Why do you say "burning books to bury Confucianism" is fabricated to gain sympathy?

The legendary period of King David and Solomon is a fictional history. Because archaeologists have proved that there was no powerful country in Israel in the tenth century BC. The famous Jerusalem was at most a defensive fortress at that time. More importantly, those so-called "sufferings" of Jews are not completely true, but are reconstructed from countless fragments. For example, several exile events of Jews were only the experience of a small number of people, not the experience of all Jewish people at that time, and so on. The reconstructed history of Jewish suffering became the main basis of the Zionist movement in the twentieth century. It is not surprising that the phenomenon of fictional history is mentioned. Many nationalities have this phenomenon in their history. However, please note that it is not simply fraud, but there is actually a very important mechanism behind it, and it even has an important positive role. Today, we will give an example that China people are familiar with-"burning books to bury Confucianism". Most people think that "burning books to bury Confucianism" means that Qin Shihuang, a tyrant, first collected all the books in the world and then burned them all. After burning the books, he still felt dissatisfied and buried all the Confucian scholars at that time alive. This series of events, linked together, is "burning books to bury Confucianism." However, the real history is not like this. First of all, "burning books" and "burying Confucianism" are not one thing, but two things, and the logic of the two things is not the same. The "book burning" incident first happened in 213 BC. At that time, the world was unified. On one occasion, Qin Shihuang and his ministers discussed policies. Someone just said a word, saying, "Those who can last long without learning from the past are not unheard of.". "That means, doing things without learning from the ancients can last for a long time. I have never heard of it, so I should learn from the ancients. At this time, a man came out, the famous Prime Minister Reese. He said, everyone said that ancient times are good, but no one has seen them. How can they be used as a basis? You people are all people who rely on their own talents to learn, deliberately ignore the past and seek fame. If everyone did this, the world would not be in chaos. Therefore, he put forward a suggestion that all the books in the past should be burned. It should be noted here that the "burning books" mentioned by Li Si does not mean burning all the books in the world. His purpose is to ban private schools and let the state take control of the education system. So they burn folk books, and all the books have copies, which are kept in Xianyang, and only specialized people can read them. So the purpose is not to destroy culture, but to monopolize culture. There is a famous saying in Li Si's book ban: the meaning of this sentence is clear. It means that if you dare to get together and gather people to give lectures, you will be beheaded. So what Reese wants to destroy is private lectures. That's not true. Since Qin Shihuang kept a copy, why did a lot of books in the pre-Qin period disappear? Don't forget, these preserved books are basically in Xianyang, which was later burned by Xiang Yu. Therefore, both Qin Shihuang and Xiang Yu should bear the responsibility for destroying ancient books. This is "burning books", and there are not too many misreading elements. However, the second half sentence of "burning books to bury Confucianism" is completely misinterpreted. What happened? It is said that after Qin Shihuang became emperor, he began to pursue the art of immortality and wanted to be a fairy. Then it is inevitable to be cheated by a group of charlatans, who were called "alchemists" at that time. Later, I couldn't cheat any more. There were two people named Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng, so I discussed it and ran away. Running alone is not enough. In order to protect their face, they say to people everywhere: Qin Shihuang, with poor knowledge, is not a material to be a fairy. When this word reached Qin Shihuang's ears, it must be furious: you liars, cheating money and officials without telling me, and finally slandering me for no reason. So, we began to thoroughly investigate this group of people, and these people exposed each other, and as a result, more than 46 people were implicated. At the first emperor's command, all of them were killed. This is the truth of "cheating Confucianism". There are two details that we should pay attention to. First, the more than 4 people who were killed were all from near Xianyang, not from all over the world. Second, these people mainly focus on "magic", although they may implicate others, but they are not specifically suppressing any school. Therefore, when Sima Qian wrote Historical Records, he never said anything about "cheating Confucianism". So, when did the saying of "cheating Confucianism" come into being? It was about 2 years later, that is, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Confucianism had become a climate, and the details of this matter were embellished. Among them, Ban Gu and his son formally put it forward when they were writing Hanshu, and later it was repeatedly rendered before it became what we know today. That's the problem. It's obviously not a deliberate conspiracy. After 2 years, there is no practical benefit in scolding Qin Shihuang for persecuting Confucianism. Why does Confucianism make up history like this? In fact, the reason is the same as that of the Jews who invented their own history at the beginning, which is to shape suffering. An unforgettable memory of suffering can make people feel emotional and noble, which is the best adhesive for a crowd. The historical memory of the suffering of the Jews makes the Jews embrace each other. With the rise of Confucianism, they also need such painful memories, so "burning books to bury Confucianism" is just right. You may find it strange. Since Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, Confucianism has become an absolute orthodoxy, because "Confucianism is the only one". How to the Eastern Han Dynasty, Confucianism only needed this story of suffering to unite the same body? In fact, the so-called "exclusive respect for Confucianism" in the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only replaced all the "doctors" in the imperial court with Confucian people. In addition to advising the emperor, these doctors are also responsible for government-run education, which is equivalent to the Central University. But their total number is not much, only about 5 people. Later, because Confucianism mastered the power of education and the court advocated it, by the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the number of official Confucian disciples had reached more than 3,, becoming a group force. At this time, they need a story of suffering to unite this group. In A Brief History of the Future, Herari said that the foundation of human civilization is that we can construct the imagination of * * *. The memory of suffering and lofty significance is the most thorough way to construct the same body of imagination. Therefore, there is a Jewish exile, and China has Dayu to control water and so on. Without these stories, there would be no such great cohesion. Even in the business world, people are unconsciously using this technique. Many large companies, they emphasize the most and spread the most widely, but there are only two kinds of stories: one is the difficulties and sufferings they have encountered, and the other is how they overcame such difficulties and sufferings with wisdom and persistence. It seems that it is human instinct to find a story of suffering and construct an imaginary * * * identical body.