Chapter 72: First Emperor, Second Dynasty

Question 1

221 BC

Answer 1

by this time, Cheng was lord of an entire country. “twenty-six years after Cheng, the King of Ch’in, was enthroned,” writes Sima Qian, “he unified the world for the first time.

Question 2

Cheng/Shi Huang-ti

Answer 2

he was the son of Chuang-hsiang. He unified all of China for the first time.

Question 3

Han Dynasty

Answer 3

this was the name of Liu Pang’s dynasty. It was the first lasting dynasty of unified China.

Question 4

Hu-hai/Second Emperor

Answer 4

he was the twenty-one-year son of the first emperor.

Question 5

Hsiang Yu

Answer 5

he was a Chu general, and wiped out the pretensions of the Ch’in.

Question 6

Liu Pang/Gao Zu

Answer 6

he was from a peasant family, and had become a minor officials, the sort of position which would not have been available to him in the old order.

Question 7

Tzu-Ying/Third Emperor

Answer 7

he was the nephew of Hu-hai. He only held onto power for forty-six days.

Question 8

Yen Lo

Answer 8

he was the son-in-law of a chancellor that wanted the second emperor off the throne.