The Qin Empire III

The Qin Empire III
Poster
Also known as	The Chin Empire - Rise
Traditional Chinese	大秦帝國之崛起
Simplified Chinese	大秦帝国之崛起
Hanyu Pinyin	Dà Qín Dìguó zhī Juéqǐ
Genre	Historical drama
Developed by	Jiao Yang
Screenplay by	Zhang Jianwei Qian Jierong
Story by	Sun Haohui
Directed by	Ding Hei Bao Chengzhi
Creative director	Ding Guoli
Presented by	Li Yuan Wang Fubao Li Yaojie
Starring	Ning Jing Zhang Bo Xing Jiadong Lu Ning Yang Zhigang Zhao Chunyang Shen Jiani Wu Liansheng
Ending theme	Jueqi (崛起) performed by Tan Jing / Chen Bing
Composers	Zhao Jiping Zhao Lin
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	40 (original version) 34 (CCTV version)
Production
Executive producers	He Xiaoli He Jindong Lu Dongzhang Fan Chongjun Liu Ximin Han Gang
Producers	Chen Jili Liu Juntao
Production location	China
Cinematography	Zhang Chaoying
Editor	Wang Yuwei
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Production company	Xi’an Qujiang Chin Empire Film&TV Investment
Original release
Network	CCTV-1
Release	9 February (2012-02-09) – 6 March 2012 (2012-03-06)
Related
The Qin Empire II: Alliance (2012)

The Qin Empire III is a 2017 Chinese television series based on Sun Haohui's novel of the same Chinese title, which romanticizes the events in China during the Warring States period primarily from the perspective of the Qin state under King Zhaoxiang. It was first aired on CCTV-1 in mainland China in 2017. It was preceded by The Qin Empire (2009) and The Qin Empire II: Alliance (2012) and followed by The Qin Empire IV (2019), which were also based on Sun Haohui's novels.

The series is set in the late fourth century BC to the mid-third century BC during the Warring States period of China. In 305 BC, a young Ying Ji (King Zhaoxiang) becomes the ruler of the Qin state in western China after the sudden death of his brother, Ying Dang (King Wu). As he is still underage then, his mother Queen Dowager Xuan and maternal uncle Wei Ran rule on his behalf as regents until he comes to of age.

With the aid of the minister Fan Ju and general Bai Qi, King Zhaoxiang starts making aggressive advances against the other six states in the east. Under his rule, the Qin state destroys the Yiqu state, builds a section of the Great Wall, defeats the Qi and Chu states in battle, forces the Wei and Han states into submission, and inflicts a devastating defeat on the Zhao state at the Battle of Changping. After demonstrating its military power through its victories, in 256 BC the Qin state finally puts an end to the Eastern Zhou dynasty, the nominal suzerain power over the warring states. These events paved the way for the Qin state's eventual unification of China under the Qin dynasty within the next half-century.

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Other cast

• (in Chinese) The Qin Empire III official page on CCTV's website