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| Enclosing the Hill or Felling Trees on the Hill： Multiple Faces of the First Emperor of Qin |
| Yan Changgui |
| Institute of History and Geography， Wuhan University， Wuhan 430072 |
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Abstract There is an imperial edict called “Qin Shihuang enclosing the Xiangshan Mountain”in the bamboo slips recently published by the Yuelu Academy. According to the bamboo ships， because of his love for the wild and beautiful trees in the Xiangshan area which belonged to the Cangwu Commandery， Qin Shihuang listed the Xiangshan Mountain into a restricted area. The Xiangshan Mountain in the bamboo ships should be referred to today’s Jun Mountain， the Pingshan Mountain is the present Dongtingbian Mountain， and the Luocui Mountain is the Bakushan Mountain. Therefore， it is determined that most of the Dongting Lake is located in the northern part of Qin Cangwu Commandery. Differnently， from the historical account of Shiji(Historical Records)， Qin Shihuang fall trees on the hills and the Xiangshan Mountain became cutover. Analysis shows that Sima Qian’s historical narrative has its rationality， reflecting another “text history”， which is the collective memory of the conquered eastern region.
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Received: 11 July 2018
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2018, Vol. 57 
