trad kingdom simp death_date wg pinyin title birth_date article_title name
王翦 the qin state 王翦 -lrb- unknown -rrb- wang chien wáng jiǎn general -lrb- unknown -rrb- wang jian -lrb- qin -rrb-
 wang jian
wang jian -lrb- qin -rrb-

wang jian -lrb- birth and death dates unknown -rrb- was a military general of the state of qin during the warring states period .
under his command the qin army conquered the states of zhao , yan , and chu .
he is considered one of the four greatest generals of the warring states period , along with bai qi , lian po and li mu .
wang was born in dongxiang , pinyang , guanzhong -lrb- northeast of modern fuping county , shaanxi province -rrb- .
his son , wang ben -lrb- 王賁 -rrb- , was also a qin general .
