HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
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was a harsh legalistic leader who wanted to live forever.
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loved books and libraries.
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was a creative, imaginative ruler who changed China’s government.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Qin Shi Huangdi, the first Qin Emperor, was a brutal ruler who unified ancient China and laid the foundation for the Great Wall.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shi Huangdi, however, preferred another school of thought called Legalism. The Legalists believed that people were basically motivated by self-interest and therefore had to be controlled by a strong ruler and stern punishments.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shi Huangdi unified China during the Warring States period. He centralized power and established harsh (strict) rule in China, called Legalism. Strict laws were passed and harsh punishments for crimes were given.
Detailed explanation-4: -Life under Qin rule was highly structured and often brutal. For one thing, the emperor followed a philosophy called legalism, which claimed that the state was much more important than the individual and that the individuals had to conform completely to the decrees of their supreme rulers.