MMW 11 Chapter Notes - Chapter Characters, 1: Zhao Gao, Xiang Yu, Meng Tian

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 11
• Professor: David Jordan

Document Summary

King zhuangxiang: king of qin state, father of first emperor. Prince yingzheng: aka zhao zheng, prince of qin, becomes first emperor of qin dynasty. Li si: pri(cid:374)(cid:272)e yi(cid:374)gzhe(cid:374)g"s right-hand man, most important advocate of legalism. Immoral and evil man: li si"s (cid:272)ourt ri(cid:448)al. Xu shi: scholar sent to find fairy islands of penglai, tasked with bringing back elixir of immortality. Prince fusu: e(cid:373)peror"s eldest so(cid:374, executed li si and zhao gao. Prince huhai: e(cid:373)peror"s fa(cid:448)orite so(cid:374, student of zhao gao. Illegitimate second emperor of qin dynasty: assassinated on orders of zhao gao. Prince ziying: sele(cid:272)ted (cid:271)(cid:455) )hao gao to (cid:271)e third e(cid:373)peror after pri(cid:374)(cid:272)e huhai"s e(cid:454)e(cid:272)utio(cid:374) Meng tian: qi(cid:374)"s greatest general, executed with prince fusu. Xiang yu: aka xiang ji, high marshal of chu region, rebel leader. Liu bang: lord of pei region, brilliant warrior, finds han dynasty, becomes emperor han gaozu. Chapter 1: the birth of zhao zheng, prince of the state of qin.