焚書坑儒

Simplified: 焚书坑儒

fénshūkēngrú ㄈㄣˊ ㄕㄨ ㄎㄥ ㄖㄨˊ

    • to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇 qínshǐhuáng)

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