秦始皇实行文化专制主义，知识分子遭到了灭顶性的灾难。此后，有名无名的儒生的动向分当官、被坑杀、逃亡、参加农民起义、助刘反秦、降汉、教书和著述等方面。与其它学派相比，儒学在秦代虽也受到严重的打击，但仍有它的地位，为其它学派所远远不及。秦始皇“坑儒”时，公子扶苏以“诸生皆诵法孔子”为由要求秦始皇赦免被坑之人，这有力地否定了秦始皇“反儒”之说，否则扶苏是绝不敢在秦始皇面前说出如此违禁的话的。事实证明：儒学的生命力十分顽强，在朝则美政，在下则美俗，很易为大多数人包括统治阶级所承认和接受。因此，在封建社会里，不论处于顺境还是逆境，儒生总能找到立足、生存于一方的天地，这为儒学发展史所证实。在秦也不例外。 Qin Shi Huang implement cultural despotism, intellectuals have been dreaded disaster. Since then, the unnamed Confucian scholars were divided into two parts: the death row, the fugitives, the peasant uprising, Liu’s anti-Qin, Han, teaching and writing. Compared with other schools of Confucianism, although Confucianism was also severely hit in the Qin Dynasty, Confucianism still has its place, far behind that of other schools. Qin Shi Huang “pit Confucianism”, the son Fusu to “all students are chanting Confucius” on the ground that Qin Shi Huang pardons were pitted people, which strongly denied the Qin Shi Huang “anti-Confucianism,” said, otherwise Fuzu not dare to be Qin Shi Huang said in front of such a banned words. Facts have proved that the vitality of Confucianism is very tenacious. It is easy for the majority of people, including the ruling class, to recognize and accept Confucianism through its virtuous government and its rule of beauty. Therefore, in feudal society, no matter in good or bad times, Confucian scholars can always find a foothold and survive in one world, which is confirmed by the history of Confucianism. In Qin is no exception.