Burning of books and burying of scholars

Okay kiddo, imagine you have a book that you really love and learn a lot from. It has lots of interesting stories and information in it. But then one day, someone comes along and decides they don't like your book or what it teaches, and they take it away from you. Not only that, but they destroy it by burning it with fire so that no one else can read it or learn from it.

This is what happened in ancient China a long time ago. There were some leaders who didn't like certain books or ideas that were being spread around. So they ordered that all the books they didn't like be burned so that people couldn't read them anymore. This was called 'burning of books'.

Another terrible thing that happened in ancient China was that some leaders didn't like certain scholars, which are people who know a lot and teach others. They ordered that these scholars be rounded up and buried alive in the ground so that they couldn't teach anyone anything anymore. This was called 'burying of scholars'.

Both burning of books and burying of scholars were very cruel and harmful actions that caused a lot of important knowledge and ideas to be lost forever. It's important to respect other people's ideas and opinions, even if we don't always agree with them.