In 2 13 BC and 2 12 BC, Qin Shihuang burned books to bury Confucianism and killed "more than 460 people who broke the ban".
The word "burning books to bury Confucianism" comes from Historical Records (volume 12 1 Scholars), which says that "by the end of Qin Dynasty, six arts were missing". Fu Su, the eldest son of Qin Shihuang in Historical Records of Qin Shihuang, is often cited as evidence by the view of "pit Confucianism" ("At the beginning of the world, the leaders of distant people did not get together, and all students recited the teachings of Confucius. Today, I value the law, and I am afraid that the world will be uneasy. I only watch it. " ), Kong Anguo (grandson of Confucius 10) also said: "The first generation of classics was destroyed by Qin Shihuang, and scholars all over the world fled and dissolved." Liu Xiang's Preface to the Warring States Policy of the Western Han Dynasty: "Take punishment as the rule and believe in small skills as the way. Then burn poetry books and kill Confucian scholars. "
At the same time, Qin Shihuang did not burn technical and practical books such as medicine, agriculture and animal husbandry.
Historical Records of the First Qin Emperor: When the emperor heard the death of Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng, he was furious and said, "I used to collect useless books in the world. 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 I suggested asking the students about the case, and the students told each other, but since more than 460 people broke the ban, they were all in Xianyang, so that the world could know to punish them. Gradually, I moved to the border. Fu Su, the eldest son of the first emperor, remonstrated: "At the beginning of the world, the leaders of Guizhou did not gather in the distance. All the students recite the teachings of Confucius, and today they all attach importance to the teaching of law. I'm afraid the world will be upset. Just watch it. The first emperor was furious and ordered Fu Su to supervise Meng Tianzhi in the north.
Biographies of Historical Records of the Scholars: By the end of Qin Dynasty, the six arts had set themselves on fire, and the sorcerer had cheated.
In the thirty-fifth year of Qin Shihuang (2 12 BC), after alchemists Lu Sheng and Hou Sheng failed to seek immortality for Qin Shihuang, they privately discussed Qin Shihuang's life, governing the country and seeking immortality, and then fled with huge sums of money for immortality. When Qin Shihuang knew this, he was furious and took his anger out on the alchemist. He ordered a search and interrogation in the capital, arrested 460 people and buried them alive.