the new empire.
B.C.), a scholar of the Legalist school of philosophy, which emphasized the need for strict laws in social and political relations and for obedience to state authority.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Chin221.html   (410 words)

  
 Cafe Irreal #9: The Tomb of Shih Huang-Ti by Benjamin Williams
Cafe Irreal #9: The Tomb of Shih Huang-Ti by Benjamin Williams
He then began a military campaign at turns brutal and devious, which culminated in the unification of the Seven Kingdoms.
He made his capital at the walled city at the centre of the world and bestowed upon himself the sacred title Shih Huang-ti, first sovereign emperor.
home.sprynet.com /~awhit/williams.htm   (1821 words)

  
 msn.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Manchurians began their restructuring by performing a second mid-life upgrade of the Chein Lung II class Patrol Destroyers and they designed a number of new ships to replace the Chein Lung and Tunghu's who were clearly past their prime.
The first ship to enter service following the CAW was the Shih Huang-ti (Emperor) Class Heavy Cruiser; these ships introduced in 2290, are a wonderful addition to the MSN and have allowed the formation of 4 battlegroups centered on them.
Shih Huang-ti, Emperor Daoguang, Emperor Jiaqing, Emperor Yongzheng, and the Emperor Guangxu (2302).
www.geocities.com /montgomery_rob_carl/2300/msn.htm   (4243 words)

  
 Anecdote - Qin Shi Huangdi [or Shih Huang-ti] - Imperial Conspiracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Anecdote - Qin Shi Huangdi [or Shih Huang-ti] - Imperial Conspiracy
There they used the emperor's seal to sign a decree commanding the crown prince to commit suicide, whereupon they established their own candidate on the throne of China."
Qin Shi Huangdi [or Shih Huang-ti], (259-210 BC) Chinese Emperor (247-210), first Emperor of the Qin dynasty [noted for his unification of China (221 BC)]
www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=1153   (310 words)

  
 Hero: Pop History of China United   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
A born leader, resourceful, excellent swordsman, and equal to the entire Generals of the army combined, King Sheng would become the very first Emperor of China, Shih Huang-ti (which, if anglicized, means exactly what I just said).
He gives us the most exquisite portrayal of King Sheng, in the atmospheric surety that one of those days he would finally be Emperor Shih Huang-ti.
Chen does this without even discounting humanity from the whole packaged personality he is to give life to.
www.geocities.com /azuchiwind/hero.htm   (1039 words)

  
 Shih Huang-ti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Shih Huang-ti was heir to the throne of Chin, a powerful feudal
During his reign, Shih Huang-ti destroyed the existing feudal
On his death Shih Huang-ti was buried in great splendor - entombed
cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/S/Shih/a90.html   (142 words)

  
 A WEB QUEST FOR GLOBAL HISTORY I AND GEOGRAPHY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Other times, societies had to deal with the outbreak of crimes such as murder, kidnapping, robbery, destruction of property etc. Under the leadership of the emperor Shih Huang Ti, the Ch’in Dynasty followed the policy of Legalism.
Your group of “generals in the Ch’in army“ will devise a fair and just legal system to end disorder in China upon the death of the Emperor Shih Huang ti in 210 B.C. You have the opportunity to replace harsh, oppressive laws with a more equitable and humane system.
Describe the conditions in China that led  to the rise  of the Ch’in Dynasty and the policy of Legalism.
www.maxwell.syr.edu /plegal/tips/t4prod/ganzwq1.html   (769 words)

  
 Bolos, Ascots, Bandannas, The Steinkirk, Cravats, and Shih Huang Ti | MetaFilter
Bolos, Ascots, Bandannas, The Steinkirk, Cravats, and Shih Huang Ti May 10, 2005 7:58 AM Neckties Through The Ages
Also, here's some info on how to tie a tie, should you need it.
Previously on MeFi, A Loosening of Ties, which also doesn't have any pictures.
www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/41883   (285 words)

  
 diacritic | art and culture: Great Walls
I was reading last evening one of Borges' great essays, The Wall and the Books, on the construction of the Great Wall of China and the Burning of Books by Emperor Shih Huang Ti.
It accomplishes the two-fold vision of Emperor Shih Huang Ti as if it were on crack: advanced blocking technologies coupled with panoptic surveillance technologies for later information destruction.
The issue of guerilla art and the public space has even found a mention in the Vietnamese press.
www.diacritic.org /blog/archives/2005/08/great_walls.html   (463 words)

  
 Electronic Passport to the Legalists and the Burning of the Books
He took the title Hwang-ti, which means August Lord or First Emperor, and began the Ch’in Dynasty.
To stop any criticism, Shih Huang-ti and the Legalists banned all books on history and of classics glorifying past rulers.
The First Emperor ordered all "non-essential" books collected and burned, and hundreds of scholars put to death.
www.mrdowling.com /613-legalists.html   (298 words)

  
 Shih Huang Ti - Reviews on RateItAll
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 HISTORICAL EPHEMERIS Timelines 2 - Later Ancient Period
CHINA: collapse of Shih Huang-Ti's Ch'in empire and destruction of Ch'in capital, Loyang
-141 Sa OPPN PL Vi Pi -141 UR Le CHINA: HAN WU TI, Han Emperor (140-87) ('Martial Emperor'; expansion of Chinese influence)
-88 UR -sxt PL Pi Ta CHINA: Chao Ti, Han Emperor (86-73) repeals corrupt fundraising practices by Han Dynasty
www.isleofavalon.co.uk /GlastonburyArchive/ephem/ed-anct2.html   (3700 words)

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