A brief introduction to Qin Shihuang’s mother Zhao Ji

Zhao Ji (-228 BC), the biological mother of Qin Shihuang, the wife of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, was a native of Handan, Zhao State. Originally the concubine of Lu Buwei, she was given to Qin as a proton by Lu Buwei. She was born to Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng in 259 BC, and Yiren made her his wife.

Her son Ying Zheng ascended the throne as the King of Qin, and she became the Queen Mother. Qin Shihuang unified the world and honored her as the Emperor Queen Mother. She was buried in Zhiyang together with King Zhuangxiang of Qin.

Character controversy:

Name controversy

Her real surname has been lost. Zhao is not her surname, but refers to her country of birth - Zhao A kind of title for the country, it can also be called Zhao Nu. Calling her "Zhao Ji" began in the long historical novel "Records of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", so historians also call her Zhao Ji.

Controversy over life experience

Even in the volume of "Historical Records: Biography of Lu Buwei", the previous and subsequent records of Zhao Ji's life experience are contradictory. Dancer and residence", and later it was said that "Zhao wanted to kill Zi Chu's wife, and Zi Chu's wife Zhao Hao's daughter was also hidden, so the mother and son survived." Here Zhao Ji became the daughter of a wealthy family in the Zhao state.