Which of the following individuals had the strongest influence on qin shi huangdi's rule?

confucius
han fei zi
laozi
king zhen

The correct option is "Han Fei Zi"

Qin Shi Huangdide proper name Zheng, was the king of the Chinese state of Qin of 247 a. C. until 221 a. C.2 and later the first emperor of a unified China of 221 a. C. to 210 a. C., reigning under the name of First Emperor.

Having unified China, he and his Prime Minister Li Si introduced a series of important reforms aimed at strengthening the recent unification, and carried out Herculean construction projects, more specifically the precursor version of the current Great Wall of China with a balance of 2 million dead. Despite all the tyranny of his autocratic rule, Qin Shi Huang is still considered today as a kind of colossal founder in Chinese history, as a superman whose unification of China has lasted more than two millennia (with interruptions).