Editing Qin Shi Huang (section)

===Second assassination attempt===
[[Gao Jianli]] was a close friend of Jing Ke, and wanted to avenge his death.<ref>{{cite book |last= Ward| first=Jean Elizabeth |date=2008|title=The Songs and Ballads of Li He Chang|isbn=978-1-4357-1867-8|page= 51|publisher=Lulu.com}}</ref>{{sps|certain =y|date=October 2024}} As a famous ''[[Zhu (string instrument)|zhu]]'' player, he was summoned to play for King Zheng. Someone in the palace recognized him and guessed his plans.<ref name="Wu">{{cite book | author-link=Wu Hung|last=Wu | first= Hung | author-mask=Wu Hung| title= The Wu Liang Shrine: The Ideology of Early Chinese Pictorial Art|publisher =Stanford University Press|date=1989 | isbn=978-0-8047-1529-4| page= 326}}</ref> Reluctant to kill such a skilled musician, the king ordered his eyes put out, and then proceeded with the performance. The king praised Gao's playing and even allowed him closer. The ''zhu'' had been weighted with a slab of lead, and Gao Jianli swung it at the king but missed. The second assassination attempt had failed; Gao was executed shortly after.