Zhao Fu didn't like literati because he felt that they only had academic skills and no life skills. Moreover, because this was a period of war and chaos, they weren't very useful.
However, since ancient times, the literati weren't to be offended. Back then, in order to unify thinking, the First Emperor of Qin had burned all books except those relating to medicine, agriculture, and a few other fields.
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