Is Qin Shihuang's "burning books to bury Confucianism" true or false?

First of all, burning books to bury Confucianism is not familiar to us. Books are burned by Confucian poetry books such as Shangshu and Shijing and hundreds of other poetry books, and practical books such as medicine, agricultural books and divination are not destroyed. At the same time, it is not Confucian scholars who cheat Confucianism, but alchemists, that is, people who play tricks.

Burning books and burying Confucianism? The incident was first recorded in Sima Qian's Historical Records. Volume 12 1:? By the end of the Qin Dynasty, the Six Arts had been lost. But there is no such thing as cheating Confucianism at this time. Sima Qian clearly said that he lied to the warlock, and he burned not all the books in the country, but poetry books. Burning books and burying Confucianism really turned into burning all the pre-Qin classics and burying Confucianism. Is it said in Preface to Shangshu written by Kong Anguo at the end of the Western Han Dynasty? Qin Shihuang destroyed the first generation of classics, burned books and buried Confucianism, and all the bachelors fled and dissolved. ? Since then, Qin Shihuang has changed from simply burning poetry books and pit alchemists at the beginning to Confucianism advocated by later Confucianism, which burned classics and pit Confucian scholars all over the world in the pre-Qin period.

Actually, what about Qin Shihuang himself? Burn poetry books, pit alchemist? There's nothing wrong with dominance. Why?

First, why did the first emperor burn poetry books?

First of all, what is a poetry book? Ancient poetry books refer to ancient books such as Shangshu and Shijing, so why did Qin Shihuang burn these poetry books? The Book of History records the idea of the ancient holy king, that is, three emperors and five emperors ruling the world. Do you think the first emperor was so boastful? High arch Huang San, Demai Five Emperors? Will the emperor allow this idea of governing the country, which runs counter to his own rule, to appear in his own place? Obviously not. What he has to do is to let the world know only his idea of governing the country, but not the idea of governing the country by the three emperors and five emperors. Meanwhile, what is the Book of Songs for? To put it simply, it is to praise the great achievements of the monarchs of the Zhou Dynasty, including the six countries destroyed by the first emperor. Do you think that when any emperor wants to rule by himself, his people will praise other monarchs? Moreover, when the six countries were just destroyed, the adherents of the six countries were still stirring. Do you think the first emperor would tolerate such a book praising the six monarchs? Isn't this asking for trouble?

In fact, the ultimate goal of burning books is to unify thoughts and implement ignorant management. What Qin Shihuang wants to do is to let everyone know that he is the only person they need to praise and obey. Of course, at that time, there was nothing wrong with what the first emperor did. Of all the emperors in China, which one didn't educate the ignorant? Who wants his dynasty to always have a voice against his rule? So in itself, there is nothing wrong with the first emperor burning books.

Second, why did the first emperor cheat warlocks?

As we all know, the first emperor was an emperor who was keen on immortality and asked questions from east to west. Because of this, a large number of shadowy people, including Lu Sheng and Xu Fu, gathered under his command. Now we all know that these magicians are completely deceiving Qin Shihuang, and they just want to get wealth. But the first emperor didn't know it at first, so he gave them a lot of gold and silver treasures and asked them to find the elixir of life. But now we all know that they are absolutely impossible to find, so they have been deceiving the first emperor. The key point is that they unjustly deceived the first emperor and often abused and slandered the first emperor in secret. In short, the first emperor? People are stupid and have more money? Until the first emperor found out that they simply ran away with a lot of treasure.

At this time, the emperor was furious, according to historical records? Biography of Qin Shihuang: When the first emperor heard of the deaths of Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng, he flew into a rage. I have received all the books in the world before, so I don't want the useless ones. There are many literary alchemists who want to promote peace and prosperity, and alchemists want to practice magical drugs. Today, I heard that Han Zhong didn't report it, and Xu Shi and other expenses were tens of thousands. In the end, he could not get the medicine, but told the Japanese about the profit from rape. Lu Sheng and others have been very kind to me, but now they slander me, which is not good for Jyuugo. Born in Xianyang, I make people ask questions, or make false statements. ? . So the first emperor ordered Yushi to arrest those alchemists who did not escape and let them report to each other. In the end, more than 460 alchemists were reported and buried alive.

In fact, in our opinion, the first emperor did nothing wrong. After all, as a generation of emperors, who can tolerate being teased like this without getting angry? Those alchemists should be killed. If they didn't tempt the first emperor to seek immortality, why did the first emperor waste so much money and people's treasure? Is it wrong for you to kill them?

So to sum up, in fact, at that time, the first emperor did nothing wrong, and it was not a disaster. In his position, Qin Shihuang did nothing but benefit him and the rule of the Qin Dynasty. For the Chinese nation, it is not a disaster. After all, it's just some useless books that praise the king's achievements. Those practical books, such as books on medicine and agriculture, were not burned. Moreover, even those books that praise virtue have not all been killed. The Royal Library of Qin Shihuang also backed up these books. Not to mention those who were killed, what's the use of keeping some liars?

In addition, later generations always like to burn books and bury Confucianism as evidence that the first emperor was a tyrant, but in fact? In fact, the first emperor was not a tyrant, but ruled the world by law, which was sometimes harsh. At that time, it was still troubled times, and the adherents of the six countries were still stirring. Do you want to rule troubled times with virtue, benevolence and righteousness? Do you want benevolence and righteousness to deter these six nobles who are eager to move? Isn't this wishful thinking?

The reason why the first emperor of later generations got such a bad reputation was actually slandered by those Confucian scholars who cheated the world and stole the reputation. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty exclusively respected Confucianism, Confucianism used its power to slander the first emperor by all means. Its purpose is self-evident, and it is nothing more than announcing to the world that Confucianism can become an eternal monarch, while the remaining 100 will become an eternal tyrant.