Why did Shi Huangdi’s armies destroy city walls and take weapons from people they conquered?
by iwnit on April 4th, 2009 He wanted to destroy the former feudal power and create an unified, centralized state. “Qin Empire 221-206 BC In 221 BC when Qin took over Qi, the last of the other six states, King Zheng’s first official act was to declare himself First August Emperor (Shih Huang Di) of what we still call China from the name of his state of Qin. He abolished the traditional practice of having posthumous names assigned by one’s successor and expected his successors to be called August Emperor of the second generation and third on down to one thousand and ten thousand generations, but ironically his dynasty was to end about four years after his own death. According to current cosmology the element water was to succeed the fire of the Zhou dynasty, and so the First Emperor adopted the corresponding characteristics of water such as the color black, the number six, and the harsh punishments of strict laws as indicated by the season winter. For this reason he refused to pardon an
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