| dc.description.abstract | Comparing to spread and harsh sentences in the early days such as the extirpation of three generations and zuzhu, the Yuanzuo System had developed and improved a lot in the Ming Dynasty. In this thesis, I put emphasis on the discussion of the women who were sentenced to Yuanxuo due to “rebellion”, and observe variations of the sentenced women in the Ming Dynasty. As time went by, “Da Ming Lu” stipulated rarely that the families had to lianzuo. However, the women were often involved in their fathers’ or husbands’ guiltiness. Moreover, the ways of punishment are often different from the law.
According to “Da Ming lu”, the offenses of rebellion regulated that the prisoner’s relatives should be slaves to the meritorious officers. Since Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu events in the Hongwu dynasty, after “Jingnan Incident” and “Martyrdom” were led by Chengzu, it is common disposal that guilty women were not only slaves to the meritorious officers, but also assigned to the Jiaofangsi, Huanyiju, officers, soldiers, they were obliged to be salves’ wives.
Although the sufferers’ lives were not threatened directly, their fortunes were not better than death. After the Chenghua dynasty, the felonious females were gradually legal in rebellion incidents. However, the rules were subjected to the authority′s intentions. The identifications were restricted to the criminals who were the officers’ and the civilians’ families. The noble females were in jails with the culpable royal families. They had the opportunity to be released until the criminal royals died. | en_US |