After Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Six Kingdoms and unified the world, there was no calm in the world, and the elders of the Six Kingdoms did not want to restore the country all the time. In the "Theory of Passing the Qin", Jia Yi once wrote that after the unification of the Six Kingdoms, a series of measures such as "abolishing the way of the first king, burning the words of the Hundred Families" and "killing Haojie" weakened the power of the Six Kingdoms.
Among them, the "words of burning a hundred families" refers to the famous book burning pit Confucianism in history. In the 34th year of Qin Shi Huang, the long-accumulated forces of the Six Kingdoms were eager to move, and there were more and more Confucian scholars, and in this regard, the Legalists represented by Li Si once said in front of Qin Shi Huang that some ideas headed by Confucianism were inferior, and while slandering these erroneous ideas, Li Si also advised Qin Shi Huang to "burn books" and suppress Confucianism.
After Qin Shi Huang listened to Li Si's advice, he began to practice "book burning pit Confucianism", although Confucianism was not completely eliminated, but it shocked some ordinary people politically. Although Qin Shi Huang burned a large number of books, he left a book, which he regarded as a treasure, called the Book of The Day.
The so-called "Book of the Day", which sounds like the name, is a book that records daily life. But it is different, as we all know, in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the art of divination was very popular. This book is also almost the same as the calendar in our lives today, and it is also an indispensable book for ordinary people's homes.
How amazing is the Book of The Sun that Qin Shi Huang was reluctant to burn it? The book is called a book of prophecies, and it divides the days of each day into twelve types, in conjunction with the twelve-day dry earth chronicle, and the month of December, so that each day is a different day.
Ordinary people will have a book like this, before going out to take a look, to see what is suitable for today, not suitable for what to do, gradually, Qin Shi Huang will also believe in the existence of prophecy.
Ordinary people will wake up in the morning and look at the "Book of the Day", for example, it says that today is "Jianri", which means that today is a good day. The day of "Jianri" is more suitable for going out, and it is more suitable for performing sacrifices in the morning, as well as buying some slaves, or traveling, etc., which are auspicious. But if it is "breaking the sun", it is different, it is exactly the opposite of "building the day", because "breaking the sun" is not an auspicious omen, which means that today's work will not go well. Often the people will be discouraged when they see that today is a "broken day", and they will not do well on this day.
The "Book of the Day" will not only give some guidance and suggestions to the people on travel, but also have certain suggestions in doing things. For example, today is another "ugly day", this day to choose tailor clothes will make the clothes appear more colorful, and the day suitable for making clothes, will also be introduced in great detail in the "Day Book".
Moreover, if something major happens in every household, there will be a detailed explanation in the "Book of the Day". For example, which month is suitable for building a house, which month is suitable for marrying a wife and having children, there will be a word of auspiciousness or not.
Not only that, if you are a soldier or a peasant, if you open the "Book of the Day", you can also predict which day is suitable for marching and fighting, and which day is suitable for planting crops.
Such a book can be called a magical book. If it seems now, it will definitely make people feel scornful, this is the superstition of the ancient people, whether it is true or false, it needs to be examined. And this "Book of the Day" does have a lot of flaws, but after more and more people use it, everyone believes it. Therefore, this book made Qin Shi Huang reluctant to burn it.