Sui and Tang · Cruel Official

Zhou Xing 周興

Died AD 691

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhou Xing was a Cruel Official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 691 周興、來俊臣等誅死
Execution
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 173

Attested activity

AD 691 周興...誅死
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 173

Career and standing

cruel official 酷吏
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 161

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 161

Events and relationships

Directed major cases
Legal · Judge · With Empress Wu (武后)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 161

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 161

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 56Volume 56 Treatises 52: Punishment and Law · 2 passages

乃引酷吏周興、來俊臣輩典大獄，與侯思止、王弘義、郭弘霸、李敬仁、康暐、衞遂忠等集告事數百人，共為羅織，構陷無辜。 She then put cruel officials such as Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen in charge of major cases. With Hou Sizhi, Wang Hongyi, Guo Hongba, Li Jingren, Kang Wei, Wei Suizhong, and others, they assembled several hundred informants to weave false charges and frame the innocent.

及周興、來俊臣等誅死，后亦老，其意少衰，而狄仁傑、姚崇、宋璟、王及善相與論垂拱以來酷濫之冤，太后感寤，由是不復殺戮。 After Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen, and others were executed, the Empress had also grown old and her zeal somewhat faded. Di Renjie, Yao Chong, Song Jing, and Wang Jishan together discussed the cruel excesses and wrongful convictions since the Chuigong era; the Empress Dowager was moved, and from then on she no longer carried out mass killings.