Because Qin was a legalist at that time, hundred schools of thought Thought, which reflected the thoughts of small farmers and Wang Si-xiang, was somewhat banned. At that time, Confucian disciples made a scene and collectively condemned Qin Shihuang's policies. Qin Shihuang took them first and burned the books. Most of those books are Confucian works.

In 2 13 BC, Dr. Chun Yuyue officially wrote, saying: "In the past, the Shang and Zhou Dynasties were established for nearly a thousand years (according to the press, this is the nonsense of cultural thugs. In fact, the Shang Dynasty was established only in 662, and Zhou even included the day when Luoyang sold Jiuding, but in 879, it was still far from the Millennium. The main reason is that sons and brothers are divided into branches and leaves. Now your majesty is rich, but your sons are like civilians. In case of danger, no one will come to save them. I have never heard of anything that can last for a long time without antique people. "

Pay attention to the last three sentences, which show the central idea of Confucianism.

However, this is a challenge to the spirit of the Qin Dynasty that only looks at the future. Li Si, the prime minister, retorted: "The system of five emperors cannot be copied, and the system of three generations cannot be copied. Each uses its own system, not deliberately anti-ancient, but the progress of the times, so it has to be like this. Your majesty founded the great cause, and established the eternal meritorious service. Confucian scholars are ignorant and can't understand this new situation. Chun Yuyue is talking about the primitive society of three generations two thousand years ago. How can he follow suit? Confucian scholars do not keep pace with the times, but worship the past with one heart and attack the truth with hypocritical words. When you see something new, you talk about it first. Adhering to the current system is not as disturbing as in ancient times. "

Ying Zheng adopted Lisi's opinion, and Confucianism met a political tough guy for the first time. Emperor Ying Zheng's tactics were crude. He ordered the burning of Confucian books (poetry books) and forced the monarch of Lu to kowtow. People who don't burn for more than 60 days are sentenced to whale punishment (tattooing on their faces) and hard labor. Two or more people who talk about Confucian books will be executed. Anyone who thinks that ancient times are good and modern times are wrong-beheading the whole family. However, Confucian books collected by government libraries for doctoral research, works from other schools, and works on medicine, divination and tree planting are not included in the burning.