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Ching K'o Assassinating the King of Ch'in

Tags: art | Ching Ko

The upper panel depicts Ching K'o trying to assassinate the King of Ch'in. The image depicts the tense moment when the assassin Ching K'o threws a dagger which mistakenly hits the palace pillar, allowing the King of Ch'in to escape. The original stone is now kept in Chia-hsiang County, Shantung Province.

Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
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