Chun Yuyue (year of birth and death unknown) was a Confucian scholar of the Qi State in the late Warring States Period and a famous doctorate in the Qin Dynasty. He is proficient in "Shangshu" and advocates the ancient system of the three generations. He is a representative figure of Qilu Confucianism. After the unification of Qin Shihuang, he was selected as the Seventy Doctors and appointed as a servant in charge of academic etiquette. At the Xianyang palace banquet in 213 BC, he opposed Prime Minister Li Si's implementation of the system of prefectures and counties in court, and advocated the restoration of the feudal royal family. He bluntly said, "It is unheard of to do things that can last for a long time without following the ancients." This remonstrance directly triggered Li Si's proposal to burn books, which led to the destruction of "Poetry" and "Books" and opened the prelude to the cultural autocracy of the Qin Dynasty. Its ending is unknown in history, either hidden after the burning of books, or lost during the encirclement of Confucianism. However, his Confucian character of "keeping the ways of the ancestors to resist current politics" became a symbol of ideological struggle during the Qin and Han Dynasties, and also served as an important historical mirror for later generations to reflect on cultural policies.
