What Were The Laws?
The basic law was devotion from kids to their parents and obedience to the emperor.
Stealing from a member of the family was a most serious crime, especially if younger brothers took an inheritance that should have been shared between older brothers or uncles. Those found informing, for any reason, on their parents, grandparents, uncles or older brothers were struck one hundred times with the bamboo stick and sent away for three years’ exile. If the information they had given proved not to be true, they were strangled. Crimes against the emperor brought the accused no mercy. They were not allowed any support from their families and all their possessions were taken away from them. If found guilty, they were tortured cruelly and executed the same day. A fortunate offender would only lose his ears. Disobeying the emperor was the worst of all. |
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Inheritanceproperty passing at the owner's death to the heir or those entitled to succeed.
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