Lü Buwei and Lüshichunqiu

Lushichunqiu is a famous ancient book totaled by Lu Buwei,who was once an intelligent and capable merchant,and subsequently became the Prime Minister of the Qin kingdom.Did Lu Buwei really participate in the practical work of compiling Lushichunqiu? Did he contribute his thinking or learning,besides aids of money or power,to this book? Quite a number of scholars doubt it.Lu Buwei was not a strong-hearted reformer who aroused his all efforts to make the Qin kingdom prosperous.He,as many ancient writers had revealed in their works,was a worldly-wise minister who strengthened by all means his own power and influence.Lushichunqi,in accordance,could not be the demarche which Lu Buwei followed to reform the Qin’s traditional policies.