Huang Ti

The work is invaluable as a means to the understanding of the political and educational structure commonly called “Confucian civilization.”40.This expansion took place in China in the reign of Ch'in Shih Huang Ti, who used the state of Ch'in as an instrument by means of which to destroy the multiple state-system and replace it with a powerful unitary state for all China.

Granet's work, while challenged by many sinologues as well as by anthropologists, is the most brilliant portrayal of Chinese civilization to the time of Shih Huang Ti.

There are strong parallels between Mao and China's first emperor, Ch'in Shih Huang Ti, who took power in the 3rd century B.C.

Ch'in Shih Huang Ti was the first leader to unify all China.

The Chinese ruler who acted thus was called Shih Huang Ti, the Emperor famed for constructing the Great Wall.