introduction
Qin Shi Huang's evaluation in history is also mixed, because on the one hand, he established a great cause, but on the other hand, there was a phenomenon of burning books and pit Confucianism.
So his life is also full of mystery, but we can't deny that many of the changes he proposed are historical.
In particular, Qin Shi Huang gave China a resounding name, which continues to this day and has never been changed.
The Qin Dynasty annexed the Six Kingdoms
When Qin Wangzheng succeeded to the throne, Qin had successfully annexed Ba, Shu, and Hanzhong, and also set up Nanjun for this purpose.
But this kind of life did not last long, because there was a war between Zhao and Yan, and at this time, Qin set up a trap waiting for Zhao to jump inside.
At this time, in the name of saving the "Yan State", the Qin State sent Wang Qian, a general, to attack the Zhao State before and after, and occupied many territories of the Zhao State successively.
In 234 BC, the Qin State began a large-scale attack on the Zhao State, and even established the Zhao State as Yanmen County and Yunzhong County.
Slowly, the Qin state had accumulated enough strength, and since the destruction of the Zhao state, some of the subsequent states were basically unable to resist the invasion from the Qin state.
So far, in 221 BC, the Qin State destroyed all the kingdoms and completed the great cause of unifying the Central Plains.
After the great cause of unification, King Yingzheng of Qin did not take it lightly, but formulated many rules and regulations.
It should even be divided into counties and counties, unified currency weights and measures, built water conservancy, cast the Great Wall and many other advanced cultures.
In particular, when Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall, many people in the country complained bitterly, because the construction of the Great Wall required a lot of labor.
Even these laborers are recruited from all over the country, so there will be a lot of laborers from all over the country to build the Great Wall.
In addition to this, the construction of the Great Wall also had a very strict rule that the laborers were allowed to make the bricks themselves.
The bricks were to be placed neatly as required at the time, and then a fourth brick was smashed down to see if they would break.
If there is a rupture, they are likely to be punished very severely, and even lose their lives because of the incident.
Moreover, Qin Shi Huang at that time formulated a very strict legal system in order to build the Great Wall, and once someone violated it, then his consequences would be unimaginable.
Therefore, Qin Shi Huang's evaluation of history is also mixed, but we cannot object to his influence on history.
The first "emperor" in history
When the Qin Dynasty destroyed the Six Kingdoms, Qin Shi Huang at this time felt that he "had to be the three emperors and the five emperors." ”
Therefore, he adopted the name "Emperor and Emperor" to form the title of "Emperor", and Qin Shi Huang was also the first monarch in history to use "Emperor".
Slowly, many of the developments of the Qin state began to change at the hands of Qin Shi Huang, and the Central Plains and the Xiongnu also differed from each other.
Because the Xiongnu basically lived on hunting and nomadism, but the people of the Central Plains were different, mainly because of the arable land in the Central Plains.
So there is a difference between us and them in terms of food.
Moreover, after the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, the cultural differences between them became more and more obvious, in order to alleviate the current state.
Therefore, Qin Shi Huang ordered Li Si and others to rearrange the text, and Li Si, who received such an order, immediately began to order rectification.
Taking the big seal at that time as a reference and then deriving a small seal, the king of Qin later set the small seal as the common script of the whole country.
Although we cannot ignore the development of Qin Shi Huang's political talents, his series of actions are still difficult for people to accept.
It's like after the unification of the Six Kingdoms, he began to build a large number of buildings, resulting in all aspects of domestic development not keeping up with the progress, just to meet his wishes.
In addition, his book burning and Confucianism caused a shortage of many Confucian cultural developments, and even many precious classics disappeared.
This kind of behavior also affected the development of Confucian culture in later generations, and even treated the people very deductively in many ways, so that the people complained bitterly.
But after the unification of the Six Kingdoms, he did one thing, that is, to change the name of China to China in the context of the times at that time.
Until now, we still call ourselves sons and daughters of China, and the current Chinese nation does not mean that it is Han Chinese, but on the contrary, it represents 56 ethnic minorities among them.
The origin of "China".
When the ancient Han people first established the capital, they would choose the middle position, mainly because people at that time believed that the middle position was the most precious.
Therefore, the word Zhonghua is also a compound word, Zhong is taken from "Central Plains", and Hua is taken from "Huaxia", so the word Zhonghua came into being.
According to historical records, the Chinese nation first originated in the "Yanhuang Era", because the Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor at that time joined forces to defeat Chi You and then entered the Three Emperors and Five Emperors.
At this time, the first "Xia Dynasty" also appeared in the history of the mainland, and the "Xia" in China was also taken from the Xia Dynasty.
In the later period, China became another name for China, which sounds very domineering, and China has another meaning.
That is to say, the people in the Central Plains are all real descendants of Yan and Huang, but at that time, such a statement was not widely popularized.
Slowly, in the development process of subsequent dynasties, the application scope of the word Zhonghua became more and more extensive, and Zhonghua became the name of the great unified China.
Even at the end of the Qing Dynasty, even Comrade Sun Yat-sen used the word "China" to describe it.
What's more, Premier Zhou Enlai set a grand ambition when he was a teenager: "study for the rise of China," I have to say that the wisdom of the ancients is also very powerful.
Although the ancients called China in order to distinguish it from the surrounding ethnic minorities, it was not until 1901 that Mr. Liang Qichao himself proposed the "Chinese nation".
So far, the relationship between the Han nationality and the ethnic minorities has been broken, and the current Chinese nation refers to the 56 ethnic groups we are now, and we are all one family.
Although Qin Shi Huang's generation has mixed reviews, he also left a deep impression on future generations.
Just as the current China has long been engraved in the bones of the Chinese, and even the Chinese nation has become the pride of everyone.
After all, in China's 5,000-year history, the development of Chinese culture is also the most long-standing and proud.
Compared with the meaning attached by Qin Shi Huang at that time, the meaning of China now is more extensive, and it has even become synonymous with us.
This also represents the Chinese's sense of recognition and belonging to Chinese civilization, because for every Chinese, this not only represents the spirit of China, but also represents the strength of China.
Slowly, the word "China" has developed to the present, and such a majestic and domineering name has been used to this day.
epilogue
Whether it is the era of Qin Shi Huang or the development of later dynasties, it has always continued the title of "China", and the development of the Chinese nation will also amaze countries all over the world.