Censorship and Political Persecution
The First Literary Inquisition of the Qing Dynasty: The Mao Zhongzhuo Block-Printing Case
- Jurisdiction: China (Qing Dynasty) (1648 (5th year of the Shunzhi reign))
- Original Case: Mao Zhongzhuo and Others' Block-Printing of Examination Essay Prefaces Case
- Key Figures: Mao Zhongzhuo (毛重倬), Xu Tingqing (胥庭清), and other Jiangnan block printers and preface authors
- Case Tags: Literary Inquisition;Sedition;Lèse-majesté;Censorship and Political Persecution


