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Meaning & History
A combination of the characters 异 (yì, meaning “different, strange”) and 人 (rén, “person”). This was the personal name of King Zhuangxiang of Qin (秦庄襄王), a ruler of the state of Qin during the late Warring States Period (475 - 221 BCE). In his youth he was sent to the state of Zhao as a political hostage before the merchant Lu Buwei (吕不韦) discovered him and helped him ascend the throne of Qin. He is commonly regarded the father of Ying Zheng (嬴政), the founder of the Qin Dynasty.