tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post2104322516431019642..comments2023-06-05T07:33:16.696-07:00Comments on The China Beat: Selectivity in Imaging the First EmperorThe China Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17042877198563453117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post-88111167925986115012008-12-24T18:12:00.000-08:002008-12-24T18:12:00.000-08:00Just one curiosity, what's the difference between ...Just one curiosity, what's the difference between the names Qin Shihuang and Qin Shihuangdi?<BR/><BR/>This is Wikipedia's point of view (please vandalize it quickly!):<BR/><BR/>This name Qin Shi Huang (i.e., "First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty") is the name that appears in the Records of the Grand Historian written by Sima Qian, and is the name most favored today inside China when referring to the First Emperor. Westerners sometimes write "Qin Shi Huangdi", which is improper given Chinese naming conventions; it is more conventional to write "Qin Shi Huang" or "First Emperor of Qin".Aspiranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16730772046853286274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post-16323609495786516022008-12-20T08:46:00.000-08:002008-12-20T08:46:00.000-08:00Thanks for the wonderfully detailed essay. I wonde...Thanks for the wonderfully detailed essay. I wonder, when was the Qin emperor first treated as a unifier after Sima Qian's history was written? Was it not until the modern period, or did earlier historians, after the Han dynasty, tend to look back on emperor Qin's reign and emphasize his unification?Sam Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17022400383698114786noreply@blogger.com