References to the map are in bold type.
aliens, expulsion of 25–7, 147
Analects 144–5
Anguo, see Xiaowen
Anyang xli, 109, 156
Ao Granary, near Xingyang 122, 125, 157
Ba, non-Chinese area absorbed
by Qin xxvii, xxxiii, xl, 12, 25, 120, 139
Bai Qi, Qin general 57, 112, 156
Baili Xi 25, 57
Bashang, near Xianyang on
River Ba 93, 114, 118
Beidi, area made into province
by Qin xl, 65
Bi Gan, prince killed by Zhou, last
ruler of Yin Dynasty 46, 58, 150
bo, board-game 11, 145
Bohai xli, 66, 97–8
Boyi, ancestor of Qin 93
burning of books xxii, 29, 74, 141, 148–9, 154, 157
calendar 30, 79, 149, 155
canal-building 25, 102, 147
Cao Jiu, supporter of Xiang Yu 127
Cao Mo, would-be assassin of Duke
Huan of Qi 16, 22, 146–7
Cao Wushang, general of Governor of Pei 114, 116, 119
Cauldrons, Zhou 69, 153
Chaoxian (Korea) 64
Chen, Chen Sheng’s capital xli, 87, 128, 137
Chen Ping, supporter of King of Han 118, 123, 128
Chen Sheng, rebel 38, 44, 87, 104–7, 132–9, 141–2, 156, 158
Chen Ying, rebel 105–7
Chen Yu, general 109, 111–12
Cheng, second king of Zhou Dynasty 57
Cheng (or Rongcheng), Mount xli, 66, 81, 97
Chengfu, where Chen Sheng was killed 88, 129
Chenggao xl, 25, 53, 123–6
Chengyang xli, 108, 120–1
Chenliu xl, 108, 126
Chi You 97, 155
Chu, state xxvii, xl, 6, 12–13, 15, 23, 25, 48, 53, 63, 75, 87–8, 90, 107, 111, 121, 156, 158
Chunshen, Lord, Chu nobleman 6, 140
Chunyu Yue, man of Qi 28, 73, 148
Confucian scholars 65, 96, 99
Confucius, see Kong, Master
Cou, Master, i.e. Cou Yan 97–8
Dai xl, 55–6
Dan, Crown Prince of Yan 12–18, 21–2, 62, 152
Dang, Qin province xli, 109, 139
Di barbarians 53
Dingtao xli, 88, 108–9
divination xxix, xxx, 29, 49–50, 78, 136, 148, 155
Documents, Book of (Shu Jing) xxx, xxxiv, 29, 74, 99, 152
Dong Province, established by Qin xli, 11, 53, 78
Donga xli, 26, 107, 124
Dongcheng xli, 130, 133
Dongyang xli, 105
Du, near Xianyang 8, 37, 85, 92
Dukang, territory in Yan state 17, 19, 146
Encampment, Heavenly Mansion 75, 154
Epang Palace, in Shanglin Park 38, 43, 46, 75, 86, 88
Fan Kuai, supporter of Governor of Pei 117–18
Fan Yuqi, Qin general 13, 17–19
Fan Zeng, supporter of Xiang Yu 107, 109, 114, 116, 119–20, 123
Fangzhang, island of immortals 69, 98
Feiqiu, town west of Xianyang 120
Feng Jie, Qin minister 62, 88–9
Feng Quji, Qin chief minister 79, 84, 88–9
feng sacrifice xxxiii, 65, 96, 153
filial piety xxix, xxxiii
First Emperor of Qin, see Zheng
Five Emperors 27, 62, 68, 73, 94, 99, 148
Five Powers 63, 95, 97–8, 153
five punishments 49, 151
Fucha, fourth-century King of Wu 46, 57
Fusu, Crown Prince of Qin 30, 34–5
Gaixia xli, 129
Ganquan, at Yunyang 12, 45, 54, 65
Gao, prince of Qin 37
Gao Jianli, friend of Jing Ke 11–12, 18, 21–2
Gaoshi, immortal 71
Great Duke, founder of Qi state 97
Great Wall xxii–xxiv, 13, 53, 59, 72, 141
Guan Longfeng, killed by Jie, last ruler of Xia Dynasty 46, 58, 151
Guan Ying, Han general 126, 129
Guan Zhong, minister of Duke Huan of Qi 13, 144, 145
Guangling xli, 105
Guangwu xl, 125–6
Gucheng, near Donga 128
Guilin, southern province created by Qin in Guangxi area 72, 140
Guling 128
Han, dynasty xxii, xxxiv, 93
Han, King of, see Pei, Governor of
Han, Master, i.e. Han Feizi, Legalist philosopher 38, 40–2, 88, 150
Han, region xl, 12
Han Tan, eunuch murderer of Zhao Gao 50
Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin 124, 126–8
Han Zhong, searcher for immortals 72, 77
Handan, capital of Zhao xl, 3, 5, 11, 143
Hangu Pass xl, 114, 139, 141, 150
Hann, state xl, 12, 15, 48, 53, 61, 90, 102, 145, 154, 158
Hanzhong, made province by Qin xl, 25, 120, 139
Heart, Heavenly Mansion 78, 154
hegemons, five 24, 155
Henan, area south of Yellow River made into province by Han Dynasty 6, 8
Heng, Mount xl, 69, 98, 100
history-writing in China xxix–xxxiii, xxxvii
Hong Canal 127
Hongmen, just east of Xianyang 38, 114, 116
hostage-son 3, 12, 61, 143
Hou Sheng, adviser to King Jian of Qi 56, 62, 152
Hu, northern barbarian people 48, 72, 154
Huai, King of Chu 107, 156
Huai, King of Chu (grandson of preceding), Righteous Emperor 107, 109, 111, 117, 119, 125, 132, 156
Huai river xxxiii, xl, 69, 106, 129, 156
Huan, seventh-century Duke of Qi 16, 34, 144–7, 149
Huan Chu, supporter of Xiang Yu 104, 111
Huayang, Lady, consort of Xiaowen, King of Qin 3–8
Huhai, Qin prince later Second
Generation Emperor 30–7, 53–7,79, 82, 149, 154
Hui, Emperor of Han Dynasty 122, 157
Hui or Huiwen, King of Qin 25, 139
Huling xli, 106, 121
inscriptions, imperial xxv, 65–72, 79–80, 84, 96, 99, 153
Ji, capital of Yan 20
Ji Xin, Han general 118, 123
Jia, King of Qi 107
Jia, Master, i.e. Jia Yi 139, 158
Jia, prince of Zhao and later King of Dai 21, 61
Jian, fifth-century Duke of Qi 45
Jian, last King of Qi before Qin unification 56
Jianglü, Qin prince 85–6
Jiangnan, area south of Yangtze river 26
Jie, last ruler of Xia Dynasty 46, 58, 149, 151
Jieshi, Mount xli, 71, 84, 98
Jin, state xxvii, 12–13, 25, 34, 145, 148
Jing, river xl, 12, 65, 91, 100, 102
Jing Ke, would-be assassin of First Emperor of Qin 11–22, 56, 62, 145, 147, 152
Jiuyuan, province in present-day Inner
Mongolia created by Qin 54, 75, 82
Jiyuan, place south of Julu 111
Ju Wu, tutor of Crown Prince Dan of Yan 12–14
Julu xl, 88–9, 109–11, 156
Kong, Master (Confucius), alias
Zhongni xxix, xxxii–xxxiii, 9, 31, 34, 78, 141, 150, 154, 158
Kuaiji, mountain and also province established by Qin xxxiii, xl, 30, 38, 54, 79, 84, 87, 99–100, 104–5, 156
Kun mountains, i.e. Kunlun mountains 26, 148
Langye xli, 30, 54, 66, 68, 71, 81, 97–8
Lao Ai, lover of mother of First Emperor of Qin 7–9, 148
Legalism xxiv–xxv, 39–43, 56, 149, 155
Li, Mount, First Emperor’s burial place xxi, xxiii, 37, 65, 75, 82–3, 86–7, 118, 150, 155
Li Mu, minister to King Qian of Zhao 56, 61
Li Si, chief minister of First Emperor 23–51, 55, 62, 63, 68, 73–4, 79, 82, 84, 88–9, 147, 149, 151, 155
Li Xin, Qin general 15, 21
Li You, son of Li Si 29, 39, 44, 47, 108, 156
Liang xli, 106, 125–6
Liangfu, place near Mt Tai 65, 96–7
Liaodong 21, 53, 58, 64, 85, 146
Lintao, place at western end of Great Wall 53, 58, 64
Linzi, capital of Qi state xli, 97, 155
Liu Jia, supporter of the King of Han 124
Long Qie, supporter of Xiang Liang 107
Longmen xxxiii, xl, 38, 88
Longxi, north-western province
established by Qin xl, 65
Lou Ji, athlete 41, 51
Lu, small state obliterated by
Chu in 256 BC xxvii, xxix–xxx, xxxiii, xli, 65, 121, 132
Lu Goujian, friend of Jing Ke 11, 22
Lu of Yan, Master, searcher for immortals 71–2, 75–7
Luo river xxxii, xl, 102
Luoyang xxvii, xl, 6
Lü, Empress of the Han Dynasty 122, 157
Lü Buwei, Chief Minister of the King of Qin xxviii, 3–9, 24, 144, 148
Lü Chen, supporter of Xiang Yu 108–9
Lü Matong, Han cavalry marshal 131
Lü Qing, Chief Minister to King Huai of Chu 109
Mencius (Mengzi), Confucian philosopher xxxiv
Meng Ao, grandfather of Meng Tian 53
Meng Jia, favourite of King Zheng of Qin 19
Meng Tian, builder of Great Wall 30, 32, 35, 53–69, 72, 78, 112, 140, 150
Meng Wu, father of Meng Tian 53
Meng Yi, brother of Meng Tian 36–7, 53–7
Mengchang, Lord, Qi nobleman 6, 140
Mozi, pre-Qin philosopher and founder of Mohism 34, 141, 150, 158
Mu, seventh-century Duke of Qin 24–5, 57, 94, 147, 152
names, rectification of 155
Nan Province, established by Qin xl, 61, 69
Nanhai, province in area of present-day Canton 72
Nanzheng, King of Han’s capital xl, 120
north–south alliance 16, 24–5, 61, 80, 113, 140, 146
paramount princes, see hegemons Pei, Governor of, later King of Han and First Emperor of Han Dynasty 50, 87, 90, 93, 106, 108–9, 114–22,126, 128, 132, 143, 151, 156
Peng Yue, supporter of King of Han 124–6, 128
Pengcheng xxxiii, xli, 69, 106, 108–9, 121–3, 156
Penglai, island of immortals 69, 81, 98
Ping, sixth-century King of Chu 57
Pingyuan xli, 121
Pingyuan, Lord, Zhao nobleman 6, 140
posthumous names 143, 152
Pu, General, supporter of Xiang Yu 106, 111, 113–14
Qi, state xxvii, xxxiii, xli, 6, 8, 12–13, 28, 45, 48, 53, 62–3, 87, 90, 97–8, 107–8, 110, 121, 126, 148, 156, 158
Qian, King of Zhao 56
Qin, state passim
Qin Wuyang, assistant to Jing Ke 18–19
Qing Bu, supporter of Xiang Yu 106, 111, 114
Rong barbarians 25, 53, 72, 112
Rongcheng, see Cheng
Sanchuan, area made province by Qin xl, 25, 29, 39, 44, 53
Second Generation, Qin Emperor; see also Huhai 36–8, 42–50, 55, 83–8, 90–2, 99, 112, 135
shan sacrifice 65, 96, 153
Shang, dynasty, see Yin
Shang province xl, 25, 30, 35, 54, 72, 78, 99
Shang Yang (Lord Shang), Legalist philosopher 25, 40, 42, 139
Shangcai, birthplace of Li Si xl, 23, 29, 33, 49
Shangdang, Qin province xl, 71, 98
Shanglin, park near Xianyang 49, 64, 75
Shao, Duke of 51, 152
Shaqiu, where First Emperor died xl, 30, 36, 44, 55, 82, 99
Shen, Master, i.e. Shen Buhai, pre-Qin philosopher 39, 42, 151
Shi, Master, searcher for immortals 72
Shu, non-Chinese area absorbed by
Qin xxvii, xxxiii, xl, 8–9, 12, 25–6,75, 120, 139, 144
Shun, sage-emperor xxxiii, 69, 79, 88–9, 93, 132, 147, 158
Si, river in Henan province 127
Si, river in Shandong province 69, 121
Sima Qian xxix–xxxv, xxxvii, 144, 148, 151, 153
Sima Tan, father of Sima Qian xxx–xxxiv
Sima Xin 88, 90, 103, 112, 114, 127
Six Classics 51, 152
Six States 24–5, 48, 70, 92, 107, 147
Song, state destroyed by Qi in 286 BC xli, 25, 45
Song Xiang, son of Song Yi 110
Song Yi, Chu general 108–9, 156
Songs, Book of xxxiv, 29, 74, 99
Songzi, near Julu 21
Springs and Autumns of Lu xxxiv, 7, 144
Suiyang xli, 127–8
Supreme Duke, father of King of Han 122, 125, 127, 157
Tai, Mount xxxiii, xli, 27, 41, 65, 96, 99–100, 151, 155
Taiyuan, Qin province xl, 15, 61
tallies 5, 143
Tang, founder of Yin Dynasty 31, 149
‘terracotta warriors’ xxi, xxiii
Three Dynasties 73, 99
Three Kings 27, 68, 94, 148
Tian Chang, Qi usurper 28, 45–6, 73, 148, 151, 154
Tian Dan, King of Qi 87, 107
Tian Guang, wise man in Yan 12, 14–15, 122
Tian Rong, Qi general 107, 120–1
title, imperial 62–3, 145–7
tours, imperial 29–30, 48, 65, 69–72, 79–80, 84
Treasures of Chen 100–1, 155
Waihuang xli, 108, 126
Wang Jian, Qin general 16, 20, 53, 103
Wang Li, Qin general 35, 68, 90, 109, 111
Wang Wan, chief minister of Qin 62–3, 68
Wang Yi, Qin general 5
Wangyi, Qin palace 50, 91–2
Watson, Burton xxxvii
Wei river xl, 12, 65, 100
Wei, fourth-century ruler of Qi 97–8
Wei, state xl, 6, 12, 25, 48, 53, 61, 87, 90, 145, 157
Wei Bao 124
Wen, King, Zhou culture hero xxvii, xxxiii, 64, 75
Wen, seventh-century Duke of Jin 147, 155
Wey, state 11, 26, 31
Wu, King, Zhou founder xxvii, xxxiii, 31, 64, 75, 149, 155
Wu, state xli, 81
Wu Guang, rebel 38–9
Wu Pass xl, 50, 69, 90, 93, 152
Wu She, killed by King Ping of Chu 57
Wu Zixu 46, 57, 151
Wuyan xli, 110
Wuzhong xli, 103–4
Xi, about forty miles east of Xianyang 87
Xi, King of Yan 19, 21, 56, 61, 152
Xia, dynasty xxxiii, 95
Xia, Lady, mother of Zichu 3, 6–7, 144
Xia Wuju, Qin court physician 20, 22, 146
Xian, seventh-century Duke of Jin 34, 149
Xiang, eighth-century Duke of Qin 84
Xiang, mountain in Lake Dongting area 69, 99–100
Xiang, Qin province in extreme south-west 72, 140
Xiang Bo, uncle of Xiang Yu 115–17, 125, 132
Xiang Liang, rebel 49, 88, 103–4, 106–8, 151, 157
Xiang Yan, father of Xiang Liang 53, 103, 136–7
Xiang Yu, rebel and nephew of Xiang Liang 89–90, 93, 103–33,151, 158
Xiang Zhuang, cousin of Xiang Yu 116–17
Xiangcheng xl, 106
Xianmen, immortal 71, 97
Xianyang, capital of Qin xxvi, xl, 7–8, 19, 28–9, 32, 35, 37, 47, 49–50, 55, 64–5, 71–2, 75–76, 78, 81–2, 84, 86, 93, 99, 112, 114, 117, 119, 141
Xiao, fourth-century Duke of Qin 25, 139
Xiao, mountainous area south of Hangu Pass 12, 139, 141–2
Xiao He, Han Dynasty politician 122, 157
Xiaowen, King of Qin, formerly
Crown Prince Anguo 3, 5, 140, 144
Xiapei xli, 106
Xie, King of Zhao 88, 109
Xin’an xl, 113–14
Xingyang xl, 53, 122–4, 127, 138
Xinling, Lord, Wei nobleman 6, 140, 144
Xiongnu, northern tribes 13, 54, 72, 141, 145
Xiuwu xl, 124
Xu Shi, searcher for immortals 69, 77, 81
Xuan, fourth-century ruler of Qi 97
Xun Qing, Confucian philosopher 6, 23, 29, 144, 149
Xuyi, King Huai’s capital xli, 107, 109
Yan, Chu city 25, 112, 148
Yan, i.e. Yan Ying, Qi minister 13, 145
Yan, river 21, 146
Yan, state xli, 11–17, 19–21, 48, 63, 90, 98, 152, 158
Yan Yue, son-in-law of Zhao Gao 50, 91–2
Yangcheng, birthplace of Chen Sheng 135
Yangtze river xxxiii, 69, 79, 83, 100, 105, 131
Yangxia, birthplace of Wu Guang 128, 135
Yangzhou xl, 35, 55, 57, 112
Yao, sage-emperor 38, 40, 69, 88, 93, 147, 150
Yellow Emperor 24, 95
Yellow river xxxiii, 58, 63–4, 72, 83, 88–9, 95, 100, 109, 116
Yi barbarians 25
Yi river, southern boundary of Yan 13, 16, 18, 145
Yin, dynasty xxvi, 28, 72, 93, 95, 155
Ying, Chu city 25, 112
Yingzhou, island of immortals 69, 98
Yinling xli, 130
Yong xl, 8–9, 84, 93, 96, 100–1, 120, 139, 141
Yu, sage-emperor xxxiii, 38, 40, 79, 88–9, 150
Yuan, Lord of Wey 11
Yuan of Lu, sister of Emperor Hui of Han Dynasty 122, 157
Yue, region xli, 48, 73, 140
Yunyang, road-terminus north of Xianyang 75
Yunzhong, Qin province xl, 15
Yuyang, Qin province xli, 135
Yuzhong, modern Lanzhou in Gansu province 72, 79, 112
Zai Yu, fifth-century Qi minister 45
Zhang Er, rebel general 109, 124
Zhang Han, Qin general 39, 87–90, 106, 108–9, 111–12, 120
Zhang Liang, supporter of Governor of Pei 115–19, 128
Zhang Yi, pre-Qin political adviser 25
Zhao, fourth-century ruler of Yan 98
Zhao, state xl, 3, 5–6, 12, 15–16, 20, 26, 48, 53, 61, 87–8, 107–10, 126, 145, 148, 152, 156, 158
Zhao Cheng, brother of Zhao Gao 91
Zhao Gao, eunuch chief minister of Qin xxv, 30–7, 43–51, 54–5, 82–5, 88–93, 112–13, 149–150, 152
Zhao Ping, a man of Guangling 105
Zhaoxiang, King of Qin 3–6, 25, 53, 57, 139
Zhe river xli, 79, 104
Zheng, First Emperor of xxi, xxviii, 6–7, 12, 16–17, 19–22, 23–5, 27, 29–30, 54, 61, 63–86, 89, 92, 94–9, 104, 117, 140, 144–5, 150, 152, 155
Zheng Guo, canal-builder 25, 102, 147
Zhi, archetypal robber 40, 151
Zhifu, Mount xli, 66, 69–71, 81, 97
Zhou, Book of 58
Zhou, Dan Duke of xxxiii–xxxiv, 51, 57–8, 152
Zhou, dynasty xxvi–xxviii, 24, 28, 63, 73, 93, 95, 139–40, 153, 158
Zhou, last ruler of Yin Dynasty 34, 46, 57–8, 150
Zhou Qingchen, Chief Administrator of Scholars of Broad Learning 28, 72
Zhoulü, Marquis of, elder brother of Empress Lü of Han 122
Zichu, later King Zhuangxiang of Qin 3–6, 9, 24, 53, 62, 140, 144
Zihan, Song usurper 45, 151
Ziying, short-lived ruler at end of Qin Dynasty 50, 56, 91–3, 114, 119, 157
Zouyi, Mount (or Mount Yi in Zou) xxxiii, xli, 65
Zuo Tradition xxx–xxxii