燕太子丹

1. • Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 qínyíngzhèng (later the First Emperor 秦始皇 qínshǐhuáng) by Jing Ke 荆轲 jīngkē in 227 BC

Character by character

• 燕(yān)Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning
• 太(tài)too
• 子(zǐ)son
• 丹(dān)red