Qin Shihuang ruled in Xianyang, the capital, but the cemetery was chosen in the Lushan Mountains far from Xianyang. The reason for this, according to the Northern Wei Dynasty Yuan explained: "Qin Shihuang Daxing Funeral, built in the mountains of the Yongzhi, a blue field, its Yinduo Jin, its Yangduo Meiyu, the emperor greedy his reputation, so buried."