Ihe Collation And Research Of Archives About Adulterous Homicide Case In Wuyuan

On the basis of the collection of the adulterous homicidecase reports in Wuyuan,in this thesis,we tried to explicatethese adulterous homicidecase reports in combination with the local communities inWuyuan,Huizhou ofTsingDynasty byanalyzing the reason for the adultery,the origin and categoryofthe homicide,the criminal subject,and the response of the local community,to deepen the understanding of the traditional Huizhou..The crime case reports on the Wuyuan adulterous murder has rich content,and are important to the investigation of the legal and regional social historyin Tsing Dynasty.Their value as unique historical data should be treasured.There are many social factors contributing to the Wuyuan adulterous murder of Tsing Dynasty.First,men went out to do business or to be a domestic servant,which led to their long-term separation.Second,recreational activities,such as yingshen,competition,and acting,and economic activities,includingto be a domestic servant,provided opportunities for men and women to meet.Third,the underclass economic embarrassment led to seduction and rape.Forth,abnormal marriage made men prone to rape.There are five circumstances where adultery developed to homicide iamong the Wuyuan adulterous murders of Tsing Dynasty: murder because of the jealousy between men and women;murder because of being afraid of the divulgeof adultery;impetuousnegligent homicide;murder for funeral affairs;murder for revenge.The Wuyuan adulterous murder in Tsing Dynasty could be divide into four types: the death of husband,the death of the adulterer,the death of the adulteress and the death of other people that stopped the adultery.The criminal subject of the Wuyuan adulterous murder in Tsing Dynasty belongs to the bottom of society.The age of the criminalswas mainly between 20 and 49 years old,among which men were the most at 30-39 years old,women were the most at 20-29 years old,and men were older than women.Women in marital status were normal,while men were significantly abnormal.Both men and women are familiar with each other,and the criminals withkinship is equal to that of non-relatives.Among the criminals with kinship,criminals in peer are more than criminals with inter-generational kinship.The social organizations involved in the handling of the adulterous murder cases in Wuyuan in Tsing Dynasty were mainly indigenous clan and local administrative organization.The local constable dealt with the adulterous murder more frequentlythan the village constable,whose responsibility is to accept the report,to check the details,to report the case,to arrest the fugitive and to act as a witness.The clan of Wuyuan mainly prevent the occurrence of adulteryby the clan-rule,and sometimes it will report to the government after theadulterous murdercase happens.The criminal subject of the adulterous murder case will basically inflict the punishment of dismissing from the clan.New insights about the society in Huizhou,Tsing Dynasty were raised based on theanalysis of the crime case reports on the Wuyuan adulterous murder.First,the life of the low-class people in Huizhou was still embarrassed despite that Huizhou was known to be wealthy.Second,the maritalissue of men was possiblyone of the biggest social problems of ancient Huizhou.Lastly,hierarchical factorsshould be taken into full consideration when talking about thechastity of women in the ancient Huizhou.