Dan, Crown Prince of Yan
Dan, Crown Prince of Yan (
simplified and
traditional Chinese 燕太子丹) sent
Jing Ke to assassinate
Qin Shihuangdi, then
Emperor of China. His father King Xi of Yan had him killed after the failed assissination to please the Qin after Ji, the capital of Yan, had fallen. Invasion of Qin did halt for few years, during when the
Wei (state) and Chu (state) were conquered. Meanwhile King Xi of Yan moved to Liaodong Commandery.
The state of Yan was conquered in 222 BC and King Xi was captured.
Role in The Emperor and the Assassin
Crown Prince Dan put forward the assassination to please Qin-Shi, Qin Shihuangdi's concubine. The attempted assassination was a failure.