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'''Qin Shi Huangdi''' (259-210 BCE) is the founder of the [[Dynasties From Shang to Qing|Qin Dynasty]], [[The Emperor|first Emperor]] of China, and one of the most ruthless despots in history.
He was born Ying Zheng, the son of a young concubine given as a present to the king of Qin by the scheming merchant Lü Buwei (who may have been his biological father). China was at the time in the throes of the Warring States era, when the impotent Zhou Dynasty had disintegrated into several rival kingdoms, and the state of Qin had emerged as a power to be reckoned with. He became king in 247 BCE and, advised by Legalist philosopher Li Si, he turned Qin into a quasi-totalitarian military powerhouse and embarked on a campaign of conquest to reunify all of China under his rule. He annexed other kingdoms one after the other and, in 221 BCE, Ying Zheng declared himself First August Emperor of the Qin Dynasty (Qin Shi Huangdi).
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* [[Ancient Tomb]]: The famous terra-cotta warriors were only the guardians stationed outside it. His tomb itself has never been excavated because of concerns over preserving the contents against oxidization -- and not a little concern over the potential hazardous materials threat if the legends of "rivers of quicksilver" as part of its construction are as accurate as probes into it seem to indicate.▼
▲* [[Ancient Tomb]]: The famous terra-cotta warriors were only the guardians stationed outside it. His tomb itself has never been excavated because of concerns over preserving the contents against oxidization.
* [[Despotism Justifies the Means]]
* [[Evil Overlord]]: The [[Trope Codifier]] for all of East Asia.
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* [[Take Over the World]]: From his perspective, he succeeded, as he ruled ''Tian Xia'', "All under Heaven".
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[The Emperor and
* ''[[Hero (
* ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]''
* The ''[[History Bites]]'' episode "The Not-So-Great Wall of China"▼
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the ''[[Bridge of Birds]]'', although as the novel uses an older transliteration for stylistic effect, he's called the Duke of Ch'in.
* ''[[The Chinese Emperor]]'' by Jean Levi is a fictionalized biography of Qin Shihuangdi.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
▲* The ''[[History Bites]]'' episode "The Not-So-Great Wall of China"
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Wraith: The Oblivion]]'' has its so that Qin Shi Huang made good use of those terracotta soldiers and took over the Dark Kingdom of Jade, the Chinese quarter of the Shadowlands. {{spoiler|And then it turns out he was destroyed some time ago, and [[Humanoid Abomination|something else]] has been ruling with his face.}}
* One of the two possible leaders of the Chinese in ''[[Civilization]] IV'' (alongside [[Mao Ze Dong]]).▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
▲* One of the two possible leaders of the Chinese in ''[[Civilization]] IV'' (alongside [[Mao
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