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The Emperor and the Assassin
荆轲刺秦王
1998 · Film · 162 min
Directed by Chen Kaige
In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.
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Emperor Qin was seeking to become immortal. The most famous remnant of this emperor are the Terracotta warriors (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army).
The cool thing Qin did was introduce and enforce standardization of writing / measurements / item parts. This is mentioned in The Fall and Rise of China by Richard Baum at UCLA. I didn't know until today this inspiration came from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Feizi.
Qin also was known for having many attempts to assassinate him. For those interested in a fictional portrayal of the first Qin emperor, The Emperor and the Assassin is a very good movie. (Mandarin, english subtitles)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor_and_the_Assassin
If you haven't seen it, recommend watching 'The Emperor and The Assassin": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor_and_the_Assassin