Li Shanchang: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

The emperor asked Li to assume responsibility for administrative affairs in 1353,<ref name=Farmer1995p29/><ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Massey |first1=Thomas Pierce |title=Chu Yuan-Chang and the Hu-Lan Cases of the Early Ming Dynasty (China) |date=1983 |id={{ProQuest|303275367}} |hdl=2027.42/159429 |hdl-access=free }}{{pn|date=August 2022}}</ref> granting him overall institutional authority long before codification work started. Li's petitioning Emperor Hongwu to eliminate collective prosecution reportedly initiated the drafting. Hongwu ordered Li and others to create the basic law code in 1367, appointing him Left Councilor and chief legislator in a commission of 30 ministers. Hongwu emphasized the importance of simplicity and clarity, and noted that the [[Tang dynasty]] and [[Song dynasty]] had fully developed criminal statutes, ignored by the [[Yuan dynasty]]. Li memorialized that all previous codes were based on the Han code, synthesized under the Tang, and based their institutions on the ''[[Tang Code]]''.<ref name=Farmer1995p37>{{cite book |last1=Farmer |first1=Edward L. |title=Zhu Yuanzhang and Early Ming Legislation: The Reordering of Chinese Society Following the Era of Mongol Rule |date=1995 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-10391-7 |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TCIjZ7l6TX8C&pg=PA37 |doi=10.1163/978900448915 |doi-broken-date=31 December 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Great Ming Code / Da Ming lu |date=2012 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=978-0-295-80400-2 }}{{pn|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Zhang |first1=Jinfan |title=The Tradition and Modern Transition of Chinese Law |date=2014 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-642-23266-4 |page=282 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AOu5BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA282 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-23266-4 }}</ref>

Following the drafting of the code, Li personally oversaw any new stipulations,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Zhang |first1=Jinfan |title=The Tradition and Modern Transition of Chinese Law |date=2014 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-642-23266-4 |page=168 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AOu5BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA168 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-23266-4 }}</ref> including a system of fixed statutes made to combat corruption.<ref name=Farmer1995p37/> He joined with Hu Weiyong against [[Yang Xian (Ming dynasty)|Yang Xian]], another chancellor. Their efforts contributed to Yang's death, making Li the most powerful figure next to the emperor at the court in 1370. ~~Li also~~He quarreled with ~~and fought against~~ the great classical scholar [[Liu Bowen]], causing the latter to resign from public office.<ref name=Taylor1963/>

=== Execution of Li and his family ===

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* [[Lan Yu (general)|Lan Yu]]

* [[Liu Bowen]]

* [[Yang Xian (杨宪Ming dynasty)|Yang Xian]]

* [[Hu Weiyong]]

* [[Four Major Cases of the early Ming dynasty]]