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Imperial China (Qin and Han dynasties) - Burning of books and burying of scholars

Time: 213 BC

Place: China

Details: Burning of books and burying of scholars: All copies of the Classic of Poetry, the Book of Documents, and works of the Hundred Schools of Thought were ordered burned.

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