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Categories: History of censorship, Book censorship in China, 3rd century BC in China, Articles with short description, History of Chinese philosophy
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burning of books and burying of scholars  Burning of the books and burial of the scholars  Fen Shu Keng Ru  Fenshu Kengru  Fénshū Kēngrú
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The burning of books and burying of scholars, also known as burning the books and executing the ru scholars, refers to the purported burning of texts in 213 BCE and live burial of 460 Confucian scholars in 212 BCE by the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty. Wikipedia
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The burning of books and burying of scholars, also known as burning the books and executing the ru scholars, refers to the purported burning of texts in 213 BCE and live burial of 460 Confucian scholars in 212 BCE by the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty. Wikipedia
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Burning of the books and burial of the scholars, Fen Shu Keng Ru, Fenshu Kengru, Fénshū Kēngrú, great Confucian purge, Qin Shi Huang's biblioclasm, To burn the classics and to bury the scholars, 焚书坑儒, 焚書坑儒

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