CHT176852 Emperor Ch\'in Wang Ti (r.221-210 BC) burning all Chinese books and throwing the academics into a deep ravine, from a history of Chinese emperors in 213 BC (colour on silk) by Chinese School (17th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: recueil historique des empereurs de la Chine; also known as Cheng Wang. Executing Confucianist intellectuals loyal to the princes and burning their books. Shen he became ruler and unified China he ordered his chancellor to burn all the literary classics of the past;vowing that all Confucian doctrine should be erased.); 穢 Archives Charmet; Chinese, out of copyright.