Lèse-majesté

A crime against the dignity of the sovereign, historically punished by death in imperial China.

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