Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, Qin Shihuang had united the six states of China, but unlike the pharaohs of Egypt and emperors of Rome who had statues of themselves installed everywhere, when he marched around on imperial tours he would have words carved on tablets to commemorate his achievements.
同時間裡，統一六國的秦始皇巡狩天下，不曾如埃及或羅馬的君王到處為自己立像，而是以文字立碑來記述功績。