Burnt books and scholars
Burnt books and scholars, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f á NSH ū g ā NgR ú, which means burning classics and killing scholars. It comes from the book of Han, geography II.
The origin of Idioms
According to the second geography annals of the Han Dynasty, "the king of Zhao, Zeng sun Zheng, was the emperor of the six kingdoms. He was negative to his father's authority, burned books and learned scholars, and took his own personal wisdom."
Idiom explanation
Burn books and kill scholars. It is the same as "burning books and pitching scholars".
Chinese PinYin : fán shū gāng rú
Burnt books and scholars
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