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Was Qin Shi Huang an emperor of the ages, or a tyrant?

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On the one hand, he burnt books and deceived scholars, and forced the people to build large-scale civil projects such as the Epang Palace and the Great Wall, and should be regarded as a tyrant. But on the other hand, he ended the period of division in the Warring States period, realized the great cause of unifying the world, unified writing, weights and measures, and implemented the county system, and built the basic political system of all dynasties in China, which should be one emperor through the ages.

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Answer :His self-invented title "emperor" (皇帝 Huangdi ) would continue to be borne by Chinese rulers for the next two millennia. Historically, he was often portrayed as a tyrannical ruler and strict Legalist, in part from the Han dynasty's scathing assessments of him.

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