Crime and Punishment Within the Family in the Qing Dynasty
by Wei Daoming
About This Novel
In the Qing Dynasty, for the vast majority of civilians, family and clan were almost the only place where they lived for a long time, and naturally became one of the main places where people interacted, conflicted and even committed crimes. The social structure of "family and country as one" makes the judiciary pay special attention to criminal behavior within the family, and uses punishment to regulate the hierarchical order and implement Confucian ethics. From the perspective of the Wufu system, this book selects dozens of cases about intra-family crimes from various compilations of numerous criminal cases. On this basis, it summarizes the adjudication standards and reasoning logic of the Qing Dynasty's judicial departments at all levels when it comes to such crimes, so as to explain the influence and control of the patriarchal hierarchical order on the law and highlight the ethical characteristics of ancient Chinese law.
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