Study On The Penalty System During The Period Of Nuerhachi

The formation and development of the penal system has a close connection with the rulers of the thought and times background.It not only embodies a dynasty of the political system,but also reflects the cultural connotation.In different historical periods,the form of the penalty system is very different because of these reasons.In the period of Nuerhachi,The society is in transition from slavery to the feudal system.The introduction of new culture,change the traditional consciousness and the war frequently,many reasons lead to social turbulent.In times of heavy penalties,the rulers paid special attention to the application of the law and increased punishment of penalty.In this period,the main characteristic of the penalty system is harsh.The Chinese history taught us that harsh penalties could not make making society thriving and prosperous.On the contrary,it will only bring people voices of discontent,rise up in arms.However,the Manchu regime is more stable under the leadership of the rulers.Then the rulers lead the army into the Central Plains to establish the Qing Dynasty.Although there are many subjective and objective reasons,but only from the penalty system we can find that the penalty system during Nuerhachi has a lot of advantages In addition to the harsh outside.The legal system of Qing Dynasty can be divided into clear legal system before and after entering the Central Plains area.The legal construction was started after Nuerhachi established the national.The law founded by Nuerhachi is the source of the Qing Dynasty's law and much of the content was used by future generations.This paper focuses on the penalty system of Nuerhachi.Through the study of the historical data we can analysis the origin,evolution,content,characteristics and applicable rules of the penalty system.We can also found the Far-reaching influence to the construction of legal system of Huang Taiji and after entering the Central Plains area.