Eight Prohibitions

Eight Prohibitions,also called paljojigyo(八條之敎)[1] or paljobeop(八條法)[2] is a criminal law. When Shang people migrated to the Korean peninsula and established Gija Joseon, Saint politician Jizi from the Shang dynasty enacted this law to educate and strength the Korean people. This law was made up of eight prohibitions regarding etiquette, agriculture, rice farming, sericulture and weaving.

Eight Prohibitions
Hangul
범금팔조
Hanja
Revised RomanizationEight Prohibitions
McCune–ReischauerEight Prohibitions
Jizi

Contents

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

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

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