Cartoon History of the Universe. Hermann Hesse mentions Lü Buwei in his book The Glass Bead Game as a character that mentions that the quality of the music is directly related to the sense of life that one has. Lü Buwei is a character and one of primary antagonists in the Japanese manga Kingdom. The manga and its anime adoption does not deviate heavily from the classical historical portrayal of Lü Buwei, depicting him as a malevolent schemer who aligns himself with his former lover, the Queen Dowager, in order to usurp the throne of Qin, under the guise of helping Ying Zheng.Also, his creation of Lushi Chunqiu was seen too, challenging commoners to change anything on that collection, in exchange of rewards. And he is known to be too rich, he even threw a lavish banquet, including elephants that Lu himself described as a "drop in the bucket". His motive for abandoning Ying for a campaign is for Zhao Chengjiao to usurp the throne and eliminate him when the time comes. This failed, and he was implicated in Lao Ai's rebellion, stripped of everything he has and exiled to Shu. He committed "suicide", but a mysterious carriage leaves the area he was exiled in with dialogue indicating its occupant wished to observe the world that Ying would create as the latter seeks to unify China. Lü Buwei appears in the Chinese television series The King's Woman as a true father of Ying Zheng. Lü Buwei is portrayed by Nie Yuan in The Legend of Haolan (2019). Lü Buwei is portrayed by Duan Yihong in Qin Empire Epic (2020). Footnotes References Liu, Xiang. Zhan Guo Ce. Sima, Qian. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), vol. 85. Yap, Joseph P. (2009). Wars With The Xiongnu, A Translation from Zizhi tongjian. AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. . 291 BC births 235 BC deaths Ancient businesspeople Businesspeople from Henan Chinese chancellors Chinese merchants Chinese nobility Generals from Henan Qin Shi Huang Qin state people Politicians from Puyang Suicides by poison Suicides in China Ancient people who committed suicide