"My name is Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇, pronunciationⓘ; February 259[e] – 12 July 210 BC) I was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. Rather than maintain the title of "king" (wáng 王) borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, I assumed the invented title of "emperor" (huángdì 皇帝), which I would see continuous use by monarchs in China for the next two millennia."