Qin religious belief system
By Matthew Busconi
2/15/203 B.C.
During the Qin dynasty there were many belief systems. Qin especially
hated Confucianism, and tried to destroy all its writing and scholars
who taught Confucianism. Qin believed in Legalism. Legalism is a
belief in which the government controls the people completely. Qin
believed that if the government had complete control there would be no
rebellions because everyone was secure, and nobody would even be able to
have the chance to rebel. The government knew what went on at all
times and if the government heard about a plan to rebel, they would put
an end to it right away.
Qin didn't believe in, and refused to study the Analects of Confucius.
Qin would hear about Confucian scholars teaching about Confucius and he
would execute those scholars immediately. Qin tried to eliminate
Confucianism by forcing people to give him their very own books about
Confucius. Qin would burn these book in an attempt to destroy
Confucianism. All people who tried to help the Confucian scholars were
forced to work on the Great Wall. All followers were forced to work on
the Great Wall. Emperor Qin really hated Confucianism.
With legalism comes a plan. Emperor Qin wouldn’t be able to control
the whole country of China because he doesn’t travel all the way around
China very often, so Emperor Qin elected two strong government officials
to run each province. This way Qin would know what is going on around
China and know that the government is in control. Without these
province leaders, the provinces would go unseen and may make a plan to
rebel and not do their required work. These government officials will
enforce that these people do their work or they will be severely
punished.
Emperor Qin gave very harsh consequences to those who did not follow
the laws, and most of the time that person would be executed or forced
to work on the Great Wall.
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