Second, because wars were frequent in Wei and Jin Dynasties and the pace of life was too fast, celebrities in the Northern and Southern Dynasties drove ox carts. That was the only time in thousands of years that China was not prone to traffic accidents.
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Let's tell a story ... although it was found on the internet, it is also a microcosm of ancient car accidents. I hope parents are satisfied.
At the beginning of the story, during the reign of Emperor Taizong, Ma Zhou, a famous politician, made it a rule that pedestrians should walk left when entering the city gate and right when leaving the city gate. This rule is the earliest traffic rule in ancient China. During Li Yu's period in Tang Daizong, a traffic accident occurred in Changcheng, which made the traffic legislation in the Tang Dynasty rise to a very high level.
It is said that Gaochang City was the largest international chamber of commerce at that time, and the south gate was the busiest place in Gaochang City, because people going in and out of the city had to pass through here, which became a battleground for businessmen. Businessman Zhang Youhe's shop is here. One day, an 8-year-old boy, Ginger, and a little girl of the same age wanted to sit in front of a shop in Zhang Youhe and play.
At this time, an employee named Kang Shifen was driving an ox cart to transport the adobe in the city outside the city. Perhaps it was because he was tired from driving, and something unfortunate happened-his ox cart ran over Ginger and Xiangzi. Ginger was seriously injured, and all the bones below the waist were broken, and his life was hard to protect; Xiangzi broke his waist. After the car accident, Jin Er's father Shifu and Xiangzi's father Cao decided to go to court.
Shi Fu submitted an indictment to the court, explaining the fact that his son was run over by an ox cart, and asked the court to handle it: "The eight-year-old son was sitting in front of the shop, and was run over by Kang Shifen, a slave employee, and suffered a fracture below the waist. Now he is trapped and afraid of his own life. Please punish him. " Then Cao didn't venture to write a book, just like Shi Fu.
Subsequently, an official named "Shu" (Tang officials only signed their names without writing their surnames) took over the case. He inquired about Kang Shifen first, and Kang Shifen admitted for the first time that he was right to drive an ox cart and hit someone. The second time, Shu asked Kang Shifen about the case. Kang Shifen replied that he borrowed the ox cart. Not familiar with the habit of driving cattle, he tried to hold it when it was running, but it was "beyond his power" and eventually caused an accident. The third time, Shu asked Kang Shifen what his plans were. Kang Shifen expressed his willingness to treat the injured. If the injured died unfortunately, he would punish himself according to law. Shu finally agreed with Kang Shifen.
Legal provisions on driving injury in Tang Dynasty
In the Tang Dynasty, there were special laws on driving injuries. In Volume 26 of the Law of the Tang Dynasty, it is stipulated that "in the streets and lanes, among the people in the city, those who drive horses and cars without cause will be fined 50 horses, so that the killers can reduce their fighting and kill the first class." The meaning of this law is: if horse racing hurts people in the crowd, compared with the crime of fighting and killing, the first-class punishment should be reduced.
There is also a clause in Volume 21 of the Law of the Tang Dynasty: "Those who protect the koo, who beat people with their hands and feet, are limited to ten days, those who beat people with other objects are limited to twenty days, those who hurt people with blades and soup fire are limited to fifty days, and those who break limbs and bones are limited to fifty days." Within the limit of the dead, according to the theory of homicide; He died outside the limit, and although he was within the limit, he was beaten according to law. " Protecting the koo is a legal term in the Tang Dynasty, which means that in an injury case, when the injured person's injury has not yet been determined, the criminal should be charged first, so that he can raise money to treat the victim first and then be sentenced after a certain period of time.
According to this regulation, the time limit of Kang Shifen's case is 50 days, and what punishment will be sentenced in the future will be judged according to Jin Er and Xiangzi's illness within these 50 days. If only one of Jiang and Xiangzi dies, he will be sentenced to exile for three thousand miles, because driving hurts people is a lesser crime than fighting. Fighting and killing people is the death penalty, and demotion is exile for three thousand miles.
Kang Shifen's driving accident case shows that China's criminal procedure system has reached a relatively perfect position as early as the Tang Dynasty. Applying the system of protecting koo in traffic accident cases can combine personal injury with responsibility preservation, urge the actor to actively treat the victim and minimize the consequences of personal injury. The design of this system is both scientific and humanized. (According to Sohu. com)
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