Court Cases In The Case Of Ms. Wang

Crimes in Filial Piety Like most legal systems in antiquity, the Qing legal system saw the patriarchy as vital to maintain a just and orderly society. Notwithstanding their intentions, woman faced many disadvantages that woman faced in the Qing court system. Many common instances of this were expedited court preceding without the thorough investigation of both the physical and verbal evidence of certain cases. A good example of this can be found in the case of Ms. Wang who was accused of murdering her husband Zhang Zhisheng. How were the courts lack of thoroughly assessing both the physical and verbal evidence relevant in understanding how women were disregarded over men? It can also be argued that Ms. Wang would go at far lengths even against
Wang as the murderer despite her verbal confession. For starters, the judge did not consider the age, size, and physical strength of Zhang Zhisheng. Per Ms. Wang’s account when she slashed her husband’s throat, she stated that positioned himself onto his front of his body. This is an inconsistence that is within Ms. Wang’s testimony because the judge did not consider that Zhang Zhisheng would have be dead by Ms. Wang slashing his windpipe. In addition to Ms. Wang’s account of the crime she also mentioned that while she was being confronted by her husband about the relationship between her and her father-in-law, Ms. Wang stated that she could not do anything about the matter . Another thing that was not emphasized in the case was the physical examination that was administered on Ms. Wang. The report stated that there was a deep wound on the back of on her shoulder. This leads to the question of what influenced the judge to rule in the matter he rule. how could it be that the case that Zhang Xun received a lighter punishment then Ms. Wang? We can infer to the legal precedence of the code that states that if an adulterer was privy the killing of the adulteress husband then he would be subject to beheading while the woman would be subject be dismembered . But because the court ruled the Zhang Xun was knew nothing of the issue he was let off with a lighter sentence. We could also refer to idea that woman was suspicious within the Qing society. Because of this it can be assumed that the judge, despite the physical evidence and inconsistences of that were present in the case the verdict ruled against her. Which leads us to the idea concept of the filial piety in the