Ancient China · Named Individual

Liu Xiahui 柳下惠

Attested BC 600

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Xiahui was a Named Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 600 柳下惠膺盜跖之誅
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 143, passage 163

Family

Sibling of Robber Zhi (盜跖)
brother 兄弟 · Uncertain parentage · Uncertain siblings
Uncertain · Draft History of Qing 143, passage 163

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 143Volume 143 Treatises 118: Penal Law 2 · 1 passage

夫以一人之故而波及全家，以無罪之人而科以重罪，漢文帝以為不正之法反害於民，北魏崔挺嘗曰『一人有罪，延及闔門，則司馬牛受桓魋之罰，柳下惠膺盜跖之誅，不亦哀哉』，其言皆篤論也。 Punishing an entire family for one person's crime and imposing heavy penalties on the innocent—Emperor Wen of Han called such law harmful to the people; Cui Ting of Northern Wei wrote that when one person's guilt reaches the whole household, "Sima Niu would suffer Huan Tui's punishment and Liu Xiahui would bear Zhi's execution—is this not lamentable?"—sound judgment all.