Editing Qin Shi Huang (section)

===Monumental statuary===
According to Chinese records,<ref name="Sima">''Shiji'' by Sima Qian (c. 145–86 BC), after [[Liu An]] in the ''[[Huainanzi]]'' circa 139 BC: 收天下兵, 聚之咸陽, 銷以為鍾鐻金人十二, 重各千石, 置廷宮中. 一法度衡石丈尺. 車同軌. 書同文字.<br>
"He collected the weapons of All-Under-Heaven in [[Xianyang]], and cast them into twelve bronze figures of the type of bell stands, each 1000 dan [about 70 tons] in weight, and displayed them in the palace. He unified the law, weights and measurements, standardized the axle width of carriages, and standardized the writing system."<br>Quoted {{cite journal |last1=Nickel |first1=Lukas |title=The First Emperor and sculpture in China |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |date=October 2013 |volume=76 |issue=3 |pages=436–450 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X13000487 |url=https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X13000487 |issn=0041-977X |quote=}}</ref> after unifying the country in 221&nbsp;BC, Qin Shuhuang confiscated all the bronze weapons of the conquered countries, and cast them into twelve monumental statues, the ''[[Twelve Metal Colossi]]'', which he used to adorn his Palace.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lei |first1=Haizong |title=Chinese Culture and the Chinese Military |year=2020 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-108-47918-9 |pages=13–14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dp7bDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA14}}</ref> Each statue was said to be 5 zhang [11.5 meters] in height, and weighing about 1000 dan [about 70 tons].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nickel |first1=Lukas |title=The First Emperor and sculpture in China |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |date=October 2013 |volume=76 |issue=3 |pages=436–450 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X13000487 |url=https://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X13000487 |issn=0041-977X}}</ref> Sima Qian considered this as one of the great achievements of the Emperor, on a par with the "unification of the law, weights and measurements, standardization of the axle width of carriages, and standardization of the writing system".<ref name="Sima"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Howard |first1=Angela Falco |last2=Hung |first2=Wu |last3=Song |first3=Li |last4=Hong |first4=Yang |title=Chinese Sculpture |year=2006 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-10065-5 |page=50 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PGuPsNCaJdwC&pg=PA50}}</ref> During 600 years, the statues were commented upon and moved around from palace to palace, until they were finally destroyed in the 4th century AD, but no illustration has remained.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barnes |first1=Gina L. |title=Archaeology of East Asia: The Rise of Civilization in China, Korea and Japan |year=2015 |publisher=Oxbow |isbn=978-1-78570-073-6 |page=287 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bAJDCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA287}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Elsner |first1=Jaś |title=Figurines: Figuration and the Sense of Scale |year=2020 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-886109-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q_7-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA91}}</ref>