Christa Knell 2/1/12
Interview with Li Si
The Man With A lot Of Input
1.
What made you decide to take up politics as your career?
A:
When I was a young boy I had a small job in the local administrative of Chu.
The rest of the story is quite unusual, I was watching rats one day and I saw
that the rats were hungry even though we feed them well. That’s when I realized
that the values of people are really determined by their social status. So for
me to be a successful it would mean that I might have high class.
2.Why
did you come up with the idea to burn Confucian books?
A:
If the emperor wants to be successful and powerful then you have to get rid of
your enemies. The Confucian scholars and their books would over time try to
change what we are doing with the government. That’s why I had the books burned
and the scholars killed.
3.
Did you ever believe you would be this powerful in the dynasty?
A:
No, I did not but now that I am it feels great to have my input and ideas
heard. Having this power makes me feel like im right up there with the emperor.
4.
Did it ever occur to you that you were being too strict with legalism?
A:
No, not at all. The government deserves great honor and respect and if people
don’t give that then they deserve consequences. All people no matter how nice
have some evil in them. We want to create model citizens and we can’t do that
with a lightly ruled government.
5. Do you think you've done a good job
helping China change for the better?
A:
yes I think we have done a lot in unifying China. But we have to overcome many
obstacles but they are all worth it. Hopefully people see our dynasty in the
future as the most successful because we have done a lot to make China better.
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