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{{Short description|Ancient Chinese assassin}} {{Chinese |pic=Jin Ke assassination attempt Wu Family Shrine.jpg|picsize=300px |piccap=This mural shows Jing Ke's assassination attempt. The [[Qin Shi Huang|King of Qin]] is on the left, [[Qin Wuyang]] is kneeling in the middle, and Jing Ke, on the right, has been seized. In the middle is the dagger, sticking out of the column, and the opened box with the head inside.<ref>劉煒/著. [2002] (2002) ''Chinese civilization in a new light'' 中華文明傳真#3 春秋戰國. Publishing Company. {{ISBN|962-07-5311-9}} pp. 28–29.</ref> |t=荊軻 |s=荆轲 |p=Jīng Kē |j=ging1 o1 |w=Ching K'o |mi={{IPA|cmn|tɕíŋ kʰɤ́|}} |mc=kiæŋ kʰɑ |oc-zz=*keŋ kʰaːl }} '''Jing Ke''' (died 227 BC) was a ''[[youxia]]'' during the late [[Warring States period]] of [[Ancient China]]. As a [[retainers in early China (social group)|retainer]] of [[Crown Prince Dan]] of the [[Yan (state)|Yan state]], he was infamous for his failed [[assassination]] attempt on [[Ying Zheng|King Zheng]] of the [[Qin (state)|Qin state]], who later became [[Qin Shi Huang]], the Qin Dynasty's first emperor (from 221 BC to 210 BC). His story is told in the chapter titled ''Biographies of Assassins'' (刺客列傳) in [[Sima Qian]]'s ''[[Records of the Grand Historian]]''.
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