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The first Qin emperor was of the books in China to stop them.

determined to unite China. He called He ordered that all books except

himself Qin huangdi and insisted on those on useful subjects such as

being called the emperor of China. divination, medicine and agriculture

He introduced standard weights should be burned. Any scholars

and measures and even insisted that who opposed him were branded

axles should be a standard width. and sent to work as laborers on the

Furthermore, the emperor even Great Wall. Opposing to his rather

insisted that all educated people must violent governing, people planned a

use one standard version of Chinese rebellion against Qin huangdi. The

writing. As a response, some Chinese northern rebellion was defeated

scholars opposed the emperor and but the southern one succeeded.

quoted from old books to do so. Therefore, the last Qin emperor was

However, Qin huangdi burned many executed. But, Xiang Yu quarreled