The final expansion in this period began during the reign of Ying Zheng, the king of Qin.

In 221 BC, Ying Zheng, who was king of Qin at the time, proclaimed himself shi huangdi ( 始皇帝 ), which translates as " first emperor ".

* 227 BC: The assassination against Ying Zheng, king of Qin State, by Jing Ke from Yan failed.

Furthermore, it is generally agreed upon that the founding of the dominant Chinese race, the Han 漢 race, was the result of the " Yellow Emperor " Huangdi 黃帝, who unified a federation of tribes to drive the other tribes out of central China as it was known then ( today's northwestern China ), and several imperial dynasties existed since the time of Huang Di and before the time of Ying Zheng, the last of which integral dynasties, the Zhou 周 dynasty, disintegrated and formed the " Warring Nations " which were principalities of various sizes roughly based on the feudal kingdoms and duchies as ascribed under the Zhou dynasty political system.

Ying Zheng, therefore, should really be called the re-unifier of the Chinese empire after the fall of the Zhou Dynasty, and his title should more correctly be rendered as " The First Holy Emperor " as opposed to the much less nuanced ( and in fact much less accurate ) " First Emperor.

" This is further evidenced by the fact that Chinese emperors since Ying Zheng also typically took on the title 帝 rather than 皇帝, e. g. Han Wu Di 漢武帝 " Emperor Wu of Han ", and it was not until much later that the term Huang Di 皇帝 came to be used interchangeably with the shorter Di 帝.

" It is said that this practice was initiated by Liu Bang 劉邦, the founder of the Han Dynasty, in emulation of Ying Zheng ( who granted his own father the title posthumously once he took on the new title of Huangdi 皇帝 for himself ), because Liu Bang would not be bowed to by his own father, who was still technically a commoner.

* Qin Shi Huang, or Ying Zheng ( 嬴政 ), First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty

However, the name Qin Shi Huangdi is believed to be the correct one since Ying Zheng joined together the words Huang ( Imperial ) and Di ( ruler ), to create Huangdi ( emperor ).

Ying Zheng then assumed full power as the King of the Qin state.

In the play, Ying Zheng was portrayed as a cruel tyrant and an aggressor and invader of other states.

It starred Raymond Lam as Zhao Pan, a man of the Zhao state who took on his new identity of Ying Zheng and rose to power as Qin Shi Huang.

He is addressed by his personal name " Ying Zheng " in the game.

Ying Zheng, the leader of Qin, crowned himself as the First Emperor.

The empire quickly collapsed after the death of Ying Zheng and was replaced by the Han Dynasty in 206 BC, with its capital at Chang ' an.

-227 BC ) was a guest residing in the estates of Dan, crown prince of Yan and renowned for his failed assassination attempt of Ying Zheng, King of Qin state, who later became China's first emperor ( reign from 221 BC to 210 BC ).

Emperor Shun of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period, the politician Yan Ying of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Confucian scholar Zheng Xuan of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the agriculturist Jia Simiao of the Northern Wei Dynasty were all from Weifang.

Its story consists in the main of three incidents: the attempt by Jing Ke to assassinate Ying Zheng ; the rumour of a Chief Minister's having sired the latter before transferring his concubine to become Queen Mother ; and the ( possibly fictitious ) story of an official having sired children by the Queen Mother herself.

In the film, Ying Zheng sends his concubine Lady Zhao to the Yan state as a spy to enlist a Yan assassin to attempt to assassinate him, and use that a casus belli to start a war against Yan.

The attempt fails, but Ying Zheng is furious when none of his associates attempt to stop the assassin and he is forced to kill Jing Ke himself, and further saddened when Lady Zhao returns to Qin only to retrieve Jing Ke for burial.

* Li Xuejian as Ying Zheng

Important players and teachers in the 20th century include Wang Xunzhi ( 王巽之, 1899 – 1972 ) who popularized the Wulin zheng school based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang ; Lou Shuhua, who rearranged a traditional guzheng piece and named it Yu zhou chang wan ; Liang Tsai-Ping ( 1911 – 2000 ), who edited the first guzheng teaching manual, Nizheng pu in 1938 ; Cao Dongfu ( 1898 – 1970 ), from Henan ; Gao Zicheng ( b. 1918 ) and Zhao Yuzhai ( b. 1924 ), both from Shandong ; Su Wenxian ( 1907 – 1971 ); Guo Ying ( b. 1914 ) and Lin Maogen ( b. 1929 ), both from Chaozhou ; the Hakka Luo Jiuxiang ( 1902 – 1978 ); and Cao Guifen and Cao Zheng ( 1920 – 1998 ), both of whom trained in the Henan school.

Set in third century BC China, the story of The Emperor's Shadow revolves around the relationship between Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, and later the First Emperor ; and the musician Gao Jianli.

After reaching adulthood, Ying Zheng embarks on a series of wars to fulfill his plan of unifying China.

In addition to tributary relations with the Kushans, the Han Empire received gifts from the Parthian Empire, from a king in modern Burma, from a ruler in Japan, and initiated an unsuccessful mission to Daqin ( Rome ) in 97 CE with Gan Ying as emissary.

The king changed his mind and awarded Feizi the small fief of Qin instead ( in present-day Zhangjiachuan County, Gansu ), separate from his father's fief of Xichui, and gave Feizi the title Qin Ying, a combination of his fief and ancestral name.

As Wang Jian was aware that Ying Zheng might doubt his loyalty because he wielded too much military power, he frequently sent messengers back to the king, requesting for rewards for his family in order to reduce the king's suspicions.

When it was his turn to be beheaded, Han Xin saw Xiahou Ying ( one of Liu Bang's trusted generals ) and said, " I thought the king wanted to rule an empire.

Hong helps Ying clear all obstacles to the path to the throne and Ying eventually becomes the king of Qin.

** House of Ying 嬴氏: Imperial Family of Qin Dynasty

Twenty-eight years later, Qin captured Ying, the capital of Chu.

Boyi, an ancestor of the royal clan of Qin, was granted the family name of " Ying " () by Shun.

Feizi (, died 858 BC ), also known by his title Qin Ying (), was the founder of the ancient Chinese state of Qin, predecessor of the Qin Dynasty that would conquer all other Chinese states and unite China in 221 BC.

However, Qin Zhong's son and successor Duke Zhuang of Qin defeated the Rong and annexed Xichui, thus reuniting the territories of the two branches of the House of Ying.

Ying succeeded him as Duke Kang of Qin.

He also had several known daughters: Huai Ying ( wife of Duke Huai of Jin, later wife of Duke Wen of Jin ), Wen Ying ( wife of Duke Wen of Jin ), Qin Ying ( wife of King Gong of Chu ), Jianbi and Nongyu ( wife of Xiao Shi ).

* Ruzi Ying, Emperor of Han Dynasty China, r. 6 – 9

* 506 BC — Battle of Boju: during the Spring and Autumn Period of Ancient China, the forces of the State of Wu under commander and strategist Sun Tzu defeat the forces of Chu, destroying the Chu capital of Ying and forcing King Zhao of Chu to flee.

* Ruzi Ying, great-grandson of Emperor Xuan Han, Emperor of China ( d. 25 )

* Gan Ying, an envoy of the Han dynasty in China who learned about Ta Ts ' in ( the Roman Empire ), although he never reached there

The first institution with the name of Ying Wa College was founded in Malacca in 1818 by Robert Morrison of the London Missionary Society, the first Protestant missionary to China.

Milne House is named after Ying Wa's first principal Milne ( 1785 – 1822 )， He came to China in 1812 to be a missionary.

The maritime route hypothesis, favored by Liang Qichao and Paul Pelliot, proposed that Buddhism was originally practiced in southern China, the Yangtze River and Huai River region, where prince Ying of Chu ( present day Jiangsu ) was jointly worshipping the Yellow Emperor, Laozi, and Buddha in 65 CE.

According to a spokesperson from China's National Agency for Religious Affairs, as well as Pastor Gao Ying from the China Christian Council, Gong Shengliang has incited followers to beat up people who refused to join his religious group, and has used sulfuric acid to disfigure disobedient followers.

* Pagoda of Fugong Temple, built in 1056 in Ying County, Shanxi, China.

* President of Republic of China ( Taiwan ) Ma Ying Jeou giving Roman salute

Ying Lianzhi ( 英斂之 ) founded the newspaper in Tientsin, China ( now Tianjin ) on 17 June 1902 in order to, in Ying's own words, " help China become a modern and democratic nation ".

During this time Swiper gets a taste of his own medicine, so to speak, as each country they visit has its own " Swiper ", only of different species, who tries to steal the bracelets: Fifi the skunk in France, Sami the hyena in Tanzania, Fomkah the bear in Russia, and Ying Ying the weasel in China.

China never managed to reach the Roman Empire directly in antiquity, although general Ban Chao sent Gan Ying as an envoy to " Daqin " in 97 AD.

Chung Ying Street lies on the border between mainland China and Hong Kong.

Although there are a lot of goods leaving Hong Kong from Sha Tau Kok via Chung Ying Street there is also an inflow of foodstuffs and other commodities that come through from China into Hong Kong throughout the day, and only limited by the closure of the Chinese custom post.

An influx of mainland China workers flow into Chung Ying Street from 7am when the custom post is opened.

Tourists are also found visiting Chung Ying Street to buy Western products from Hong Kong first hand, and prices may be higher than within China, but equivalent products found within China are suspected by mainland China residents as not being wholly genuine.