We must put aside literary interpretations and film and television director interpretations, and restore the historical truth of "Jing Ke assassinated the King of Qin". Fortunately, we saw the "live broadcast" of this event in the "Historical Records" of Xia Wuqi, who was present at the time. He was the imperial doctor who saved the life of King Qin with a medical bag. He told Sima Qian's father Sima Tan about this. The relevant parts of Sima Qian's "Historical Records" are the first-hand information on this incident.

According to Sima Qian's records, the situation at that time was: Jing Ke handed the map and Fan Yutou to King Qin, revealing a pitiful dagger. Jing Ke grabbed the dagger with his right hand and the sleeve of King Qin with his left hand, and assassinated him, but something unexpected happened. When he drew his sword, King Qin's sleeve broke. He ran away from Jing Ke, but he was too panicked to draw his sword. Since the King of Qin stipulated that ministers could not carry weapons in Xianyang Palace and must stand guard outside the palace, the entire Xianyang Palace formed such a situation: Jingyi singled out the King of Qin, and the King of Qin ran around the pillars. At that time, Taiyi Xia's general threw the medicine bag at Jing Ke and saved King Qin. The ministers who slowed down Shen Lai shouted to King Qin how to draw the sword. Only then did the king draw his sword. Compared with the dagger in Jingke's hand, King Qin's weapon has obvious advantages. He first chopped off Jingke's left leg, and then chopped off eight swords. Jingke is still alive. He leaned against the pillars of Xianyang Palace and scolded Qin Shihuang. Later, when the guards outside the foyer heard the mess inside, they rushed in and killed Jing Ke.

There was Xia Wu who smashed the medicine packet, the minister who ordered him to draw his sword, and the guards who helped him. So it seems that it was not King Qin who killed Jing Ke. From the perspective of rewarding the King of Qin, even the King of Qin himself did not think that killing Jing Ke was his own credit, it was mainly Xia Wuhe's credit. He gave Xia Wu and "two hundred gold." He also said, "I don't love anything, and I also used medicine bags to extract fine clothes." In addition, the asymmetry of weapons was also one of the reasons why Jing Ke failed to assassinate the Qin Dynasty. When the King of Qin drew his sword, Jingke, who only held a dagger, could no longer approach the King of Qin. If stabbing Qin is successful. In my opinion, Jing Ke is the first pure person in ancient and modern times. His ambitions go far beyond repaying Prince Dan. His ambition is to restore the motherland and protect the Li people from the destruction of Qin.

Although King Qin was not stabbed to death, even if he killed King Qin, would the unification of China be delayed? Will it still be Qin that unifies China? China's unification is inevitable, but due to various historical reasons, this is accidental. At that time, among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, the three most powerful countries that unified China were Qi, Zhao and Qin. Sima Qian believed that in fact, Qin's unification of China was not China's best choice. If Qi unified China, it might move towards a country with more civilized and respectful intellectuals. But at that time, Qin's military strength was much higher than that of the other six countries. Even if King Qin is assassinated, the next successor of King Qin is likely to be the unification of China.