Why were there no literary masters in the prosperous Qin Dynasty?

Mr. Wang Guowei wrote in "Words on Earth": "Every generation has its own literature ..." This sentence seems a bit far-fetched when applied to the Qin Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundred schools of thought contended, which laid the foundation of feudal culture. After the demise of the Qin Dynasty, the culture of the Han Dynasty was very prosperous. Han culture represents the development of China culture. However, between the two cultural peaks, the Qin Dynasty was a cultural trough with few literary achievements.

As can be seen from the legend, Qin is a brave and tenacious nation. During the Warring States period, Qin always took advantage of its strong advantages in the wars between countries. After Shang Yang's political reform, the State of Qin became more powerful, and the prosperous times shocked the world. All countries are weak, treading on thin ice and trembling, but in the end they failed to escape the fate of being annexed by Qin. After the unification of the world, Qin Shihuang also used iron fist politics in his thoughts, academics and writings. With the help of petree, strive for unity in all aspects.

Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals was edited by the former Prime Minister and written by thousands of scholars. It has a complete system, including eight views, six theories and twelve issues, and has absorbed the strengths of hundreds of schools. There seems to be a book "Confucianism and Mohism are one, with the same name", which covers the academic momentum of the world, paves the way for the unification of the Qin Dynasty in theory, and is also a representative of Qin culture.

A hundred schools of thought contend. Although scholars have no political rights, they like to argue with each other. The debate is in full swing, and different factions are competing with each other. The "square pavilion" in the moon is a portrayal. When Qin Shihuang unified the political power and the literary inquisition, he began to unify his thoughts, set a statue, and eliminated and destroyed all heretical thoughts. It is forbidden to "make the past serve the present, pass it on, and pass it on". Qin Shihuang took legalism as the rule and adopted "a country with a clear master, no books and short articles, and teaching by law;" If there is no ancestor, it is necessary to take the official as the teacher. We believe in martial arts over politics, and that judges are humble and Confucianism. In 2 13 BC, Qin Shihuang accepted Reese's suggestion, "Historians should burn all records of the Qin Dynasty, not doctors, and those who dare to collect poems, books and hundreds of languages in the world should be carefully preserved. Some people who dare to talk about "poetry" and "books" abandon the market and treat the past as the past. Those who don't mention it when they see it are also guilty. If it doesn't burn for the next 30 days, it will be a city. People who don't go, if they want to learn laws and regulations from books such as medicine, divination and tree planting, take officials as teachers, treat intellectuals mercilessly and burn their academic essence. The destruction and destruction of national culture is heartbreaking today. In the history of China's cultural development, burning books and burying Confucianism is the heaviest misfortune. As an eternal hero in the history of the Chinese nation, Qin Shihuang was a sinner.

In that era when books were banned, books were guilty, and even poetry books were abandoned, Qin's cruel cultural autocracy policy was conducive to maintaining the rule, but it also pushed the development of Qin literature to a low ebb, and it was self-evident that literature was underdeveloped. Not only the kings and subjects of various countries no longer have any works, but even the literati of the Qin Dynasty have no other works, even though they praise virtue. Everyone is afraid and silent, and the literature of Qin Dynasty is in ruins.

This short dynasty in China's history did not produce an influential literary master in a complete sense in the following 15 years. As you can imagine, living in an era of tyranny, people have no cultural nutrition, no spiritual food, and naturally there is no spiritual belief, which has become an important reason for intensifying social contradictions and accelerating the collapse of the Qin Empire State Building.

There are no writers or poets, and the only literati whose works have been handed down in the Qin Dynasty is Li Si. In the Outline of China Literature History, Mr. Lu Xun said that "Li Si is the only article in Qin Dynasty". Reese is good at prose in literature. His works inherit from Xun Qing in the Warring States Period and inspire Zou Yang and Mei Cheng in the Western Han Dynasty. They not only lay out ingenious articles, but also set up metaphors to reason. They not only emphasize quality, but also do not spare literary talent, often alternating quality and quantity. "His prose is now circulating in four articles, namely, the book of remonstration and expulsion, the book of supervision and responsibility, the book of Zhao Gao, and the book of prison. In addition, Qin Shihuang successively toured the world and ordered Lisi to carve stones to show his achievements, including Zou Yishan, Taishan, Xietai, Zhegang, Dongguan, Jieshi and Huiji. It is recorded in the Biography of Qin Shihuang. Liu Xie's Wen Xin Diao Long? Feng Chan also affirmed Reese's literary talent "Qin Huang Deming, Wen Cong Reese. Legalists are resigned to their fate and lack vitality. But sparse and strong, it was also unique at that time. "