In Historical Records Biography of Assassins, after Jing Ke came to the State of Qin, the king of Qin summoned him in Xianyang Palace. When Jing Ke presented the map of Yan Du Kang, he unfolded it, but when he saw it, he stabbed the king of Qin and was killed.

Historical Records shows the character through a series of plots, dialogues, actions, expressions and demeanor, and shapes the image of Jing Ke as a knight-errant.

In 227 BC, Jing Ke came to Qin with the map of Yan Du Kang and Fan's head to assassinate Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. Before he left, many people saw Jing Ke off at the Yishui River. The scene is very tragic. "The wind blows and the water cools, and the strong men are gone forever", which is a poem sung by Jing Ke when he left. Jing Ke is also known as a generation of heroes.