ふんしょこうじゅ
焚書坑儒
1. burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive (Qin dynasty thought suppression campaign)Yojijukugo (four character compound), Historical term
2. Burning of books and burying of scholarsBurning of the books and burying of the scholars is a phrase that refers to a policy and a sequence of events in the Qin Dynasty of Ancient China, between the period of 213 and 206 BC. During these events, the Hundred Schools of Thought were pruned; legalism survived. One side effect was the marginalization of the thoughts of the school of Mozi and the survival of the thoughts of Confucius.
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