What made Qin Shi Huang an emperor instead of a king?

When 嬴政 Yin Zheng, Qin Shihuang, unified China, he felt that his contribution was much greater than any King before, even greater than those people in legends hence he decided to abandon the .... He invented the term huangdi which we translate Emperor, by putting together two earlier legendary titles huang and di. read more

before Qin Shihuang conquered China, it was divided into several countries each with their own language and culture, and he was the King of the country Qin. when he united China and took all other countries under his domain, he become a king of kings, ie emperor. read more

Instead, a legalism was made the official ideology of the Qin dynasty. Qin Shi Huang is reported to have had 50 children, with many different concubines. There is no record of an Empress. Towards the end of his reign, Qin Shi Huang became obsessed with finding the elixir of immortality. read more

The First Emperor of Qin (Chinese: 秦始皇; pinyin: Qin Shi Huang; 18 February 259 BC – 10 September 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and was the first emperor of a unified China. He was born Ying Zheng (嬴政) or Zhao Zheng (趙政), a prince of the state of Qin. read more