Qin Shi Huang (¿¿¿, 259 BCE -210 BCE) was an ancient Chinese politician, strategist and a reformer. He defeated the six Warring States (Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan and Qi) and completed the political unification of China for the first time. For the first time in Chinese History, he established a unified, multi-ethnic country with the centralized power. As a founder of the powerful Qin Dynasty (221 BCE -207 BCE), he was the first monarch in China to be called an emperor. The so-called "first emperor", Qin Shi Huang Di, laid the basic structure of China's political system for the coming two thousand years.


The book, Chinese History 4, a Chinese reading practice book, presents a broad and simple overview of the life of Qin Shi Huang. In the accompanied book chapters, you'll learn the life and legacies China's first emperor. The volume, 14th in the Mandarin Chinese Reading Series, includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin. With about 900 unique characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the Mandarin Chinese Reading Series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2/3) to learn Chinese culture as well as practice Chinese reading fast.


The book has 10 chapters in the following order:
Chapter 1: Early Life of Qin Shi Huang (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
Chapter 2: Basic Facts about Qin Shi Huang (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
Chapter 3: Ying Zheng Becomes the King of Qin (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
Chapter 4: Early Reign of Qin Shi Huang (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
Chapter 5: Consolidation of Powers (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
Chapter 6: China's Unification (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
Chapter 7: Qin Shi Huang's Pursuit of Immortality (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
Chapter 8: The Fall of the Qin Dynasty (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
Chapter 9: Tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
Chapter 10: The Mysterious Tomb (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)