Stories, Plays & Essays
Filial Piety in China
支那の孝道殊に法律上より觀たる支那の孝道
Kuwabara Jitsuzō · 1928 · translated by Valentin Sarić
Why did Chinese law punish the cursing of a parent with death, forbid children to testify against their fathers, and pardon an avenging son? Kuwabara Jitsuzō (1871-1931) answers through the Tang, Ming and Qing codes, comparing them with Japanese law from the Yōrō Code to the 1920s courts.
Complete and unabridged, with the author's notes and a translator's introduction.
143pages
1928first published
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