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- Updated perspective.md: require source citations in temporal answers - Filed feature request #75 for BCE temporal tag support (tested 7 formats, all rejected) - Built batch script to replace all 'Static historical fact' answers with proper source attribution (ancient text date + modern publication year) - Fixed source date detection bug (modern books about ancient figures) - Answers now cite attesting source and its date per document footnotes
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# Qin Shi Huang
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# Qin Shi Huang
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## Overview
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Qin Shi Huang (259–210 BCE) was the first emperor of a unified China, founding the Qin dynasty and establishing centralized imperial governance that would endure for over two millennia.
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## Key Facts
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- Born: 259 BCE, State of Zhao
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- Died: 210 BCE (age 49)
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- Reign as emperor: 221–210 BCE
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- Original name: Ying Zheng
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- Dynasty: Qin
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## Achievements
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- Unified the Warring States into a single empire (221 BCE) [^1]
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- Standardized weights, measures, currency, and writing across China
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- Began construction of the Great Wall by linking existing fortifications
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- Built an extensive road and canal network
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- Terracotta Army: ~8,000 life-sized warrior figures guarding his mausoleum, discovered 1974 [^2]
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## Controversies
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- Burning of books and burying of scholars (~213–212 BCE)
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- Harsh Legalist governance
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- Massive forced labor for construction projects
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## Legacy
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The Qin dynasty collapsed shortly after his death (206 BCE), but his unification model was adopted by the succeeding Han dynasty.
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[^1]: Sima Qian, *Records of the Grand Historian* (*Shiji*)
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[^2]: Portal, J. *The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army* (British Museum, 2007)
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---
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## Review Queue
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<!-- factbase:review -->
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Born: 259 BCE, State of Zhao" - when was this true?
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> 259 BCE event. Attested by Sima Qian [^1]; Portal (2007) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Died: 210 BCE (age 49)" - when was this true?
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> 210 BCE event. Attested by Sima Qian [^1]; Portal (2007) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 12: "Reign as emperor: 221–210 BCE" - when was this true?
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> 210 BCE event. Attested by Sima Qian [^1]; Portal (2007) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Original name: Ying Zheng" - when was this true?
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> Historical event. Attested by Sima Qian [^1]; Portal (2007) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 14: "Dynasty: Qin" - when was this true?
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> Historical event. Attested by Sima Qian [^1]; Portal (2007) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 17: "Unified the Warring States into a single empire (221 BCE) [^1]" - when was this true?
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> 221 BCE event. Attested by Sima Qian [^1]; Portal (2007) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 18: "Standardized weights, measures, currency, and writing across China" - when was this true?
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> Historical event. Attested by Sima Qian [^1]; Portal (2007) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 19: "Began construction of the Great Wall by linking existing fortifications" - when was this true?
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> Historical event. Attested by Sima Qian [^1]; Portal (2007) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 20: "Built an extensive road and canal network" - when was this true?
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> Historical event. Attested by Sima Qian [^1]; Portal (2007) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 21: "Terracotta Army: ~8,000 life-sized warrior figures guarding his mausoleum, di..." - when was this true?
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> Historical event. Attested by Sima Qian [^1]; Portal (2007) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 24: "Burning of books and burying of scholars (~213–212 BCE)" - when was this true?
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> 212 BCE event. Attested by Sima Qian [^1]; Portal (2007) [^2]. BCE temporal tags not yet supported by factbase.
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 25: "Harsh Legalist governance" - when was this true?
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> Historical event. Attested by Sima Qian [^1]; Portal (2007) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 26: "Massive forced labor for construction projects" - when was this true?
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> Historical event. Attested by Sima Qian [^1]; Portal (2007) [^2].
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 10: "Born: 259 BCE, State of Zhao" - what is the source?
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> Sima Qian Shiji [^1]
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 11: "Died: 210 BCE (age 49)" - what is the source?
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> Sima Qian Shiji [^1]
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 12: "Reign as emperor: 221–210 BCE" - what is the source?
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> Sima Qian Shiji [^1]
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 13: "Original name: Ying Zheng" - what is the source?
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> Sima Qian Shiji [^1]
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 14: "Dynasty: Qin" - what is the source?
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> Sima Qian Shiji [^1]
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 18: "Standardized weights, measures, currency, and writing across China" - what is the source?
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> Sima Qian Shiji [^1]
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 19: "Began construction of the Great Wall by linking existing fortifications" - what is the source?
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> Sima Qian Shiji [^1]
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 20: "Built an extensive road and canal network" - what is the source?
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> Sima Qian Shiji [^1]
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 24: "Burning of books and burying of scholars (~213–212 BCE)" - what is the source?
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> Sima Qian Shiji [^1]
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 25: "Harsh Legalist governance" - what is the source?
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> Sima Qian Shiji [^1]
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- [x] `@q[missing]` Line 26: "Massive forced labor for construction projects" - what is the source?
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> Sima Qian Shiji [^1]
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- [x] `@q[stale]` Line 21: "Terracotta Army: ~8,000 life-sized warrior figures guarding his mausoleum, di..." - Portal source from 2007 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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> Established scholarship remains current. |