Sima Qian writes of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Qin dynasty in Shi Ji 6. He records his accomplishments from his rise to the throne at age thirteen to the days following his death. Qian describes an emperor who ruled with an "iron fist," and who was ... as a tyrant and the people loathed him, thus the fall of his empire was guaranteed sooner than later. Also, because Sima Qian was a scholar that was castrated under Empirical rule I am sure he sympathized with the scholars that Emperor Qin executed....

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