Research On Eastern Han Dynasty’s Criminal Brick

As everyone knows that Eastern Han Dynasty (including Wei, Jin, Northern andSouthern Dynasty) has neither the complete literature that is handed down forgenerations, nor important unearthed documents, any discovery of legal documentsrelated is very precious. Eastern Han Dynasty criminal brick is such a kind of material,which is a kind of legal heritage as the Eastern Han Dynasty owning unique. EasternHan Dynasty criminal has brick has important significance on revealing theconfiscation, delivery, management, burial and other systems of the criminalsgoverned.Firstly, research on criminal brick must understand its origin, material and shape.Because if we don`t know its physical characteristics, we couldn`t distinguish the truefrom fake. Of course, the prison brick is a kind of precious legal material, because ofits carved inscription containing a lot of legal information. Therefore the informationinterpretation and understanding has become the top priority. Over the past onehundred year, many scholars have delivered their opinions, as the discussionsdeepened, these legal information`s true meaning becomes clear.In addition, a large number of criminal bricks unearthed from different areas inrecent decades, the research on criminal brick comes into a new stage. Since the initialinterpretation of inscriptions, now we can rely on a large number of tiles in aquantitative comparison. By comparing the inscriptions of different ages, we canobserve the evolution of the inscription itself. Through the different areas where thecriminals came from that the bricks recorded, we can outline the power range of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At the same time, it can present the system that localgovernment delivery criminals to central government. Through the number ofdifferent sentence, we can conclude the structure of Eastern Han Dynasty`s prisoners.So that, Eastern Han Dynasty`s hard labor system could show its silhouette more orless.