Literary Inquisition

Explores the Qing dynasty's severe censorship and persecution of intellectuals under the literary inquisition policies.

1. Zhuang Family History Case (Ming Shi Chao Lue Case)

2. Jurisdiction: Qing Dynasty China (Zhejiang) (1663 (trial and execution; compilation began around 1659-1661))
3. Original Case: Zhuang shi shi an (Ming shi chao lue an)
4. Key Figures: Zhuang Tinglong, Zhuang Yuncheng, Li Lingxi, Wu Zhirong, and more than 70 executed scholars
5. Case Tags: Literary Inquisition;Sedition;Collective Punishment;Censorship

1. The Case of Not Writing the Qing Reign Title in the Early Qing

2. Jurisdiction: China (Qing Dynasty) (1660 (the 17th year of Shunzhi reign))
3. Original Case: 清初不书年号案
4. Key Figures: Zhang Jinyan (former Minister of Works), Liu Zhengzong (Grand Secretary), Censor Xiao Zhen
5. Case Tags: Literary Inquisition;Lèse-majesté;Ming Loyalism;Early Qing Political Purge

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

1. The Case of the "Bianji" Manuscript

2. Jurisdiction: Qing Dynasty China, Huzhou (Zhejiang Province) (1663 (Kangxi reign, 2nd year))
3. Original Case: 《变纪》书稿冤案
4. Key Figures: Zhuang Tinglong (posthumously convicted), Zhuang Yuncheng (his father), Wu Zhirong (the informant), Zhuang Tingyue (brother), and numerous scholars, editors, printers, and booksellers implicated
5. Case Tags: Literary Inquisition;Sedition;Collective Punishment;Censorship