Year 227 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaccus and Regulus. The denomination 227 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period,when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Qin Shi Huang was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. Rather than maintain the title of "king" borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers,he assumed the invented title of "emperor",which would see continuous use by monarchs in China for the next two millennia.
Crown Prince Dan was a crown prince of the State of Yan during the Warring States period of ancient China. He was also called Yan Dan.
Yan was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Its capital was Ji. During the Warring States period,the court was also moved to another capital at Xiadu at times.
Chiyou is a mythological being that appears in Chinese mythology. He was a tribal leader of the Nine Li tribe in ancient China. He is best known as a king who lost against the future Yellow Emperor during the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors era in Chinese mythology. According to the Song dynasty history book Lushi,Chiyou's surname was Jiang (姜),and he was a descendant of the Flame Emperor.
King Jie was the 17th and last ruler of the Xia dynasty of China. He is traditionally regarded as a tyrant and oppressor who brought about the collapse of a dynasty.
The Emperor and the Assassin,also known as The First Emperor,is a 1998–1999 Chinese historical romance film based primarily on Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin,as described in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian. The film was directed by Chen Kaige and stars Gong Li,Zhang Fengyi,Li Xuejian,and Zhou Xun. The film was well received critically and won the Technical Prize at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. It was the most expensive Chinese film made up to that time,costing US$20 million.
The Emperor's Shadow is a 1996 Chinese historical film directed by Zhou Xiaowen and starring Jiang Wen,Ge You,Xu Qing and Ge Zhijun. It was the most expensive Chinese film produced at the time of its release.
Zhang Yi was a Chinese military strategist and philosopher. He was born in the Wei state during the Warring States period of Chinese history. He was an important strategist in helping Qin to dissolve the unity of the other states,and hence pave the way for Qin to unify China. He was an advocate of horizontal alliance,unlike Su Qin;both were adherents of the School of Diplomacy.
Huan Yi was a general of the state of Qin in the late Warring States period.
Qin Wuyang was an adolescent boy who followed the assassin Jing Ke when the latter went on the mission to assassinate Ying Zheng,the king of Qin. At age twelve or thirteen,Qin Wuyang had already gained a reputation for killing and bravery.
Qín (秦) is a common Chinese surname. "Qin" is the hanyu pinyin romanization of the surname for Mandarin,the common dialect of China;other romanizations of the surname include Chin and Jin in Mandarin,Ceon and Cheun in Cantonese,and Tần in Vietnamese. People with this surname are most commonly found in Henan,Shaanxi,Shandong,Sichuan,Hubei and Hebei. It is the 18th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
Youchao is the inventor of houses and buildings,according to ancient Chinese mythology. He is said to have been one of The Three August Ones in ancient China. He is an obscure figure,also known as Da Chao (大巢). Tradition holds that he ruled over China for 200 years from 3162–2962 BC. . According to Han Feizi,people could avoid harm from animals with the help of buildings made from wood,which was taught by Youchao.
Ji Xi,commonly referred to as "Xi,King of Yan" was the last monarch of the Yan state. He was the son of King Xiao whom he succeeded.
Qin's wars of unification were a series of military campaigns launched in the late 3rd century BC by the state of Qin against the other six powers remaining in China –Han,Zhao,Yan,Wei,Chu and Qi. Between 247 and 221 BC,Qin had developed into one of the most powerful of China's Seven Warring States that coalesced in the wake of the Zhou dynasty's decline,by now retaining a weak and merely ceremonial position among the warring states. In 230 BC,King Ying Zheng of Qin began the sequence of campaigns that would bring the Warring States period to a close,setting out to conquer each remaining sovereign one by one. This was completed in 221 BC with the fall of Qi,leaving the former Zhou sphere unified under a more centralized Qin control. Ying Zheng declared himself the First Emperor,or Qin Shi Huang—becoming the first sovereign over a unified China under the imperial Qin dynasty.
Assassinator Jing Ke is a 2004 Chinese television series based on a semi-fictional story of the assassin Jing Ke,who,in 227 BC,attempted to kill Ying Zheng,the king of Qin. Directed by Raymond Lee,the series starred Liu Ye as the titular protagonist,with Peter Ho,Zheng Jiayu,Zhang Tielin,Shao Bing and Zhai Ying playing supporting roles.
The Mount Tai earthquake was the first recorded earthquake in history. It occurred at Mount Tai,in present-day Shandong province,China,during the seventh year of the reign of King Fa of the Xia dynasty,which places its occurrence at some point between circa 2205 and 1600 BCE. The earthquake was mentioned briefly in the Bamboo Annals. The event has tentatively been dated to 1831 or 1740 BCE.
Zhao Jia,also known as Jia,King of Dai (代王嘉) or Jia,King of Zhao (趙王嘉),reigned as the only king of the Dai state from 227 to 223 BC. His realm was a rump state of the Zhao state that covered only a northern fraction of the Zhao territories. In this regard,he is sometimes considered the last ruler of Zhao.
Li Xin (李信),courtesy name Youcheng (有成),was a Chinese military general of Qin during the Warring States era. Alongside Wang Jian,Wang Ben and other generals,Li Xin served under Qin Shi Huang in his conquest of the six Warring States. He is also the great-great-grandfather of Li Guang,a Han dynasty general.
The King's Woman is a 2017 Chinese television series starring Dilraba Dilmurat and Vin Zhang. It is adapted from the novel The Legend of Qin:Li Ji Story (秦时明月之丽姬传). The series aired on Zhejiang TV every Monday to Wednesday,from 14 August to 4 October 2017.
