Overview
Liu Dewei was an official and Judge.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 631 to AD 649 帝以問大理卿劉德威Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passages 111-112
Career and standing
- minister of the Court of Judicial Review 大理卿Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 112
- Minister of Justice 大理卿HeldDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 112
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 112
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · With Taizong (太宗) · Mode quotation Speaker Liu Dewei (劉德威)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passages 112-113
Events and relationships
- explained Code penalties for harsh vs lenient misjudgment 律，失入減三等，失出減五等Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passages 112-113
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment officials apply harsh readings because lenient error is treated as great crime while harsh error goes unpunished · Mode quotation Speaker Liu Dewei (劉德威)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 113
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 112
References in the histories
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