Western Han Emperor "Sin Edict" Research

Is the first time in the Western Han dynasty emperor in Chinese history into the next batch of crime edict,"Han" in a large number of records on the Western Han emperor edict sin, and sin edict of this period is also very representative. Western Han emperor edict There are many types of crime, including crime had political edict, Calamity crime edict, self-deprecating introspection Gaiyuan reign of sin and crime edict edict. And from a content point of view, the Western Han emperor’s " crime has " consciousness with consciousness and systematic. After the Han Dynasty emperor often sin himself, will take some measures to make up for their mistakes, such as the virtuous remonstrance expand sacrifice, to appease the people, plain injustice correctional officials, etc., through these measures reflect the Western Han emperor consciously turn, ease the contradiction strengthen the principles of imperial power. Western Han emperor crime has prompted the reason there are many, the lessons of history perished, and " Heaven and Man" theory of constraints on imperial power," Conduit " awareness, have prompted Western Han emperor issued an edict crime has a positive, correct their mistakes. Western Han emperor issued edict crime, help to avoid their own political negligence, timely adjustment rule policies to ensure the normal operation of the country’s political and long-term stability...