Editorial

Editorial Article

By: Paulina Papadopoulos

Emperor Qin burned every book on Confucianism because it was threatening his power. He also killed ever scholar who helped write books about Confucianism. Emperor Qin wants to make sure he has all the power he can get at any risk.

Qin states he is trying to get the dynasty to be a Legalist dynasty. He never said he would do this by getting rid of Confucianism. He also states that he doesn’t want people (scholars) teaching people other philosophies. He never said he would do this by killing scholars. After this, Qin had other scholars rewrite other books about Legalism. Qin also could have left the dynasty as a Confucianist dynasty.

People would disagree with this because if they didn’t change the philosophy, the dynasty would be the same as before. Also Emperor Qin did what they thought was wrong(getting rid of Confucianism) but in the end it turned out good for the most part. And if he didnt do what he did china would still be broken up.

What Emperor Qin was wrong because burning books and killing people so you can have more power isn’t what a good emperor would do. If Qin had another chance i feel he would make changes for the better and do things differently .