In December 2016, when the People's Court of Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province was hearing a divorce case, Wang Yunqiao, a judge born in the 1980s, wrote the verdict using verses such as "Zhongli Xunta Qianbaidu" and other poems, urging him to reconcile and not allow divorce. , praised by netizens as the most poetic verdict, and became an Internet celebrity in one fell swoop. This reflects the people's affirmation and praise of this judge's cultural quality, flexible law enforcement and feelings for the people. As the saying goes: It is better to demolish a hundred temples than to ruin one marriage. Judge Wang Yun's actions prove this saying.
In fact, in ancient times, there were many celebrities who made many poetic judgments and saved many marriages. There are also interesting ones among them, and some are even full of humor and joking. They not only punish evildoers, but also protect good people. Reading them today is still thought-provoking.
Tang Yan Zhenqing sentenced a foolish woman to remarry
Everyone knows that Yan Zhenqing (709-785) was a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, and his Yan style was his original creation and has been passed down to this day. In fact, Yan Zhenqing is also a famous upright official. He once served as the governor of Fuzhou and did many good things for the local people. At that time, there was a strong academic atmosphere in Linchuan. Yang Zhijian, a Fuzhou student, was poor but was eager to learn. His wife could not bear the poverty and filed for divorce. Yang Zhijian wrote a "Poetry for Wife" to express his determination to study but he had no choice but to agree to the divorce. . Yang's wife presented this poem to Yan Zhenqing, the governor, as evidence of divorce. After Yan Zhenqing read Yang's poems, he sympathized with Yang's plight and admired his spirit of studying hard. He punished Yang's wife for disliking poverty and loving wealth, and gave Yang Zhijian cloth and grain as gifts, leaving Yang to serve in the department.
Yan Zhenqing’s "Wen Zhong Ji" recorded this incident and an interesting judgment: Yang Zhijian was a Confucian by training, and he read the Nine Classics, and his poems were full of charm. When the foolish wife saw that he had not met her, she became disloyal. Since Wang Huan's house is empty, how can he obey the yellow scroll? Zhu Sou's wife must go, and would rather see the brocade clothes. It insults the village and ruins the customs. If there is no praise or criticism, there will be many lucky ones. After Ah Jue was twenty years old, Ren remarried. Yang Zhijian, a talented scholar, presented him with twenty pieces of cloth and twenty stones of rice, and he was immediately sent to accompany the army, so that people far and near would be informed.
Yan Zhenqing's literary accomplishment is very high. His judgment is a combination of parallel prose and prose. Not only is the text beautifully written, but the allusions are also used appropriately. He interspersed historical allusions about two women from the Yan Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty who remarried because they disliked their husbands' poverty and lowliness, which has a strong educational significance.
Ma Guangzu of the Song Dynasty reduced the word Mulan to promote marriage
Ma Guangzu (1201-1270) was a famous prime minister of the Song Dynasty as famous as Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi. He served as the prefect of Lin'an and Jiankang Prefecture. During his tenure as the prefect, Ma Guangzu enforced the law impartially and handled cases for the people. At the same time, he also wrote many interesting judgments.
Wu Lai of the Yuan Dynasty recorded in his "Unofficial History of the Three Dynasties" that Ma Guangzu used word cards to judge a marriage. It is said that when Ma Guangzu was serving as the magistrate of Jingkou County, a scholar climbed over the wall and entered the room of the girl he loved. He was discovered by the girl's family and taken to the government. After Ma Guangzu asked about the cause of the case, he saw that the scholar was gentle and not like a villain, so he wanted to help them. Then he interviewed the scholar with the title "Poem of Hugging a Virgin over the Wall", and the scholar wrote quickly with a pen: Hualiu is in debt all his life, and he is in love for a while. Crossing the wall to take advantage of the excitement, the virgin hugged her with heart. Xie Ji should sneak over, Han Xiang promised to steal secretly. There is still love and lust when there is affection, but there is no words but coquettishness. If you live up to the promise of Qinlou, you will be safe in Zhang prison. If the beauty is so beautiful, why study for it?
After Ma Guangzu finished reading, he was moved by the scholar's writing style and true feelings. He praised the scholar greatly on the spot. Instead of punishing the scholar for his indecent behavior, he wrote a poem "Reduced Words Mulan" and sentenced the two to get married: Being passionate and loving, you have repaid the debt of flowers and willows in your life. He is a good Tanlang, and it doesn't matter if he has a virgin as his wife. If you are a man of outstanding talent and great achievements, you will be given three hundred ropes of green clams as a gift. The candle shadow shakes red, remembering that the ice man is Ma Gong. After the verdict, the woman was ordered to marry off the girl and give him a generous dowry, which became a good story for a while. This judgment was novel and unique, and it was so amazing that it was included in the "Complete Song Ci". The Yuan drama was also adapted into the play "Ma Guangzu Kan Fengchen", which was widely circulated.
Li Qing, the official of the Ming Dynasty, used the code to judge the stone girl
Li Qing (1602-1683) was a famous litterateur and jurist in the Ming Dynasty. When he was an official in Ningbo Prefecture, he handled many criminal and civil cases. He wrote the book "Xinyu of Zheyu", which is the only existing collection of judgments from the Ming Dynasty in my country. The whole book consists of ten volumes and contains 210 judgments. Li Qing's judgments are very distinctive. Each article is mentioned with the word "trial", indicating the name and place of origin of the parties involved, and then describing the facts of the case. These judgments are written concisely and brilliantly, incorporating poetic allusions, with brilliant literary talent, and the writing is both solemn and humorous.
The following is an excerpt to give you a glimpse: After trial, Wang Sancai was removed as a female slave, and Chen Runeng was also a sworn sister. Because the father of Sancai succeeded him first, he once paid twenty taels of silver to hire a slave as a wife of Sancai. The husband's slave has a stone girl's ear. This Guyao has no sense of the peaches and plum blossoms, and the bees, the media and the butterflies can't pick them up and ask where they are. After Sancai was in bed together, Sancai felt extremely regretful and was about to return the slave to you. If you don't dare to hope for jade from Lantian, you are afraid of despair for seedlings from Houtian. Then it would be appropriate for you to return the bride price. Why delay without repaying, and then control it with an unjust life? At first, you can still hold on to the stone girl's theory as a false accusation, and call two stable women to test it, and believe it. If there are no men in the country, the husband will be born according to the well. However, as a slave whose birth orifice is permanently closed, regardless of the clouds and rain on the balcony, there is no ladder below, and he is afraid that the well will be infertile and stone-eared. However, if you are capable, your wish to make the three talents fly is just a dream from Wushan and no longer a matter of succession? This is deception. If you can be punished with a stick, I will still ask for twenty taels of gold to settle the case.
What this judgment says is: A man named Wang Jixian spent twenty taels of silver to marry his son Wang Sancai, Chen Runeng’s adopted sister, Danu. After the marriage, Wang Sancai discovered that Danu was his wife. It was Yishinu who regretted it so much that she returned the slave to Chen Runeng. Chen Runeng didn't believe that the slave was a stone girl, so he complained to the government about Wang Sancai and refused to repay the bride price of twenty taels of silver. After the government verified that the slave was indeed a stone girl, Li Qing judged Chen Runeng for cheating in front of him, punished Chen Runeng with a stick, and asked him to return the bride price of twenty taels of silver. Li Qing's judgment was very emotional and reasonable, and his judgment was also very wonderful. It uses a large number of biblical allusions, as well as metaphors, parallels and other rhetorical techniques, making it fascinating to read.
In the Qing Dynasty, Jackie Chan cleverly punished shrews
In the Qing Dynasty, there were more such judgments. In the early Republic of China, the book "Seven Types of Judgments of Famous Officials in the Qing Dynasty" edited by Jinxiage It records more than a thousand judgments of famous officials in the Qing Dynasty such as Yu Chenglong and Li Hongzhang. It is a collection of poetic judgments and reflects the highest achievement of similar judgments in this era.
Yu Chenglong (1617-1684), who was known as the most honest official in the world during the Qing Dynasty, used his unique judgment to skillfully punish a shrew and save her when he was a county magistrate in Luocheng, Guangxi. marriage and peace of the family.
There is a villager named Du Wenyun in Chengguan Village. His son Du Shaoyun is married to Mrs. Liu. She was trembling and had difficulty speaking. One day, Du Shaoyun came back from his cousin's house, and his cousin asked him to bring a pair of embroidered shoes to his cousin. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Liu suspected that Du Shaoyun was having an affair upon seeing her. This pair of embroidered shoes was a token of mutual gift. So, he stepped forward and slapped Du Shaoyun three times, and then punished him to pull up his trousers and kneel on the washboard. If he didn't follow the rules again, he would be severely punished. Du Wenyun couldn't bear to see his son being so abused, so he came over to prove his innocence. It was expected that Mrs. Liu, who was furious, would not even show mercy to her father-in-law. Instead, she would accuse him of protecting his son and dare to give false testimony. She scolded and made noises, smeared all the tears and snot on her father-in-law's face, and even plucked off his beard. Du Wenyun was so angry at being humiliated that he had no choice but to complain to the court and ask the upright official Yu Chenglong to judge the case and divorce the shrew. After careful interrogation and careful consideration, Yu Chenglong did not sentence Du Shaoyun to divorce with a stroke of his pen. Instead, he issued a highly joking verdict, admonishing them to review themselves and repair their marriages:
Mrs. Liu has rabies and bites and barks wildly; Shaoyun's wife is strict in controlling his wife, shameless and incompetent. When he gets jealous at first sight, he will beat his husband; if he does nothing to keep the house, he will be beaten by his wife. The sharp point of the washboard breaks the knees of a coward; the beard is plucked off by a shrew. If you talk nonsense, the flower shoes become a sign; if you make something out of nothing, the boudoir becomes a court. If you are weak and incompetent, you will bring it upon yourself; if it affects innocent people, it is your elders. Shaoyun should take her husband's reconstruction pills to reshape his image as a man; Liu should soak in a vinegar vat for three months to restore her feminine tenderness. I have prescribed this medicine, you go back and take it. If you get this mad disease again, the weight will be doubled. This judgment.