Rule of Morals and Legislation in the Dynasty of West Han from the Criminal Annals of the History of the Han Dynasty

The Criminal Annals of the History of the Han Dynasty basically covers the origin of law, the history and change of the development of legal systems, especially the reforms of criminal punishments by the various emperors since the Pre-Han Dynasty. Its theoretical keynote exerted strong influence on the development of criminal annals for later generations. The Criminal Annals of the History of the Han Dynasty are not only historiographic materials for our research of the judiciary system and judiciary practices but also important documentation for the researches of the relationship between morality and law, especially the profound Confucian ideas embodied therein.