After committing a crime in ancient times, why did you have to ask for beheading after the autumn?

Because after the autumn harvest, the people are not busy, and they have leisure time to watch the execution, and the execution is to let everyone see and deter everyone, so it is of course best to see more people, and the climate becomes cooler after the autumn harvest, and the atmosphere is set off by the beheading.

Because the other seasons are not suitable for killing, only autumn represents depression, so it is necessary to ask for beheading after autumn.

The weather is getting cooler, the frost is falling, and the falcons have to hunt birds to prepare for the winter, so the falcon killing escalates. Therefore, it is believed that after the autumn, the eagles have "opened meat", and human beings can ask the culprits to be beheaded in order to achieve justice.

Ancient criminals were cut off after the autumn, and it has always been a traditional judicial system for ancient people. Since the time of the Han Dynasty, except for those who have rebelled or committed other serious crimes, the death penalty needs to be carried out immediately. Most of the other convicts sentenced to death were beheaded after the autumn.

The ancients chose to ask and behead criminals after the autumn, first of all, because people thought that if they asked to behead after the autumn, it would have a greater deterrent effect on the people.

In ancient China, most people were mainly farming, and it was an authentic acorn and celery agricultural society. Most of the peasants in the late shed are very busy in their daily lives, busy with spring planting and autumn harvest, and have no time to pay attention to the execution of criminals. But in the fall, the crops gradually mature, and after the harvest, the farmers enter the slack period.

People choose to execute criminals at this time because people are no longer busy and have more time to watch. The state also takes advantage of this opportunity to deter the people, and the more people there are, the greater the sensation will naturally cause, and it has a good warning effect on people.

Secondly, the ancients believed that it was in accordance with the will of heaven to ask the criminals after the autumn, because before the autumn equinox, the weather was very warm, which was very suitable for the growth of all things. It is believed that in this environment where everything grows, it is best used to appreciate, not to kill. On the contrary, after the autumn equinox, the daylight hours are getting shorter and shorter, the temperature of the weather is getting colder and colder, and in the state of withering everything, many life will stop.

So it was believed that in this environment, it was more appropriate to kill criminals. Therefore, when people execute criminals, most of them are beheaded after the autumn.

Finally, the death penalty is a very serious punishment in both modern and ancient times, and if it is not carefully examined, it is likely that a good person will be killed by mistake. Therefore, when people decide on the death penalty when trying criminals, they should have enough time to think about it, and give the relevant departments enough time to investigate. Therefore, questioning and beheading after the autumn can ensure the fairness of the law and avoid the occurrence of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

This is mainly to comply with the will of heaven, the execution of the death penalty, generally in the autumn and winter, which is related to the ancients' concept of self-simplicity and forgiveness of theocracy, spring and summer are the seasons when all things grow, and autumn and winter are the seasons when trees wither, symbolizing slaughter.

Because in ancient times, the policy of autumn and winter executions would be implemented, because this was a superstitious doctrine created by inheriting the Confucian idea of "the unity of heaven and man".

The reason why there is such a practice is because in ancient times, he would follow the relevant rules of judgment, and it was also in line with a certain law of yin and yang life and death.

This is handed down from ancient times, and it is believed that after the autumn, the eagles began to kill birds, and the autumn queen asked to behead after the beginning of autumn, because after the beginning of autumn, everything became very depressed.

It is a custom to ask for beheading after the autumn, and the peasants have time to be murderers, which is also a deterrent to them.

This is handed down from ancient times, and it is believed that after the autumn, the eagles began to kill birds and sacrifice, so the prisoners can also be.

Autumn queen beheading refers to decapitation after the beginning of autumn, because everything becomes very depressed after the beginning of autumn.

I think the reason why I chose to ask for a cut after autumn is because the weather was better at that time.

I asked later, in fact, there was a kind of respect for the offense, and I wanted them to drink for a while before going out.

A custom is a habit, and it has been the case in all dynasties, and it has been preserved.

Because autumn is originally the season of harvest, but autumn is also a season of decay of life.

This is because of the autumn after the ancient period of a special season for criminals.

It's just to give the offender some good time to say goodbye.

Questioning and beheading after autumn is an important measure in the ancient Chinese judicial system. Since the Han Dynasty, except for serious crimes such as rebellion, which must be carried out immediately, the rest of the death sentences have to be carried out after the autumn, which has also become a unique feature of the ancient Chinese judicial system.

So, why is that?

First, the Autumn Queen's question is in line with the way of heaven

The ancient Chinese paid attention to the unity of heaven and man, respected the way of heaven, and respected the laws of nature. Especially the emperor, as the Son of Heaven, must follow the way of heaven to do things, in order to get the blessing of God.

As said in "Spring and Autumn Dew":

The way of heaven, spring is warm to live, summer and summer are raised, autumn is clear to kill, and winter cold is hidden, so it is said that the king is worthy of the sky, which is called its way. There are four times in the sky, and the king has four governments, and if the four governments are four, they are all in the same way, and the heavens and men have the same time. Celebration is spring, reward is summer, punishment is autumn, and punishment is winter.

It can be seen that in the concept of the ancient Chinese, the way of heaven and the royal way must coincide, which is the good government that conforms to the law, and the emperor must follow the way of heaven for government, which is the royal government. Therefore, in the spring, everything grows, and it is not appropriate to use knives and guns, let alone deprive others of their lives at will. In autumn, everything is slaughtered, and the plants and trees wither, just in time for the weather, and the prisoners are executed after the autumn.

Second, asking questions after the autumn is more conducive to deterring the people

Ancient China was an agrarian society, and most people were farmers who farmed the land. The peasants were usually busy with farm work, planting in the spring and harvesting in the autumn, and where did they have time to pay attention to the execution of prisoners. In the fall, when the harvest is finally made, the farmers begin to enter their leisure time.

The country just took advantage of this opportunity to deter the people, and the more people watched, the easier it was to form a sensational effect, and correspondingly, the greater the deterrent.

Third, the post-autumn questioning embodies the principle of prudent punishment

Prudence in punishment is the use of punishment prudently, especially for the death penalty, the slightest carelessness will kill a good person by mistake. In ancient China, the judicial principle of prudent punishment was formed since the Han Dynasty, so the Han Dynasty regarded the beheading of the Autumn Queen as an important measure in judicial practice. After arriving in the Sui and Tang dynasties, all death sentences in the country had to be reported for review and executed by the emperor himself.

On this basis, the Ming and Qing dynasties added the categorical handling of the death penalty, that is, the death penalty cases in various places were divided into four categories: facts, suspended sentences, retention, and retention of ancestors. The three legal divisions will grant corresponding amnesty according to the corresponding circumstances, exempt the death penalty, and emphasize human feelings on the premise of ensuring legal justice.

On the whole, the implementation of post-autumn questioning can leave sufficient time for the final review and collusion, and to a certain extent, effectively avoid the occurrence of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

In ancient times, executions were generally carried out in autumn and winter, which is related to the ancient concept of natural theocracy, that is, to conform to the will of heaven. Spring and summer are the seasons when all things grow, while autumn and winter are the seasons when trees wither, symbolizing slaughter. Human behavior, including political activities, must conform to the time of heaven, otherwise they will be punished by the gods.

Because the ancients were more superstitious, believing that spring and summer are the seasons when all things are prosperous, and it is not easy to kill, so they kill criminals after the beginning of autumn.

Because the harvest after the autumn is in the slack, it can play an exemplary role when asking for beheading, so that the people can keep to themselves, in addition, the weather is cool after autumn, and there will be no disease such as plague after killing, so it is necessary to ask for beheading after autumn.

Because agriculture was mainly in ancient times, the harvest was finished after the autumn, and it entered the farming slack.

Because most people in ancient times lived by farming, and their life and rest were made at sunrise and sunset, so the Autumn Queen asked to warn everyone when everyone was more free.

In ancient TV dramas, the time for executing prisoners was generally after the autumn, which was called "Autumn Queen's Beheading". To be precise, the timing of the execution was in the autumn and winter. After the prisoner is caught and sentenced to death, he is not immediately executed, but is kept in prison and pulled out in the autumn and winter.

This regulation also creates an opportunity for the prisoner's accomplices to rob the prison and rescue them, which looks very stupid. In ancient times, when the execution of prisoners was executed, why did they choose to behead after autumn and at three o'clock in the afternoon?

First of all, let's introduce why it is placed at three quarters at noon, the ancients divided a day and night into twelve hours, and divided it into one hundred quarters ("carving" originally refers to the notches on the drip bucket of timekeeping, and after dripping a bucket in a day and night, it is divided into one hundred quarters). It is important to note that "hours" and "moments" are actually two sets of timekeeping system units. "Three quarters in the afternoon" is nearly twelve o'clock in the afternoon, which is the time of the day when the sun is at its highest, and the shadows of objects on the ground are the shortest.

The ancients were superstitious, and the ancients practiced the five elements of yin and yang, believing that all things are mutually reinforcing and have certain natural laws. It is believed that human beings are not the masters of the world, that there are gods above human beings and earth demons below, and that all human activities are restricted by a mysterious force. Therefore, people must choose a good day in advance for marriage and sacrifice, and the death penalty is no exception.

The ancients believed that spring and summer were the seasons for all things to grow and reproduce, and it was impossible to move the murderous heart, while autumn and winter were just the opposite, very depressed and slaughtering, and the execution of the death penalty at this time was also to cater to this atmosphere.

In fact, this is also due to the time of day, the ancient noon three minutes is about 11:45 now, and this time is the heaviest time of the day. Because in ancient times, people believed that people had souls. And yang energy can suppress the soul, so if you kill someone at this time, their soul will be suppressed.

Because the ancients felt that the grievances of these beheaded people would be very heavy, so a large amount of yang energy was needed to suppress them, in case their grievances could not be relieved.

Because the autumn is a relatively idle time period, if you behead the prisoner at this time, there will be more onlookers, which can play a role in killing chickens and monkeys.

In ancient times, the prisoners who were sentenced to behead after committing crimes were generally after the autumn because from ancient times to the present, our country was based on agriculture, and farming ended in the autumn, and everyone was not busy at this time.

The weather is getting cooler, the frost is falling, the cicadas in the cold weather have begun to mourn, and the eagle has begun to catch and kill birds in the sky because they want to sacrifice with birds. Therefore, it is believed that after the autumn, the eagles will begin to kill birds and sacrifice, and humans can ask the culprits to be punished for justice.

Autumn morality, autumn decision - why is the decapitation performed in the autumn, and the autumn knife asks for the beheading?