Person227 BC
Jing Ke
Warring States swordsman from Wey who, at the request of Crown Prince Dan of Yan, tried and failed to assassinate King Zheng of Qin (the future First Emperor), and was killed
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Fearing that Qin would swallow his state, Crown Prince Dan of Yan sent the assassin Jing Ke, who approached King Zheng of Qin with a dagger hidden in a map scroll but failed to strike him and was killed.
Related works
- Film: The Emperor and the AssassinDramatizedFilm · 1998 · Chen Kaige · 荊軻刺秦王
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People who appear alongside
Qin Shi Huang259 BC – 210 BCKing of Qin (247–221 BCE) and first emperor (221–210 BCE) who conquered the six other states, unified China and created a centralised imperial system
Themes this person appears in
- Ancient China and India770 BC – AD 220
From the Hundred Schools of the Warring States to the unified empires of Qin and Han, and from the Buddha to the Maurya and Kushan empires — the millennium that shaped East and South Asian civilisation