Practice question · Multiple choice
Why did the Qin dynasty collapse after only about fifteen years?
Hints
- Being late for conscription and rebelling both carried death.
- If the punishment is identical, what does a rain-delayed work gang have to lose?
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B. Its Legalist penalties made rebellion rational
Why
When lateness and rebellion carry the same penalty, a delayed work gang has nothing to lose by revolting, and one such gang lit the fuse. The machine was built to be maximally hard and had no setting for bend.
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