Who is the first king in China history?
Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: ���������, 259���210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of a unified China. Rather than maintain the title of "king" (��� w��ng) borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, he ruled as the First Emperor (���������) of the Qin dynasty from 221 to 210 BC. His self-invented title "emperor" (������ hu��ngd��) would continue to be borne by Chinese rulers for the next two millennia.