THE GREAT QIN

A prisoner of war named “Heifu” found salvation through his tile-making skills, as Qin law granted him the opportunity to earn citizenship through merit. While contributing to the construction of the royal capital, Heifu was ennobled for saving the emperor from an assassin’s blade. Marching to war for Qin’s vision of “eternal peace,” Heifu ultimately fell during the unification campaign, joining countless unnamed Qin soldiers immortalized as terracotta warriors guarding Chinese civilization. The unyielding tenacity of old Qin people, their reformist perseverance, and their vision of “uniting all under heaven” ultimately became the enduring spirit that has sustained the Chinese nation for millennia.