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Qin Dynasty Dbq

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Reliable accounts of historical events carefully dissect and analyze all available sources. Historical biases, when studied within context, can better our understanding of the criticisms that individuals and groups had in response to a certain element of history. For example, Jia Yi’s Confucian essay within the context of his political affiliation gives readers a glimpse into the reaction Qin’s adversaries had. Similarly, the secondary newspaper article gives an appraisal of Qin’s fall that should be understood within its context. The textbook document, however, gives the reader conveys the facts in straightforward language, with less bias, and with the influence of all relevant evidence; therefore, it is the most reliable account of the Qin Dynasty. …show more content…

The tone conveys that Qin deserved to be the “laughing stock in the eyes of all” because he “lacked humaneness and rightness” (Document B). It is apparent that a Confucian poet and statesman of the Han Dynasty would benefit personally and politically from securing Qin’s legacy as a less than mediocre fool that could seize power, yet fail to keep it. Yi subscribed to Confucianism as well as art, both condemned under Qin’s rule. It seems that Yi and Qin failed to agree on who deserved to be an official, as Qin denounced the aristocracy. The last paragraph shows Yi’s devotion to Confucian political ideals. It seemed from the beginning that he truly wished to make the rebels seem quite lowly in order to further humiliate Qin’s

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