As the first emperor who unified China,Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty(221-207 B.C.)is renowned for his mon-umental legacy,which includes the Terracotta Army,the standardized script and the Great Wall.While historical ...As the first emperor who unified China,Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty(221-207 B.C.)is renowned for his mon-umental legacy,which includes the Terracotta Army,the standardized script and the Great Wall.While historical texts like historian and writer Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian,China's first comprehensive historical work,have long shaped our understanding of the emperor's reign and ambitions,recent archaeological discoveries are providing evidence of his admin-istration of the coastal frontier.展开更多
文摘As the first emperor who unified China,Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty(221-207 B.C.)is renowned for his mon-umental legacy,which includes the Terracotta Army,the standardized script and the Great Wall.While historical texts like historian and writer Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian,China's first comprehensive historical work,have long shaped our understanding of the emperor's reign and ambitions,recent archaeological discoveries are providing evidence of his admin-istration of the coastal frontier.
