[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [折疑論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118) › 3.198 # 折疑論 3.198 折疑論 3.198 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.198) 秦政好奢。終滅於國（秦國號。政治皇名也。始皇乃莊襄王。納大賈呂不韋妾。有姬時已有娠而生政。世謂始皇為呂政。及即王位。併吞六國一統天下。自以謂德兼三皇。功過五帝。及更號曰皇帝。故稱始皇帝。專一刑威立國。焚書坑儒。暴虐不道好奢東海求仙。崩於沙丘。不三年而國滅矣）。 > Qin Zheng loved extravagance, and his state was ultimately destroyed (Qin was the state name; Zheng was the First Emperor's personal name; the First Emperor was born when King Zhuangxiang took the concubine of the great merchant Lü Buwei, who was already pregnant with Zheng; the world called the First Emperor Lü Zheng; when he ascended the royal throne, he swallowed the six states and unified all under Heaven; he considered his virtue to encompass the Three Sovereigns and his merit to surpass the Five Thearchs; he changed his title to Huangdi, hence he was called the First Emperor; he established the state relying exclusively on penal terror, burned the books and buried the scholars, was tyrannical and unprincipled, loved extravagance, and sought immortals in the Eastern Sea; he died at Shaqiu, and in less than three years his state was destroyed). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.197) - [Next: 3.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.199) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118~en-mt.3.198) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2118.3.198) · Pramāṇa