睡虎地秦简法律文书档案凸显儒家思想

the BambooSlip Legal Documents and Archives of Qin Dynasty in Shuihudi Highlight the Confucianism

秦虽然以法家思想治国,但也并不完全排斥以儒家思想治天下。秦法律文书特别是《为吏之道》大量使用儒家伦理道德德目及其实践理论,在秦法律文书中颇多合情合理的条文。然而,对与之相关的焚书坑儒事件以及强大的秦朝迅速土崩瓦解的原因,有必要进行认真审视。

The State of Qin governed the state with the Legalism thoughts, however, it did not completely reject Confucianism as a tool to rule the world. For instance, its legal documents especially Approaches of Being an Official quoted a lot of Confucian ethics virtues and the practice theories. Moreover, there are many reasonable legal provisions in the legal documents of the State of Qin. Therefore, it is necessary to reexamine the related event of burning books and burying Confucian scholars alive, and the cause of the quick disintegration of the powerful Qin Empire.