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China's History of Atrocities — For centuries, the brutal and tyrannical reign of Qin Shihuangdi, First Emperor of China, was summed up by a four-character phrase, fenshu kengru, “He burned the books and buried the Confucian scholars alive.” (archive.vn)
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– Fringe--dweller 0 points ago +1 / -1

burning books is a sin against history, burying priests not so much.

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