Proposed event flow

The educational system in Qin Dynasty originated from the educational thought of Legalists.

After Wang Wan, the former prime minister, Dr. Chun once again suggested that the first emperor take the ancient road and enfeoffment his descendants to prevent heroes from usurping the throne. Li Si, the prime minister, retorted that advocating learning from the ancients without paying attention to practical problems would certainly make people impatient.

In the thirty-fourth year of Qin Shihuang (2 13 BC), Prime Minister Li Si suggested burning the history books of all countries except Qin. In addition to doctoral officers, those who hide hundreds of books and discuss hundreds of theories privately should also be punished.

Only practical and non-political books such as medicine, divination and tree planting can be preserved. People who want to study law can only learn from officials and master it in practice. Implement the education system of "teaching according to law and taking officials as teachers"

Taking officials as teachers means that there is no one with writing ability in the whole society except literary officials. People can only learn from government officials if they want to learn to write. Government officials assume the responsibilities of educational administrators and teachers.

As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, all ancient cultural relics were in the hands of the government. Rites, music, shooting and dancing are all hidden in the ancestral hall. There are no books and utensils among the people, and academics are dedicated to officials. Education is none other than an official.

At that time, I was also studying in the government, and the officer and the teacher were one. By the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, academic prosperity, the decline of official learning and the rise of private learning, education broke through the limitation of "taking officials as teachers". In the Qin dynasty, in order to control public opinion and curb ideas, a system of "taking officials as teachers" was established throughout the country.

The abacus of "taking officials as teachers" is roughly like this: officials are selected and appointed at different levels, eating imperial grain and receiving salary, and their rich and prosperous future is in the hands of superiors, so they should be able to do whatever they say.

The interests of officials are linked to the rise and fall of political power. In order to safeguard vested interests, they should not do anything to damage the regime. Officials are trained to be familiar with legal provisions or government decrees and then act according to the rules. They should not come up with some strange ideas out of thin air.

Extended data:

Put forward the background:

Private school originated from Confucius, but Confucius' theory was never adopted by the monarchs of his time. Although he ran around and lobbied governors, he was never proud, so it was impossible to use the power of the regime to promote his "ism."

What's more, at that time, the governors were independent and had their own ambitions; A hundred schools of thought contend, and each sells its own knowledge. There are many buyers and sellers, and no one has the strength to make a sound, thus forming a fascinating "contention of a hundred schools of thought" after more than two thousand years.

When Qin destroyed six countries and unified the whole country, it always had to give orders to unify the whole country, and only then did it have the climate of "merging with the whole country first and not entertaining guests". However, different academic schools have different views, and scholars are full of enthusiasm and arguments, which makes pretentious kings and powerful ministers feel uneasy.

The school that trusted the monarch took the opportunity to trap other schools in politics, and attributed the dispute between schools to the struggle between the preservation and abolition of monarchical power and political power. As a result, everything was abolished except the mainstream faction in power. Those who don't obey will be eliminated from the body. Although it is impossible to kill them all, it is enough to shut people up and formally complete the ideological unity after unifying the world.

But because of the immateriality of thought, it cannot be destroyed by a ban or a fire, and all kinds of so-called "heresy" will still be manifested in various forms. In order to keep our thoughts pure, we must have the authority to decide right and wrong. So he put forward the idea of taking law as teaching and officials as teachers.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Taking Officials as Teachers