Qin and Han · Ruler

Qin Ershi 秦二世

Qín Èrshì

Attested BC 210 - BC 207

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Qin Ershi was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 210 to BC 207 秦二世
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 142

Places and affiliations

Polity Qin 秦 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 142

Events and relationships

Wished to govern like Tang and Yu and resemble Yao and Shun but perished
Political · Ruler
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 142
Relation Served by · Person Zhao Gao (趙高)
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 178, passage 147

Assessments and attributes

Assessment failed by not seeing security and danger, not employing great ministers, and not distancing flatterers · Mode quotation Speaker Liu Fen (劉蕡)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 142

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 178, passage 142

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 178Volume 178 Biographies 103: Liu Fen · 1 passage

至秦二世、漢元成，鹹願措國如唐、虞，致身如堯、舜，而終敗亡者，以其不見安危之機，不知取舍之道，不任大臣，不辨奸人，不親忠良，不遠讒佞也。 As for Qin Ershi and the Han emperors Yuan and Cheng — all wished to set the state like Tang and Yu and make themselves like Yao and Shun, yet in the end were defeated and perished — because they did not see the pivot of security and danger, did not know what to take and what to discard, did not employ great ministers, did not distinguish treacherous men, did not draw near the loyal, and did not keep far from slanderous flatterers.