A+LEGALIST+PASSAGE

**Comment below on how this passage is consistent with Legalist philosophy:**
===I humbly propose that all historical records but those of Qin be burned. If anyone who is not a court scholar dares to keep the ancient songs, historical records or writings, these should be confiscated and burned by the provincial governor and army commander. Those who in conversation dare to quote the old songs and records should be publicly executed; those who use old precedents to oppose the new order should have their families wiped out; and officers who know of such cases but fail to report them should be punished in the same way. "If thirty days after the issuing of this order the owners of these books have still not had them destroyed, they should have their faces tattooed and be condemned to hard labor at the Great Wall. The only books which need not be destroyed are those dealing with medicine, divination, and agriculture. Those who want to study the law can learn it from the officers.===

1. The legalist philosophy is when dramatic examples are made of people, order will be enforced. In the passage, it shows extreme punishments for failure to follow the government's set rule list. (agr)

2. The legalist philosophy would way something bad about Qin Shi Huangdi, so he wanted to destroy the physical evidences that tells bad things about him. A lot of philosophists got killed by hanging on the Great Wall. He left those books with informations that only teaches pepole about agriculture or medicine.(pgr)

3. The strong legalist ideas expressed in this passage suggest that Qin was scared of people bringing back or preserving the old ways and traditions before Qin's united China. Qin had the documents destroyed possibly out of fear of rebellion, but he killed all the people who did try and preserve the old ways so he could install fear in his people to keep his fears from happening.(jho)

4.The Legalist philosophy is based on if you break or violate the law in any way you will be punished serverly. All the books or historical records that the legalist did not agree with were burned. (jst)

5. This passage shows by example how the legalist philosophy attempts to control every part of ones life with laws and executes them with harsh scrutiny. Qin demonstrates his tight regime over the states by enforcing the ban of books, except his, to unify China and centralize Chinese beliefs.(kskr)

6. The goal of legalists was to obtain and maintain order among each and every citizen. Rebelions are always sparked by thought, so the legalists tried to extinguish the realm of knowledge by burning books. Later in history, other totalitarian rulers (like Hitler) used this same method. (eboo)

7. This passage demonstrates the disregard Legalism has for civil rights and democratic institutions.(ljo)

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