Legalism as a coherent philosophy disappeared largely due to its relationship with the unpopular authoritarian rule of Qin Shi Huang, however, many of its ideas and institutions would continue to influence Chinese philosophy until the end of Imperial rule during the Xinhai Revolution.

For example, Sunni Muslims would favor a Sunni fatwā whereas Shiite would follow a Shi ' a one.

A 37km monorail is planned in Najaf, which would link three Shi ' ite holy sites.

Some well-known stories include Zhuan Zhu's assassination of King Liao of Wu, and most notably, Jing Ke's attempt on the life of the King of Qin ( who would become Qin Shi Huang later ).

But even in the 14th century, the North African traveller Ibn Battuta visiting Qatif around 1331, found it inhabited by Arabs whom he described as " extremist Shi ' is " ( rafidiyya ghulat ), which Cole presumes is how a 14th century Sunni would describe Ismailis.

Later in his life, Qin Shi Huang feared death and desperately sought the fabled elixir of life, which would supposedly allow him to live forever.

Hung's Jiang Shi films would pave the way for films such as the popular Mr. Vampire ( 1985 ), which he also produced, and its sequels.

These poets would become the objects of scorn by New Culturalists like Hu Shi, who saw their work as overly allusive, artificial, and divorced from contemporary reality.

He touched its hand, and it began posturing, keeping perfect time ... As the performance was drawing to an end, the robot winked its eye and made advances to the ladies in attendance, whereupon the king became incensed and would have had Yen Shih Shi executed on the spot had not the latter, in mortal fear, instantly taken the robot to pieces to let him see what it really was.

He preferred a strategy similar to that used in the Afghan war, in which the U. S. would insert SOF ( Special Operations Forces ), along with some two divisions, to assist native Kurdish and Shi ' ite rebels, much as the United States had done with the Northern Alliance against the Taliban.

According to Shi ' a doctrine, this was a clear violation of the treaty he made with Hasan ibn Ali, in which Muawiyah said he would not make his son his successor.

While Shang Yang ( the Prime Minister of Duke Xiao of Qin ) would allow rulers to listen to musical instruments rather than focus on foreign policy, Han Fei ( the Legalist scholar most admired by the First Qin Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi ) demanded more of the wise ruler.

Guided by Legalist thought, the First Qin Emperor, Qin Shi Huang, would weaken the power of the feudal lords, divide the unified empire into thirty-six administrative provinces, and standardize the writing system.

Accepting Shang Yang ’ s earlier emphasis on the standardization of weights and measures, the Qin Shi Huang would also accept Shang Yang ’ s philosophy that no individual in the state should be above the law ( by ensuring harsh punishments for all cases of dissent ) and that families should be divided into smaller households.

One of Xiaowen's enduring legacies was the establishment of the equal-field system in China, a system of government-allotted land that would last until the An Shi Rebellion in the mid Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 ).

One of these vassal states would go on to conquer China and unite the country under the first emperor Qin Shi Huang.

Zhao Gao however had expected that Qin Er Shi would ask him to take the blame.

The eunuch replied that it was Qin Er Shi himself who decided to execute anyone who would tell him the truth.

He touched its hand, and it began posturing, keeping perfect time ... As the performance was drawing to an end, the robot winked its eye and made advances to the ladies in attendance, whereupon the king became incensed and would have had Yen Shih ( Yan Shi ) executed on the spot had not the latter, in mortal fear, instantly taken the robot to pieces to let him see what it really was.

The Shi ' a had hoped that their imam would be named head of the Caliphate, inaugurating the era of peace and prosperity the millennialists had believed would come.

Prince Bian was therefore entrusted to the magician Shi Zimiao ( 史子眇 ) and known by the circumspect title " Marquess Shi " ( based on another superstition that a lesser title of reference would ward off evil spirits ).

Most Iranians had a deep respect for the Shi ' a clergy or Ulema, and tended to be religious, traditional, and alienated from the process of Westernization pursued by the Shah.

Many Sunni Muslim historians view Muawiyah as a companion of Muhammad, and hence worthy of respect for this reason, and a few Sunni Muslims take great issue with the Shi ' a criticism and vilification of him.

They managed to fend off a Phalanx assault on the Shi ' ar Empire, and during the conflict, Deathbird and the X-Man Bishop forged a warrior's respect for each other.

Amal's practical objectives were to gain greater respect for Lebanon's Shi ' ite population and the allocation of a larger share of governmental resources for the Shi ' ite-dominated southern part of the country.

Re-presentation itself is the only way the feeling of mutual respect that Shi Tao depicts in this painting could be communicated ; the subject of a personified mountain simply defies anything simpler.

At this time, Ifriqiya was in ferment, the Zirid ruler al-Muizz ibn Badis, was openly contemplating breaking with his Shi ' ite Fatimid overlords in Cairo, and the jurists of Kairouan were agitating for him to do so.

His unification of the other six powers, and further annexations in the modern regions of Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi in 214 BC, enabled him to proclaim himself the First Emperor ( Qin Shi Huang ).

* 1276 – While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.

Nonetheless, by joining the university's Philosophy and Journalism Societies, he was able to attend various lectures and seminars by the likes of Chen Duxiu, Hu Shi, and Qian Xuantong, but various lecturers still treated him with contempt and refused to answer his questions.

* Mutant X – Set in a world where Scott Summers was captured along with his parents by the Shi ' ar and only Alex escaped, allowing him to be the eventual leader of this Universe's X-Factor (" The Six ").

His son Shi Jian succeeds him as emperor of the Jie state Later Zhao.

They were sent to find Anqi Sheng, a 1, 000-year-old magician whom Qin Shi Huang had supposedly met in his travels and who had invited him to seek him there.

Historically, when Qin Shi Huang united China in 221 BC, he felt that his achievements had surpassed those of all the rulers who had gone before him.

However, mainstream Sunni Muslims while refusing to adopt the negative Shi ' a sentiment towards Muawiyah nevertheless quietly withhold according him religious status owing to his rebellions against Ali and al-Hasan, who are regarded as pious rulers.

Hong Tianguifu escaped to the mountains near Stone Town ( Shi Cheng, 石城 ) after his token force was wiped out, but he was caught on 25 October 1864 by Qing soldiers searching for him and was subsequently executed on 18 November 1864 at the age of sixteen.

Zhao Shi died of illness in Hong Kong, while Zhao Bing died when a retainer put him on his shoulders and jumped off a cliff following the naval defeat of the Sung Dynasty by the Mongols at the Battle of Yamen.

Sima Shi deposed Cao Fang in 254 and replaced him with Cao Mao.

For example, although the prominent scientist and statesman Shen Kuo ( 1031 – 1095 ) was one of Wang Anshi's most trusted associates and political allies, Shen nonetheless befriended Su Shi and even collaborated with him in compiling the pharmaceutical treatise of the Liang Fang ( 良方 ; Good medicinal formulas ).

In shock, Qin Er Shi tried to capture Zhao Gao and held him responsible.

Afterwards, Professor X recruited him, along with Darwin, Havok, Marvel Girl, Warpath, and Polaris, to participate in a space mission to stop Vulcan from laying waste to the Shi ' ar empire.

Pingjun bore him a son, Liu Shi.

Most Shi ' ites realized, however, that ar-Rida was too old to survive him and saw al-Ma ' mun's gesture as empty ; indeed, Al-Ma ' mun poisoned Ali ar-Rida who then died in 818.