坑こう儒じゅ

noun

burying Confucian scholars alive

Historical term referring to the alleged mass execution of Confucian scholars by burying them alive, associated with Qin Shi Huang's persecution of scholars. Used in discussions of Chinese history.

• 秦しんの始し皇こう帝ていによる坑こう儒じゅは、思し想そう統とう制せいの象しょう徴ちょう的てきな事じ件けんとして知しられている。

  The burying of Confucian scholars alive by Qin Shi Huang is known as a symbolic event of thought control.