Hongwu Emperor establishes the Ming legal code
1368
Zhu Yuanzhang promulgated the Da Ming Lü, a comprehensive legal code drawn from Tang precedent but hardened by his peasant suspicion of officials. Its punishments were savage, its regulations minute, and its reach extended to every village headman. The code would govern China for nearly three centuries with minimal revision.
In context
Also in 1368 (3 other events on record)
- Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims the Ming dynasty · East Asia · Politics
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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