The First Emperor of China - 9781138896437

Taylor & Francis

This title was first published in 1975. > This title was first published in 1975. > Introduction, A note on the translations, The age in which Ch\u2019in Shih-huang was born, The struggle between two lines in the ideological sphere during the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States periods, The preparations for unification, The struggle between restoration and counter restoration in the course of the founding of the Ch\u2019in dynasty, The success of unification, The establishment of a new system for the consolidation of Unification, The struggle between emphasizing the present while slighting the past\u2019\u2019 and using the past to criticize the present\u2019\u2019, A brief discussion on Ch\u2019in Shih-huang\u2019s violence, Ch\u2019in Shih-huang\u2019s book-burning as seen from the bamboo slips unearthed in Ying-ch'ueh-shan, The role of Ch\u2019in Shih-huang in progressive historical change, What is the origin of the wailing of Meng Chiang-nu at the Great Wall\u2019\u.