What exactly is Qin Shi Huang burning books?

At that time, the Qin Dynasty swept the six countries, and the experience, politics, and customs of the United States were different, and each country had advanced people who opposed Qin's rule.

Why did Qin Shi Huang burn these books? Or why did Lees suggest that these books should be burned?

The reason why Li Si burned such books can be explained from the passage in the "Records of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty". Therefore, we can know that the reason why Li Si wanted to burn books in the first place is likely to avoid people "using the past instead of the present", and the doctor's discussion of politics and the past instead of the present is one of the fuses of this book burning. Liang Qichao in the "Chinese Historical Research Method", discusses the reasons for the obliteration of the book of the Department of History, one of which is that "the facts recorded are easy to touch the taboo of the lord of the time, so Qin burned the book and the historical records of the princes were the most severely affected; The Ming and Qing dynasties banned the destruction of books, and nine out of ten were also in the history department.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period before the Qin Dynasty, the destruction of a country was heard from time to time, but the restoration of the country was also heard from time to time, so if the history can be destroyed, one generation, two generations, people may come to remember the homeland, but five generations, ten generations later, I am afraid it is difficult to say, and Qin Shi Huang's dream is the second, third to tens of millions of generations, how can he not prevent it?

Qin Shi Huang burned the historical records of the princes, in order to avoid their beneficial ridicule, and perhaps to avoid people from remembering their homeland, but these people to avoid are probably not ordinary people, but nobles at that time. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the general people's sense of the state may not be as strong as that of later generations, so it is unlikely that the people's sense of the country will be as strong as it is today. But the princes and nobles are different, once they are destroyed, they often try their best to restore the country, so Qin Shi Huang should be guarding against these people.

The reason why the first emperor burned "poems" and "books" should be to establish a strict ideological rule.

In order to improve the imperial power, maintain the political system and ruling order of the Qin Dynasty, strengthen ideological control, and oppose the past and the present, Qin Shi Huang burned books.

In the 34th year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang (213 BC), the doctor Qi Ren Chun Yuyue opposed the "county system" implemented at that time, and demanded that the children be divided according to the ancient system. Prime Minister Li Si refuted it and advocated prohibiting the common people from slandering the government with private learning. Qin Shi Huang adopted Li Si's suggestion and ordered the burning of the historical records of the nations other than the "Records of Qin", and handed over and burned the books of folk medicine divination and planting trees, as well as the private collection of "poems" and "books" that did not belong to the doctor's museum; There are those who dare to talk about the execution of "poems" and "books", and the extermination of the race in the past and not in the present; Private learning is prohibited, and those who want to learn the laws and regulations must be taught by officials.

This is called "book burning".

The main purpose was to control the mind and maintain the rule of the Qin Dynasty.

At that time, the Qin State had just unified the world, and the domestic thinking was very chaotic, and the nobles of various countries were also inciting the common people.

In ancient times, books were in the hands of the family, so the First Emperor did not actually burn books, but gave the relics of the Six Kingdoms a disadvantage.

This is an encyclopedia of book burning.

When looking at history, we should not only look at the written text, but also make correct judgments based on the society at that time and the historical situation at that time.

In the 34th year of Qin Shi Huang (213 BC), Qin Shi Huang adopted Li Si's suggestion and ordered the burning of the historical records of the nations other than the "Records of Qin", and the private collection of "poems" and "books" that did not belong to the doctor's museum was also handed over and burned within a time limit.

Qin Shi Huang burned the history books, poetry books, and sayings of a hundred schools of thought other than the history books of the Qin State, but the books on medicine, divination, planting, and law were not burned.

The historical records of the nations other than the "Records of Qin" were also handed over and burned within a time limit for the private collections of "poems" and "books" that did not belong to the doctor's museum.

Burning books and pit Confucianism, but medicine, planting, and divination are not burned.

At the suggestion of Li Si, the first emperor of Qin, he ordered the burning of the historical records of the nations other than the "Records of Qin", and handed over the private collection of "poems" and "books" that did not belong to the doctor's museum and burned them within a time limit; There are those who dare to talk about the execution of "poems" and "books", and the extermination of the race in the past and not in the present; Private learning is prohibited, and those who want to learn the laws and regulations must be taught by officials. This is it"Book burning"。At the same time, Qin Shi Huang did not burn practical books on medicine, agriculture and animal husbandry.

Burned most of the poetry of the Qin Dynasty at that time. There are books on Confucianism such as the History of the Six Kingdoms and the Warring States Period. He didn't have to go around collecting these books.

At that time, there were 2 3 of the Qin State in the Juxian Hall. Moreover, there is Zhao Gao, a eunuch, who provokes such a thing. and ordered the burning of books.

There are indeed stays. But there are very few, basically after the Western Han Dynasty.

The books that were burned were all classics of the hundred schools of thought (Dividing Legalist thought) and materials related to the history, geography and culture of the Six Kingdoms.

Li Si was a Legalist, and Qin Shi Huang also respected Legalism, so he burned the Confucian classics... What is more ridiculous is that Li Si's teacher is Confucian, Xunzi.