Qin Law Code

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:law
gptkbp:consists_of harsh punishments
gptkbp:contains laws on taxation
laws on trade
laws on agriculture
laws on military service
gptkbp:contributed_to unification of China
gptkbp:enacted_by 206 BC
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:Espionage
local magistrates
harsh penalties
Qin government
gptkbp:established 221 BC
gptkbp:established_in gptkb:Qin_Shi_Huang
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Qin Law Code
gptkbp:included administrative laws
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Legalism
gptkbp:is_aimed_at centralization of power
gptkbp:is_applied_in citizens of Qin Dynasty
gptkbp:is_associated_with state control
state terror
harsh governance
gptkbp:is_challenged_by gptkb:philosopher
gptkbp:is_criticized_for later historians
Confucian scholars
its rigidity
its severity
lack of mercy
gptkbp:is_documented_in gptkb:historical_records
gptkb:historical_texts
gptkb:Sima_Qian
gptkbp:is_focused_on social order
gptkbp:is_implemented_in Qin territories
legal officials
gptkbp:is_influential_in East Asian legal traditions
the development of Chinese law
gptkbp:is_regulated_by criminal behavior
gptkbp:is_used_to maintain control
establish authority
suppress dissent
promote loyalty to the state
control the population
standardize laws
gptkbp:originated_in gptkb:Qin_Dynasty
gptkbp:precedent subsequent legal codes
gptkbp:reformed gptkb:Han_Dynasty
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Han_Law_Code
gptkbp:was_applied_to gptkb:nobility
commoners
gptkbp:was_codified_by legal scholars
gptkbp:was_codified_under Qin Shi Huang's rule
gptkbp:was_influenced_by philosophical doctrines
Shang Yang's reforms
earlier Chinese legal practices
gptkbp:was_part_of Qin administrative reforms
Qin legal reforms
Qin legal system
Qin state ideology
Qin statecraft
Qin's legal framework
Qin's unification efforts
gptkbp:written_in classical Chinese
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Qin_Dynasty
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5