There have been many classic disasters in the history of China. When it comes to burning, people often think of Qin Shihuang's "burning books to bury Confucianism". However, the biggest burning in the history of China occurred during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Why did Ganlong destroy a lot of books?

First of all, it is convenient to suppress ideas and maintain the rule of the Qing Dynasty. Let Ji Xiaolan organize personnel to compile Sikuquanshu first, and more than 10,000 kinds of books arrived in Beijing from all provinces in China. At this time, Qianlong said that he would destroy all the books that violated the characters. And the books in the collection should be "carefully checked". At the same time, continue to engage in literary inquisition. In such a high-pressure environment, how many people can keep their true intentions and dare to hide something in the compilation of Sikuquanshu?

Secondly, for his vanity, Gan Long claimed to be a perfect old man. He also likes to find fault in SikuQuanShu. He was very happy when he saw the mistake. He called the editor of Sikuquanshu and gave him a scolding. Then he explained to them what the mistake was and what it should be. After knowing his hobbies, the following personnel consciously made a small mistake in the audit. Of course, no one is perfect, and Qianlong sometimes ignores it. Then, this mistake was preserved. So there is something wrong with SikuQuanShu.

Burning books lasted for more than 20 years. According to incomplete statistics, 765,438+0,000 banned books were burned, enough to edit several books of the same size as Sikuquanshu. The burning of books by Qianlong brought irreparable losses to China's cultural classics and almost destroyed half of China's civilization. It is the biggest cultural disaster in ancient times, and our decade is even worse.

Why do you think Gan Long burned books? Is the purpose of burning books to show yourself?