中英雙語話中國歷史名人 第6期:秦始皇
Qin Shi Huang (born c. 259B. C., Qin , northwestern China，died 210/209)，personal name Zheng，was king of the Chinese State of Qin from 247 B. C. to 221 B.C.，and then the first emperor of a unified China from 221B.C. to 210 B. C.，ruling under the name First Emperor.
秦始皇，名贏政，於公元前259年出生在中國西北部的秦國，卒於209年或210年。贏政於公元前247年到221年作爲秦王統治秦國，之後於公元前221年至公元前210年作爲統一的中國的第一個皇帝統治中國，自稱“始皇帝”。
Having unified China，he and his prime minister Li Si passed a series of major reforms aimed at cementing the unification，and they undertook some gigantic construction projects，most notably the precursor version of the current Great Wall of China.
統一中國後，秦始皇和丞相李斯通過了一系列旨在鞏固統一大業的主要改革措施。他們還進行了一此巨大的建設工程，其中最著名的就是今長城的前身。For all the tyranny of his autocratic rule，Qin Shi Huang is still regarded by many today as the founding father in Chinese history whose unification of China has endured for more than two millennia，with interruptions.
儘管秦始皇的統治獨裁殘暴，現在仍然有很多人認爲秦始皇是中國歷史上的開國者。秦始皇統一中國後，中國的統一狀態已經頑強持續了2000多年，儘管中間時有間斷。
