Qin dynasty book burning

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Burning_of_books_and_burying_of_scholars
gptkbp:associatedWith Burying of scholars
gptkbp:criticizedFor Later Han dynasty scholars
gptkbp:date 213 BCE
gptkbp:excludes Books on agriculture
Books on divination
Books on forestry
Books on medicine
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Records_of_the_Grand_Historian
gptkb:Shiji
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Qin dynasty book burning
gptkbp:legacy Symbol of censorship in Chinese history
gptkbp:location Qin dynasty, China
gptkbp:order gptkb:Qin_Shi_Huang
gptkbp:purpose Strengthen centralization of power
Suppress intellectual dissent
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Legalism
gptkb:Qin_Shi_Huang
gptkbp:resultedIn Execution of scholars
Loss of ancient Chinese literature
Suppression of Confucianism
gptkbp:target Philosophical works
Confucian texts
Historical records
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Book_burnings
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7