Was The Criminal Policy Of The Song Dynasty Lenient Or Severity

The research about the criminal policy of the Song dynasty can be seen scatterely in the books and articles which written about the judicature system and the law thoughts of the Song dynasty.By way of the concrete analysis of concrete conditions of the criminal policy of the Song dynasty,my opinion is the criminal policy of the Song dynasty appeared alternate leniency in main melody with severity in sometimes and somewhere. Why the criminal policy above shaped up were three main factors:the thoughts of ancient china;carried out by the rulers;the synthesize of the policy,socility,economy and judicature system of the Song dynasty.