Eight Prohibitions

Jizi

Eight Prohibitions(범금팔조), also called Paljojigyo(팔조지교) (Chinese: 八條之敎; pinyin: Bā tiáo zhī jiào)^[1] or Paljobeop(팔조법) (Chinese: 八條法; pinyin: Bā tiáo fǎ)^[2] is a criminal law. When people from the Shang dynasty migrated to the Korean peninsula and established Gija Joseon, the sage politician Jizi from the Shang dynasty enacted this law to educate and strengthen the Korean people. This law was made up of eight prohibitions regarding etiquette, agriculture, rice farming, sericulture and weaving.

Contents

Although not all of the 8 prohibitions are known, the known part is as follows.^[3]

• Those who commit murder shall be put to death immediately.^[a]
• Those who cause injury must compensate with grain.^[b]
• Those who steal will be enslaved or pay recompense.^[c]

Notes

1. Book of Han,Treatise on Geography,"相殺以當時償殺".
2. Book of Han,Treatise on Geography,"相傷以穀償"
3. Book of Han,Treatise on Geography,"相盜者男沒入爲其家奴女子爲婢, 欲自贖者人五十萬".

References

1. "왕수긍". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
2. "우리역사넷".
3. Yukio Takeda, p. 256

External links

• Yukio Takeda (1997). 隋唐帝国と古代朝鮮 世界の歴史6. Chuokoron-Shinsha. ISBN 978-4124034066.