SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

King Zheng of Qin

  • Han Feizi

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    Ana

    Han Feizi is the title of a foundational philosophical text and the culminating work of pre-Qin Legalist thought. Although attributed to Han Fei (c. 280–233 BCE), a prince of the state of Han during the Warring States period, the book was compiled posthumously by later scholars who collected his surviving writings and supplemented them…

  • Qin’s final conquest and the Unification [Warring States]

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    Rob

    After the failed assassination attempt by Jing Ke, King Zheng of Qin – now consumed by fury – ordered Generals Wang Jian and Wang Ben to crush Yan without mercy.

  • The Dagger in the Map: Jing Ke [Warring States]

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    Rob

    In 241 BCE, five of the six eastern states – Zhao, Han, Wei, Yan, and Chu – formed a final vertical alliance (hezong) against Qin, with Qi abstaining.