Report of Killing One's Son

"Sha Zi Bao" (also known as "Yin Yang Bao", "Sha Zi Bao", "You Tan Ji") is a traditional Yue Opera play, the script of which is unknown. The book narrates that the widow Wang Xu of Rugao in Tongzhou (Nantong) committed adultery with the adulterous monk Nayun, and was discovered by her nine-year-old son Guan Bao, who drove the adulterous monk away and banned him from coming back. Wang Xu brutally killed her son and cut the body into pieces to destroy any traces. The official security officer, Meng Meng, learned about the case and complained about the injustice. Later, the honest official Jing Gong visited the Ming Dynasty and executed adulterers and adulterers. If you are a disciple of a master, you will express your grievances, and your descendants will be honored, and you will have both happiness and longevity. This book is a public case novel, aiming to punish adultery, but in its details, it shows the annihilation of morality and humanity, and has an atmosphere of terror. Because of its great influence at the time, it was listed as one of the famous strange cases in the late Qing Dynasty.