As the first emperor in the history of China, as the pioneer of feudal system in the history of China, as the founder of a powerful empire and a short-lived dynasty. How to treat the merits and demerits of this emperor with mixed reputation?

Regarding the merits and demerits of Qin Shihuang, there are some sayings such as unifying China after 600 years of war, building the Great Wall of Wan Li, building the mausoleum of the first emperor, building Epang Palace, burning books and burying Confucianism. Today, more than two thousand years later, can we rearrange the merits and demerits of this eternal emperor's life?

Unifying China, the car is on the same track, which is undoubtedly the great achievement established by Qin Shihuang; It is undoubtedly the fault of Qin Shihuang to build the Great Wall, the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, the Epang Palace and bury Confucianism. However, is his mistake really as thorough and unforgivable as later generations said? Regardless of Qin Shihuang's merits, let's look at his faults.

Wan Li Great Wall-Great Wall Wan Li's life, what do you think?

As we all know, the construction of the Great Wall in Wan Li is based on the lives of millions of working people, so this project is often not recognized by future generations. However, no matter what the purpose of Qin Shihuang's construction of the Great Wall in Wan Li was, the Great Wall made a great contribution to the agricultural people's resistance to nomadic aggression. It has protected the people of China for thousands of years. If the construction of the Great Wall killed hundreds of thousands of people, how many lives will it save in the next millennium? The performance of the Great Wall in later generations is enough to prove that Qin Shihuang's huge project should be counted as his credit rather than his fault;

Burning books to bury Confucianism-is he really so wrong?

Later generations are particularly disgusted with burning books and burying Confucianism, but is it really Confucianism in Qin Shihuang's pit? Combining the words and deeds of Zi Ying, Hu Hai and Qin Ershi, the king of Qin mentioned in Historical Records, it is not difficult to see that Qin's two sons inherited Confucianism. If Qin Shihuang was really a Confucian at that time, where did Qin's two sons inherit Confucian thinkers? Was the Confucian scholar or warlock killed by Qin Shihuang?

In the pit killing storm initiated by Qin Shihuang, 460 people were killed in the pit. Compared with a storm launched by someone in modern times, which involved tens of millions, killed and injured millions and destroyed countless cultural relics and books, it was a very kind storm. Only after 50 s and 60 s can we deeply understand what a real storm is. Burning books and burying Confucianism was a mistake made by the first emperor, but is it really as tragic as described by later generations? Is it a deep mistake as described by later generations, so unforgivable? This is worth pondering.

The merits and demerits of the first emperor

There is no doubt that Qin Shihuang made only two big mistakes in his life. One is to build the mausoleum of the first emperor on a large scale, and the other is to build Epang Palace. These two mistakes did not have a profound impact on the development of post-China. However, the achievements made by Qin Shihuang in his life have benefited China for two thousand years, and the great cause of reunification has benefited China forever. Although the Epang Palace, which the Qin Empire followed him, vanished only in 15, and did not inherit eternal life as Qin Shihuang expected, his contribution to China can accompany the people of China forever, and the merits and demerits of the first emperor can be seen.

The above is just my humble opinion. Please forgive me if there are any differences.

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