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MORE FIENDISH CHINESE IMPERIAL PUNISHMENTS
(for corrupt officials in government.)
…especially severe in the Ming dynasty. Often, all their family and friends were killed, and they were boiled alive, after that their skin was flayed from the corpse and hung up as a warning to other corrupt elite.
…Therefore, “nothing is greater than punishing corruption in governance”, “the most urgent task of kingly ruling is to punish corruption” have become the principles pursued by the rulers in all dynasties. Only the presence of honest officials would allow healthy development of the nation.
…Although Tang Dynasty has been harsh enough to punish corrupt officials, Ming Dynasty inflicted even more severe punishments. Ming Dynasty stipulated that two-level-harsher punishment would be imposed with the officials who were responsible to monitor law enforcement but committed corruption facing the harshest penalties.
(Flaying alive, public castration etc)
…“For the crimes in regard to ceremonies, customs and enlightenment, Tang Dynasty had heavier penalties than Ming Dynasty, but for the crimes in regard to theft, robbery and state treasury’s properties, Ming Dynasty had heavier penalties.”
In the reign of Emperor Sui, a censor took an inspection tour to the fifty-two states in Hebei and impeached over two hundred corrupt or incompetent officials in his report, leading to shock and profound fear of the entire Shizhou County.
…Emperor Kublai Khan of Yuan Dynasty metaphorized, “Central secretariat is like my right hand, military affairs ministry is like my left hand, but censuring is the organ to cure these two hands.”
…reward means to grant positive praise and reward to an upright and enlightened officials.
…Zhu Yuanzhang, who was an emperor of humble birth. In order to increase social concern to the officials, Zhu Yuanzhang has adopted two measures. Firstly, for an official convicted of a minor offence, he would be punished by bulleting his crime in the place where he had governed.
If a dismissed official was reused, (re-appointed) he would also write a reflection to post on the (his office) door for caution. (to public)
Secondly, civilians were allowed to escort guilty officials to the capital, so that otherwise whole families would be punished (?)
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RETURN TO THE VALLEY OF THE FIENDISH CHINESE IMPERIAL PUNISHMENTS
(for corrupt officials in government.)
…especially severe in the Ming dynasty. Often, all their family and friends were killed, and they were boiled alive, after that their skin was flayed from the corpse and hung up as a warning to other corrupt elite.
The Honor of Fu Manchu
…an official was involved with a pecuniary interest or bribery, he would be subject to a legal penalty irrespective of the amount of the bribe.
…In the Qin Dynasty, an official would be punished for the corruption of even a coin, such as (with) face tattooing, (assignment to) fortification building, trenching and other coolies.(coolie work)
…In the Northern Wei Dynasty, a local governor would be sentenced to death for the taking a bribe of a sheep or a cup of wine.
…According to the law of Tang Dynasty, if a local governor accepted a bribe and the amount of the bribe equaled the value of a bolt of silk, he would be sentenced to 100 beatings with wooden staves.
…If the amount was more than a bolt of silk, he would be subject to a harsher punishment, and when the amount reached fifteen bolts of silk, he would be sentenced to be hanged.
…In the Tang Dynasty, for example, an official would be punished even if he accepted other people’s things indirectly. He would be punished for the acceptance of money as well as (of)…meat, food, wine, fruit …deemed bribery. Even for those officials who left their positions, they would also be punished for the acceptance of things from the people of their former jurisdiction.
…In China, the earliest imprisonment appeared in the Qin and Han Dynasties, which were the laws to remove the officials’ titles and dismiss them from office.
… In the Sui Dynasty, the law stipulated that if an official was suspected of embezzlement but not up to (did not merit) the death punishment, he would be given lifelong imprisonment even if he was pardoned.
. .. sometimes the imprisoned official still could not restore political rights even if the punishment was lifted. He could not live in the capital nor enjoyed the same rights as an honest civilian.
…It also created a good atmosphere for socio-economic progress, nipped the corruption thinking of officials in the bud, and played a major role in the stability of people’s livelihood and development of feudal commodity economy. It must be admitted that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang’s “heavy punishments on officials” is truly commendable now.
Credit to:
FENG Yanyan
Lecturer College of Humanities and Law, ShanDong University of Science and
Technology, Qingdao, China.
*Corresponding author. Received 8 March 2016; accepted 17 May 2016
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