Was China's First Emperor Really Driven Mad With Power?
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Published 2020-07-18
During his reign, he introduced sweeping reforms, built a vast network of roads and connected the Great Wall of China which to this day stretches over 2400 kilometers. His legacy not only includes the Great Wall, but also his astonishing tomb, guarded by the famed Terracotta Army constructed almost 2,200 years ago.
This major drama-documentary offers unprecedented access to new excavations at the major sites, and through major dramatic reconstruction narrates how Ying Zheng became the king of Qin state at 13 and the first Chinese Emperor. It reveals the personality and motivations of this remarkable but still unknown leader.
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All Comments (21)
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Be grateful we can watch some high quality documentaries for free. Massive respect to the creators of this
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Wow, I wasn't expecting the production and storytelling like this. I feel like schools don't teach enough about this. People should learn many figures who shaped the entire world.
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My dad says that although he killed many and ruled with a ruthless iron fist, his unification of China, implementation of a system that ended thousands of years of feudalism, warlords, kings, ended the never ending wars and actually made China stronger than ever before as a united land. And to achieve all that within his lifetime is nothing short of a miracle given the vast size of China. Excellent documentary here!
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When you think about it, Qin Shi Huang did achieve immortality. We know his name and his accomplishments. He’s a major and important historical figure. Maybe he didn’t get immortality in the manner he wanted, but he still achieved it
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Lesson: Never underestimate the ingenuity of the ancients.
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Its amazing how they speak english despite being chinese 2k years ago.
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Tyrant or not, he is a legend. Imagine ruled over the biggest nation in the world and that time and your story still being told thousands years later
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Been to Xian before Covid, to see the scale of what the Terracotta Army is just beyond fascinating. Definitely shows the power and sheer will of this emperor he left on the nation
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I’m so used to Chinese historical dramas that hearing the actors speak English is so weird to me
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I like Mr. Riegel. He always seems like he can barely contain his excitement for whatever he's talking about.
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This is one of my favorite documentaries bc of the actor who plays the Emporer. And everyone, really. The narrator is fantastic, everyone just brings this history to life so well 🙏
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I think "I'm absolutely 100% going to give you an elixir of immortality, I just need to go to like the other end of the planet or maybe a distant star to look for it" is a pretty classic maneuver to avoid death at the hands of an increasingly crazy king.
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I love that how more powerful people get the more paranoid, angry and aggressive they become. One of the reasons power is not destined for me
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When you heard the 1st emperor of China saying "hello, hi" XD
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The ending is crazy, I want a HBO drama series of him like Rome, it doesn't need to be historically accurate, but the reality was already insanely epic enough I want to see how a well written fictional drama would enhance all the history and all the legends.
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This needs to be remade again into a Netflix series. So much better than Game of Thrones!
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One of the things I read in National Geographic about the terra cotta army is that though the crafts men used molds to form the soldiers, they mixed the forms so that no two soldiers are identical.
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OMG，how much money did you guys invested for this documentary？really respect for your professionalism and dedication
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Ive seen a lot of documentaries of the great Pyramids of Egypt and their Kings tombs. I thought those were fantastic, but this guy had them all beat. Really good documentary. Thanks.
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the actor portrait him as crazy person from the beginning. But he's not. He's calm yet ruthless, thirst for blood yet wise king. He went crazy in the end of his life when he can't find the elixir
