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((Infobox royalty
| name = Ziying, King of Qin<br>秦王子嬰
| image = 
| image_size = 
| caption = 
| succession = King of [[Qin (state)|Qin]]
| predecessor = [[Qin Er Shi]]
| reign = October – December 207 BC
| birth_date = Unknown
| death_date = January 206 BC
| full name = '''[[Chinese surname#Xing|Ancestral name]]''': Ying (嬴) <br> '''[[Chinese surname#Shi|Clan name]]''': Qin (秦) or Zhao (趙) <br> '''Given name''': Ziying (子嬰)
| posthumous name = Emperor Shang (殤皇帝)
| house = [[Qin dynasty]]
| father = Unknown (no firm consensus; candidates include [[Fusu]], [[Chengjiao (prince)|Chengjiao]], [[Qin Shi Huang|Zheng]], [[King Zhuangxiang of Qin|Yiren]])
))
((Infobox Chinese
|title = Ziying
|l=Infant son
|t=((linktext|子嬰))
|s=((linktext|子婴))
|p=Zǐyīng
|y=Jíyīng
|oc-bs = Tsə[[glottal stop|′]]-[[glottal stop|′]]<nowiki>eng</nowiki><ref>Baxter, William & al. "[http://crlao.ehess.fr/docannexe.php?id=1207 Baxter&ndash;Sagart Reconstruction of Old Chinese] ((webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425064509/http://crlao.ehess.fr/docannexe.php?id=1207 |date=April 25, 2012 ))", pp. 6 & 148. 2011. Accessed 10 December 2013.</ref>
|altname=Qin Sanshi
|c2=秦三世
|l2=[[Qin dynasty|Qin]] Third Generation
|p2=Qín Sānshì
|y2=Chèuhn Sāamsai
|altname3=Qin Shangdi
|c3=秦殤帝
|l3=[[Qin dynasty|Qin]] Emperor Who Died Young
|p3=Qín Shāngdì
|y3=Chèuhn Sēungdai
))

'''Ziying, King of Qin'''((efn|Although the last Qin ruler is often referred to as "Ying Ziying" according to modern [[Chinese name|Chinese naming conventions]], it was not customary to combine ancestral names (姓; xìng) with given names in ancient China.)) (((zh|c=秦王子嬰|p=Qín-wáng Zǐyīng)), died January 206 &thinsp;BC) was the third and last ruler of the [[Qin dynasty]]. He ruled over a fragmented Qin Empire for 46 days, from mid-October to early December 207 &thinsp;BC. He is referred to in some sources with the [[posthumous name]] '''Emperor Shang of Qin''' (秦殤帝) although Qin abolished the practice of posthumous names. (In Chinese tradition, even someone who never held a ruling title while he was alive might be given the posthumous title "emperor" after his death.)

==Identity==
((chart top|collapsed=yes|width=auto|Ziying's kinship with the Qin imperial family))
((chart/start|align=center|style=font-size:100%;| summary=Ziying's kinship with the Qin imperial family))
((chart |border=1| | | | | | | | | | | | | Zhuang |Zhuang='''[[King Zhuangxiang of Qin|Zhuangxiang]]'''<br /><small>281–247 BCE</small>|boxstyle_Zhuang=border-width:2px))
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((chart |border=1| | | | | Zheng | | | | | | Cheng | | | Zi3 |Zheng='''[[Qin Shi Huang|Shi Huang]]'''<br /><small>259–210 BCE</small>|Zi3='''Ziying''' <small>(#3)<br />d. 206 BCE</small>|Cheng=[[Chengjiao (prince)|Chengjiao]]<br /><small>256–239 BCE</small>|boxstyle_Zheng=border-width:2px|boxstyle_Cheng=border-width:2px|boxstyle_Zi3=border-width:2px))
((chart |border=1| |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.| | | |!| | | | | | |))
((chart |border=1| Fu | | Zi2 | | Er | |Zi4|Fu=[[Fusu]]<br /><small>d. 210 BCE</small>|Er='''[[Qin Er Shi|Er Shi]]'''<br /><small>230–207 BCE</small>|Zi4='''Ziying''' <small>(#4)<br />d. 206 BCE</small>|Zi2='''Ziying''' <small>(#2)<br />d. 206 BCE</small>|boxstyle_Zi2=border-width:2px|boxstyle_Er=border-width:2px|boxstyle_Zi4=border-width:2px))
((chart |border=1| |!))
((chart |border=1|Zi1  |Zi1='''Ziying''' <small>(#1)<br />d. 206 BCE</small>|boxstyle_Zi1=border-width:2px))
((chart/end))
((chart bottom))

There is no firm consensus as to what Ziying's relationship to the Qin royal family really was.

He is mentioned in historical records as either:
#A son of [[Qin Er Shi]]'s elder brother (who, according to [[Yan Shigu]]'s commentaries,<ref name=Hanshu>((cite book |author1= Ban Gu | author1-link= Ban Gu
| author2= Ban Zhao| author2-link= Ban Zhao
| author3= Ban Biao| author3-link= Ban Biao
| script-title=zh:漢書 |editor-last1= Yan|editor-first1= Shigu|editor-link1= Yan Shigu |title= Han Shu | trans-title= Book of Han | title-link= Book of Han  |language= zh |editor-mask1= Yan Shigu))</ref><ref name=Shiji>((cite book | author1= Sima Qian | author1-link= Sima Qian
| author2= Sima Tan| author2-link= Sima Tan
| script-title=zh:史記|editor-last1= Yan|editor-first1= Shigu|editor-link1= Yan Shigu |title=Shiji | trans-title= Records of the Grand Historian | title-link=Records of the Grand Historian |language= zh  | editor-mask1 = Yan Shigu))</ref> was [[Fusu]]);<ref name=ShijiQSH>((cite book |last1= Sima|first1= Qian|author-link1= Sima Qian|chapter= [[:zh:s:史記/卷006|Records of Qin Shi Huang]]|title= [[Records of the Grand Historian]] |language= zh |ref=ShijiQSH))</ref>((quote|text=二世三年，赵高杀二世后，立二世之兄子公子婴为秦王。<br/>In the third year of [Qin] Er Shi (207 BCE), [[Zhao Gao]], after killing [Qin] Er Shi, installed '''[Qin] Er Shi's elder brother's son Prince Ying''' as the King of Qin.|author=Sima Qian|title=''Records of the Grand Historian''|source=''"Records of Qin Shi Huang"''))
#An elder brother of Qin Er Shi;<ref name=Shiji6S>((cite book |last1= Sima|first1= Qian|author-link1= Sima Qian|chapter= [[:zh:s:史記/卷015|Chronology of the Six States]]|title= [[Records of the Grand Historian]] |language= zh |ref=Shiji6S))</ref>((quote|text=三赵高反，二世自杀，高立二世兄子婴。<br/>In the third year [of Qin Er Shi], [Zhao] Gao made a coup d'etat, [Qin] Er Shi committed suicide, and [Zhao] Gao crowned '''[Qin] Er Shi's elder brother Ziying'''.|author=Sima Qian|title=''Records of the Grand Historian''|source=''"Chronology of the Six States"''))
#A younger brother of [[Qin Shi Huang]];<ref name=ShijiLS>((cite book |last1= Sima|first1= Qian|author-link1= Sima Qian|chapter= [[:zh:s:史記/卷087|Chronicle of Li Si]]|title= [[Records of the Grand Historian]] |language= zh |ref=ShijiLS))</ref> or((quote|text=叙述赵高杀二世后，引皇帝玺自佩，有篡位的意图，左右百官都不跟从，于是高自知天弗与，群臣弗许，乃召始皇弟，授之玺。子婴即位，患之，乃称疾不听事，与宦者韩谈及其子谋杀高。<br/>It is said that Zhao Gao, after killing [Qin] Er Shi, took the [[Heirloom Seal of the Realm|Emperor's Seal]] and had the intention to usurping the throne, but none of the courtiers would join his cause. And so [Zhao] Gao, knowing that his actions were not accepted by Heaven and not supported by the courtiers, summoned '''[Qin] Shi Huang's younger brother''' to give him the [Imperial] Seal. Ziying ascended the throne, but was concerned, and claimed illness to remain absent from court, conspiring with the eunuch ((ill|Han Tan|zh|韩谈)) to assassinate [Zhao] Gao.|author=Sima Qian|title=''Records of the Grand Historian''|source=''"Chronicle of Li Si"''))
#A son of a younger brother of Qin Shi Huang.<ref name=ShijiLScomt>((cite book |last1= Sima|first1= Qian|author-link1= Sima Qian|editor-last1= Xu|editor-first1= Guang|editor-link1= Xu Guang (Jin dynasty) |chapter= Chronicle of Li Si|title= [[Records of the Grand Historian]] |language= zh |ref=ShijiLScomt))</ref>((quote|text=乃召始皇弟子婴，授之玺。<br/>... summoned '''[Qin] Shi Huang's younger brother's son Ying''' to give him the  [Heirloom] Seal.|author=((ill|Xu Guang (Eastern Jin)|lt=Xu Guang|zh|徐广))|title=''Commentaries on Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian''|source=''"Chronicle of Li Si"''))<!-- couldn't this also be read as "Qin Shihuang's younger brother Ziying"? I'll check the source and see what's up, but agnatic primogeniture is far from unknown in early China -->

While [[Sima Qian]]'s ''[[Records of the Grand Historian]]'' does not specify Ziying's age, it implies that he had at least two sons, whom he consulted.

===Being Qin Er Shi's nephew===
According to the historian Professor [[Wang Liqun]]'s analysis,((which|date=March 2020)) the maximum possible age of Ziying when [[Zhao Gao]] assassinated Qin Er Shi was 19. Therefore, his sons would have probably been around the ages of 1–2 and so it was not possible for him to consult them.

For Ziying's sons to be old enough to be consulted, a traditional age for them would have been around 14–16. Since they were 14–16 in 207 BC, when their supposed great-grandfather (i.e. three generations apart from them) Qin Shi Huang (born 259 BC), if he had been alive, that he could have been only 52 is highly improbable.

It seems unlikely that Ziying was either Fusu's son or any other grandson of Qin Shi Huang.

===Being Qin Er Shi's brother===
Ziying being another elder brother of Huhai (Qin Er Shi) is as unlikely as a grandson of Qin Shi Huang. Since Huhai showed no restraint at killing at least 20 of his siblings after ascending to the throne, sparing one elder brother is possible but rather incredible.

===Being Qin Shi Huang's brother===
Li Kaiyuan in his study<ref>((cite web|url =http://xiangyata.net/data/articles/a03/733.html|script-title =zh:秦王子婴为始皇弟成蟜子说——补《史记》秦王婴列传 | trans-title= Qin prince Ziying was Qin Shihuang's younger brother Chengjiao's son: supplement to the biography of Qin Ziying in the ''Shiji''|date =2006-07-16|author-link =Li Kaiyuan|author= Li Kaiyuan (李开元)|publisher =象牙塔网络|language =zh-hans|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325012621/http://xiangyata.net/data/articles/a03/733.html|archive-date=2018-03-25))</ref> stated that Qin Shi Huang only had three brothers of any kinds: one [[King Zhuangxiang of Qin|paternal]] half-brother (Chengjiao) and two [[Queen Dowager Zhao|maternal]] half-brothers (sons of [[Lao Ai]]), therefore Ziying, if indeed being another brother of his, would have had more mentions in Chengjiao's supposed betrayal.

===Being Qin Shi Huang's nephew===
Ziying being [[Zhao Chengjiao]]'s son bore no threat to Huhai's reign and was neither one of Qin Shi Huang's direct descendants nor in a higher position in the succession to Huhai. Ziying was also said to have tried to persuade Huhai not to kill Qin Shi Huang's other sons and daughters, which could have been a difficult task if he was among them.

==Life==
After [[Qin Er Shi]]'s death, [[Zhao Gao]] chose Ziying to be successor and changed the ruling title "emperor" back to "king" because the Qin dynasty then was as weak as the former [[Qin (state)|Qin State]], which no longer ruled the whole of China but held onto only [[Guanzhong]].

Ziying was the only person in the Qin imperial court to defend and to try to persuade [[Qin Er Shi]] against the wrongful executions of [[Meng Tian]] and [[Meng Yi]]. He lured [[Zhao Gao]], the regent who had assassinated Qin Er Shi, into a trap and killed him. Ziying later surrendered to [[Liu Bang]], the leader of the first group of rebel forces to occupy [[Xianyang]], the Qin capital. He was eventually killed, along with his male family members, by another rebel leader, [[Xiang Yu]].

==Legacy==
Ziying sometimes appears as a [[door god]] in [[Chinese temple|Chinese]] and [[Taoist temple]]s, usually paired with his successor, [[Emperor Yi of Chu]].

==Notes==
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==References==
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