Qin Shi Huang: his name endures today not just in every "Made in China" label on the imports flooding western markets, but more significantly in China's strong political and economic presence on the world stage. Emperor of Stone: Qin and the Terra Cotta Armies takes a detailed look at Qin's major accomplishments, achievements whose long shadow through time continue to shape China today. But the book does more. It is impossible to understand Qin without a sense of the culture into which he was born, so I have also described the shifting and evolving landscape--from the practical optism of Confucius in the perfectibility of man, through the "mandate of Heaven" and on to the legalist views of Li sI--that ultimately shaped his thinking and brought about the Great Wall,the terra cotta warriors...and his own ruin.

  Timelines Relating to Qin Shi Huang

Chapter 1 

  Strange Bedfellows

Chapter 2 

  Assassinations and Excesses

Chapter 3 

  Life on the Street

Chapter 4 

  A Prophecy of Doom: The Death of Qin Shi Huang

Chapter 5 

  Palaces below Ground: The Mausoleum and the Smaller Pits

Chapter 6 

  Inside the Main Pits

Chapter 7 

  Qin's Real Warriors

Chapter 8 

  Weapons of War

Chapter 9 

  Art and Craft in the Making of the Terra Cotta Warriors

Chapter 10 

  The Great Wall

Chapter 11 

  Was Qin Shi Huang an Immortal?

Chapter 12 

  Who Built the Terra Cotta Warriors?

Chapter 13 

  The Museum at Xi'an

Appendix 

  1. Development of the Calligraphy Paintbrush

  2. Symbols of Dynasty

  3. Huangdi

  4. Sima Qian

  5. Naming the Emperor

Bibliography

Acknowledgements