Thought Crime

Prosecution based on beliefs, expressions, or writings deemed threatening to state authority, common in authoritarian regimes throughout history

Lu Shengnan's Historical Essays Case
  1. Lu Shengnan's Historical Essays Case
  2. Jurisdiction: China (Qing Dynasty) (1729 (the seventh year of the Yongzheng reign))
  3. Original Case: 陆生楠论史案
  4. Key Figures: Lu Shengnan, Emperor Yongzheng, Xibao (Prince Shuncheng)
  5. Case Tags: Literary Inquisition;Lèse-majesté;Thought Crime;Treason by Words
Xie Jishi's Annotation of the Classics Case
  1. Xie Jishi's Annotation of the Classics Case
  2. Jurisdiction: Qing Dynasty China (1729 (7th year of the Yongzheng reign))
  3. Original Case: Xie Jishi Zhu Jing An (The Case of Xie Jishi Annotating the Classics)
  4. Key Figures: Xie Jishi (scholar-official), Prince Shuncheng Xibao (accuser), Yongzheng Emperor
  5. Case Tags: Literary Inquisition;Thought Crime;Qing Dynasty Persecution;Confucian Orthodoxy Enforcement