The legendary life of Qin Shi Huang can be described as magnificent and full of legends.
At the age of three, he was abandoned by his biological father and spent nine long years as a proton in Zhao State.
At the age of nine, he returned to the Qin State.
He ascended to the throne at the age of thirteen
At the age of twenty-one, he began to be in politics and showed extraordinary talent and courage.
At the age of twenty-two, he decisively quelled the rebellion and imprisoned his biological mother, demonstrating his iron-fisted methods.
At the age of twenty-three, he deposed the powerful minister Lü Buwei and reused Li Si and other capable people, laying a solid foundation for the strength and prosperity of the Qin state.
At the age of thirty, he embarked on a glorious journey to conquer the Six Kingdoms. In just a few years, Korea, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yan, and Qi were successively captured by him, realizing the first unification of the land of China.
At the age of thirty-nine, he set up the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, and implemented the great reform of books and texts, cars and tracks, and unified weights and measures, laying the cornerstone for the prosperity and stability of later generations.
Forty-year-old Xiuchi Road,
At the age of forty-one, Mount Tai was enshrined in Zen, demonstrating his eloquence.
At the age of forty-three, he set out to connect the Great Wall,
At the age of forty-four, the feudal system was completely abolished and the county system was changed, further consolidating the centralization of power.
At the age of 45, the Ling Canal was dug to connect the north and south water systems and promote cultural exchanges and integration.
At the age of 47, he built the Afang Palace, which cost the people and money, but also showed his pursuit of magnificent architecture.
At the age of forty-nine, he died in the sand dunes, ending his legendary life.
His life was full of glory and controversy, but there is no doubt that he was a great monarch in Chinese history, and he deserved to be known as the first emperor of the ages.
How can such a life be summed up simply by the word "tyrant"?