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• 天下共苦戰鬥不休，以有侯王。賴宗廟，天下初定，又復立國，是樹兵也，而求其寧息，豈不難哉！
  • Translation: "The reason why China suffers bitterly from endless wars is because of the existence of feudal lords and kings. A reliance on ancestral temples initially brought stability, but the revival of states results in the spread of soldiers. Doing so will never bring about stability!"
  • Source: Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian
  • Note: This is Qin Shi Huang's criticism of why the ruling techniques of the past were simply a vicious cycle.

• To have a great peace, the state must be united. The King do what it must to fulfill his responsible as a king.

• I have collected all the writings of the Empire and burnt those which were of no use.
  • Clive Foss, The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption, London: Quercus Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1905204965, p. 15