In fact, this method of digging holes is not unique to the Qin Dynasty. Looking up relevant ancient books, we can find that the biggest pit in history was in 260 BC, when shentu killed all 400,000 enemy troops in Leitian. Many historical works regard pit as one of the punishments in Qin Dynasty, but in fact, according to the records in Historical Records, it seems that only pit Confucianism meets the definition of punishment. From the summary of various ancient books, it can be found that this pit does not actually mean being buried alive. The Qin law was discovered in the Qin tomb in Wohushan, Yunmeng, Hubei Province. It is clearly pointed out that the name of buried alive is buried alive.
Another thing proves that the literati at that time were not buried alive, that is, a lot of data recorded that the bodies of the victims were not under the soil, on the contrary, the bodies were piled on the ground. In the Mirror, Cao Cao is said to have killed thousands of men and women in Surabaya, stopped the flow of the river, and apparently piled up the bodies of the victims to get back at his father. Therefore, burning books and burying Confucianism may not be buried alive.
In addition, according to Sima Qian's records, Qin Shihuang burned books to discredit Confucianism, not Confucianism. After the Western Han Dynasty, people said that these people were Confucian scholars, but in the original text, they were pit warlocks, warlocks and Confucian scholars, which were completely different concepts. Of course, there are also Confucian scholars among these magicians. For Qin Shihuang, he was not as rude and unreasonable as we thought. I hope everyone can see the truth of history.