The sacrificing of humans and animals lasted until the Warring States Period. Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor to unify China, instead of sacrificing any human beings to "defend" his mausoleum complex near Xi'an, had several thousand life-size terracotta soldiers, horses and chariots buried there.
以人或是動物陪葬的文化，一直持續到春秋戰國時代結束。一統天下的秦始皇以幾千個真人大小的兵馬俑、馬車取代真人來保衛他在西安附近的陵墓。