Therefore, the understanding of Qin Shi Huang's book burning in history is often exaggerated and smeared, and Qin Shi Huang's "book burning" is not "burning all the books in the world." ”

Liu Dakui's "Book Burning" wrote that Xiang Yu's "burning of the Qin palace room, the fire will not be extinguished for three months" shows that the official classics collected in the Xianyang Palace were burned under Xiang Yu's atrocities, and the Han Dynasty did not accuse Xiang Yu of "burning books" for this, but criticized Qin Shi Huang's "book burning", how absurd. ”

A modern writer once commented, "Qin Shi Huang was really wronged, his loss was died in the second generation, and a group of helpers went to speak ill of him for the new master." ”

"Qin Shi Huang burned books, burning books to unify thoughts, but he did not burn agricultural books and medical books."

"He collected many guests from other countries, and he did not focus on Qin's thoughts, but absorbed all kinds of ideas."

Furthermore, "Confucianism" should be a false word imposed on him by the literati of the Western Han Dynasty out of anger at Qin Shi Huang. ”

"In the thirty-fifth year of Qin Shi Huang, that is, in 212 BC, the monks led by Hou Sheng, Lu Sheng, Han Zhong and others, because they did not find the immortal elixir, they could only flee, Qin Shi Huang was dissatisfied and killed this group of people."

"To put it bluntly, this group of alchemists is a group of abductees, and the first emperor at that time wanted to live forever, so it cost a lot of financial resources in this regard."

"This group of people ran away because Lu Sheng, Han Zhong and the others didn't find the elixir and were afraid of being punished."

"And Qin Shi Huang thinks that these people have spent a lot of their money and financial resources, run away without saying hello, and say that they are not good, so they should be punished."

"The latter group was caught, and these people denounced each other, implicating more than 460 people, so they were all killed."

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, the fake book "Ancient Texts and Books" said: "And Qin Shi Huang, destroy the classics of the previous dynasties, burn books and pit Confucianism, and the world's bachelors, flee and disband." This statement was widely quoted by literati and celebrities in later dynasties, and wrote a footnote to our impression of Qin Shi Huang's tyranny and cruelty.

"When the historical record is the record of the winner, this history can no longer be believed."

"Actually, what's wonderful is that in this incident, several main characters Lu Sheng, Hou Sheng, Han Zhong, Xu Fu and others were not killed, especially Xu Fu (Xu Fu), he is still looking for immortal medicine for Qin Shi Huang."

Two years after the "Confucianism" incident, Qin Shi Huang also went to Langyatai and personally went to the sea to shoot big fish by boat to clear the obstacles on the road to find immortals for Xu Fu.

There is also the fact that Qin Shi Huang has convicted all living beings of "fallacy", which is a crime in the laws of the Qin Dynasty, and the punishment is to be beheaded. ”

"It's said that it's enough to cut it in half, so why bother killing it? You must know that there is no punishment method of pit killing in Qin law. ”

"Yang Xiong, who was slightly later than Sima Qian, was a literati in the late Western Han Dynasty, and when Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he wrote a "Drama Qin Meixin" to Wang Mang."

It mainly criticizes the evil of the Qin Dynasty and praises the beauty of the new dynasty, which criticizes Qin Shi Huang a lot, saying that "eliminating ancient texts", "burning books", "reforming the system and quantity", etc., but does not say "pit Confucianism". ”

You must know that Yang Xiong is well-read, reads everything, and once "school book Tianlu Pavilion", he can read the books of the world in the royal collection, why didn't he see "Confucianism"? ”

Does this mean that at least until the end of the Western Han Dynasty, there was no "Confucianism" incident? ”

"The Biography of Confucianism in the Han Book" says that "Qin Shi Huang annexed the world, burned poetry books, and killed warlocks".

When it came to the "Five Elements of the Book of Han", it was said that "he was a sage and a sage, a book of burnt poetry, and a Confucian scholar".

As for the "Geographical Chronicles of the Han Book", it is said that "burning books pit Confucianism" is even said, and "burning books and pit Confucianism" has only appeared so far. ”

This "pit Confucianism" should have only appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty. ”

The author of the Book of Han is Ban Gu, who is the first person to explicitly say that Qin Shi Huang is the illegitimate son of Lü Buwei, and the first person to directly call Qin Shi Huang's name "Lü Zheng", and his prejudice against Qin Shi Huang is quite large. ”

"Such a little black man, do you think he will write Qin Shi Huang's good."

"As for the later literati, it is even more exaggerated, some people simply say that Qin Shi Huang deceived 700 Confucian students into going to see melons, and then let people set up the mechanism in advance, and when this batch of Confucian students arrived, they triggered the mechanism and fell into the pit, so they were buried alive."

"Qin Shi Huang killed people and had to ambush in advance? Set up a mechanism? Are you kidding? ”

"What is certain is that even if Qin Shi Huang killed people in the pit back then, he was still more than 460 warlocks, and he was a person who deceived him of money and feelings, not some Confucianism, at least in this respect, Qin Shi Huang was wronged."

Yang Jian: Ordinary people will be furious when they are deceived, let alone Qin Shi Huang?

Li Shimin: These alchemists, with one mouth, have been blowing nonsense for many years, but the fact is that the immortal elixir can't be found, and Penglai Xianshan can't find it, and we emperors still believe in this. ”

Empress Xu: If you can release this group of magicians at that time, you can see Qin Shi Huang's desire for immortality.

Zhu Di: Alas! These alchemists are not illiterate straw bales, and we can't scold Qin Shi Huang for arresting and killing all the scholars in the world.

Fan Zhongyan: Our group of people were also deceived, and many people did not realize that Qin Shi Huang killed not the literati who chanted poetry and scriptures all day long, and not the intellectuals who were locked up in the study all day long to study and study the Confucian and Mencian theories, but a group of scholars who recited the doctrine of Confucius, fabricated immortals, propagated feudal superstitions, and were bent on deceiving others and obtaining wealth and nobility. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang: The victor writes history, haha!

"Finally, let's talk about immortality, I really want to say, didn't you ancients really have immortality or become immortals a long time ago."

"This immortality is like a kind of inheritance of your ancients."

Or I'm bold, was there some books that couldn't be seen in the "book burning" at that time? ”

Qin Shi Huang: Ahem, cough, cough!

Kangxi: Where is it! Miss Zhang, you think too much, this must be our right, and when we get old, we don't want to let go.

Li Shimin: It's really a bit too much, and we're really dizzy when we're old.

Zhang Yanxi felt that something was wrong, could it really be? Forget it, it's possible that she really thinks too much.

"From Qin Shi Huang to countless emperors in later generations, how many of them died violently when refining the elixir?"

"Far away, the Red Pill case in the Ming Dynasty and the violent pawns of Emperor Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty are inextricably linked to the quest for longevity, I have talked about this issue too many times, it is really the same as a tradition, all dynasties have it, I don't want to say it myself?"

"Seek immortality, ascend, and become immortal...... This can be said to be the gene that has been inherited for thousands of years in the entire national culture. ”

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