The Terracotta Army
You're Dead to Me
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What Is the Religious Cosmology of the Chin System at This Time?
Chungshe wandy clearly is a religious man planning for the after life. Perhaps he's got this vast bodyguard, which is perhaps about showing off. But there must also be an element of him getting ready to transfer into a different religious state. The first emperor was profoundly paranoid and controlling. On his journey to conquering china, he and his armies had killed hundreds of thousands of people from other states to the east of chin. As you'll remember, the pits containing the tarracotta warriors are on the eastern side of the tomb complex. And one interpretation is that chinsh wangdi feared that his enemies, in the after life, as in this world, would
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