The King of the Wall: Told in first person perspective
By: Anthony C.
U.S.A.

I am Qin shi Haung. My nickname was known as “The First Emperor of China.” I was born in 259 B.C. in Handan, China. My real name was Ying Zheng. They call me Qin because of my dad, the kind. They call me Shi because in China, Shi means the first, so that’s why they call me “The Frist Emperor of China.”

My parents were King Zhuangxiang of Qin and Lu Buwei. My father was the prince, until I got to be chosen to be the new king. I was very excited to be prince of the land at a very young age. I was throned at 13 years of age. I felt like I had the world in my hands, and then I came up with a really good idea. I built the first feudal and centralized empire in Chinese history in 221 B.C. At the age of 13, I became very aggressive. I was also the first emperor to make China one country. I was also a big jerk. I made people us ethe same writing, the same coins, and the markets were the same. I was also the most important person. Everybody had to obey me.

I came up with the idea of the Great Wall of China. I kept worrying about the enemy crossing our territory, so after hours of thinking, I finally got it. I thought to myself, why don’t I give orders to the perople to make a wall and the thing turned out to be 1, 500 miles long. In 221 B.C.E., I united the seven kingdoms.

After a while, I figured something out. It seemed like the longer I ruled, the more people hated me. I thought it was all not true, but then I figured out why they hated me. I thought it was because of all the slaves that got pulled away from their families. Most of the people who helped to build the Wall had died.

The sad part of my life was that at the end, I committed suicide. I can still remember all the good things I did like instructing the soldiers to build the Great Wall, building the first feudal and centralized empire in Chinese history, and becoming the first emperor of China. I also got some things that everyone can remember me by. I have my own statue, a mausoleum named after me, clay figure soldier in my giant tomb, and the Great Wall of China.

My death was tragic. I killed myself, but some think it may have been because of mercury poisoning. People don’t know. I thought that I was going to get assassinated by people.

“Emperor Qin Shihuang, First Emperor of China.” www.Chinatravelguide.com.
Retrieved on February 8, 2013.

Szczepanski, Kallie. “Qin Shihuang, First Emperor of China.” www.about.com Retrieved
on February 8, 2013.

Zhou, Ruro. “Qin Shihuang.” www.Chinahighlights.com. Retrieved on February 1, 2013.