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Through the Dynasties · LD4

Qin

Unification of empire and standardization of systems

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Authoritative classical prose from Pre-Qin philosophers to Tang-Song prose masters.1 works

Memorial Against the Expulsion of Guest OfficialsLi Si · Essays & MemorialsYour minister hears of proposals to expel foreign talents, which I venture to deem mistaken. Mount Tai rejects no handful of earth, thus reaching its towering majesty; rivers and seas refuse no tiny rill, thus achieving their profound depths; a true king turns away no human being, thus illuminating his virtue.