Hot take but if i was the first emperor of china going though my midlife crisis and desperate to make a vainglorious display of power to stave off the terrible inevitability of death, i would simply commission more statues of my servants and officials, artesians and concubines in excruciating detail so two thousand years in the future, random tumblr artists would not have to frantically trawl the internet at 2am, searching variations of “eunuch hat qin/han dynasty“ in english AND chinese. Hope youre having fun in the afterlife with your 8000 himbos and no one to do your laundry or paperwork, idiot.
I swear I was afraid of this for weeks. Even before I bought the ticket. As I'm also near a burnout and I'm cancelling my job tomorrow it's totally understandable.
Please don't shoot any rumours. They're also normal people with their problems, friends and family. Let them rehab from nearly touring nonstop. They'll come back in 2025 or 2026, I'm sure.