Chapter 67 Chapter 1 Lack of Justice, Restraining Violence with Violence

A cold light was drawn by the sharp knife, and Pan Jinlian was killed, and the whole world became quiet.Pan Jinlian's resentment, Pan Jinlian's hatred, Pan Jinlian's evil, Pan Jinlian's crime, everything is over. As mentioned last time, the county magistrate forbade Wu Song to sue.And Wu Song didn't bother. Take Uncle He and Brother Yun to his room and tell them to wait for him, and he will come whenever he goes. Before leaving, he paid Uncle He Jiu the money and bone remains returned by the county magistrate. These two are evidence, since the government doesn't want it, he doesn't want it either.

He no longer relies on the law, why does he need any evidence. But there is one thing he wants and always has with him. That is the knife. Pan Jinlian was at the bottom of the society, and the society imposed an unfortunate marriage on her, and neither morality, customs nor law would support her.She mourned without a word.Otherwise, accept the fate; or, you can only use illegal means to change your own fate.So, she used arsenic. Wu Song wants to avenge his brother and seek justice for his brother who was killed. Neither the administration nor the law will give him justice.Otherwise, hold back this breath, let the deceased avenge Mo Xue, and let the criminal go unpunished.Otherwise, justice can only be achieved through illegal means.So, he uses a knife.

Pan Jinlian's arsenic and Wu Song's knife are evidence of their crimes, but also evidence of social injustice and legal dereliction of duty! According to Bacon, the vengeance of a crime is better than the crime itself in terms of the degree of violation of the law, because "crime is the violation of the law, and vengeance is the substitution of the law." It is a pity that such a clear and rational understanding is lacking in ancient Chinese legal theories and customs.On the contrary, our traditional culture tends to affirm revenge.Vengeance happens from time to time, and it is always applauded and publicized.Vengeful characters appear frequently, and are always sympathized, even sung.

That is to say, in ancient China, culture affirmed revenge, and literature praised revenge. "Water Margin" is a work that praises revenge. In fact, in ancient Chinese literary works, there are a lot of descriptions of revenge incidents, and the enthusiastic devotion to revenge characters, which hides a very profound social psychology: that is, the whole society has no trust in feudal laws. , and expressed through literary works. It is a common phenomenon in ancient Chinese literature that literature violates the law.When the law cannot uphold justice, the literature representing the conscience of the society must show disappointment and contempt for the law.

Wu Song's story is a typical one. Pan Jinlian murdered her husband and broke the law.However, when the law cannot effectively stop or punish such violations of the law, there are only two results: first, people no longer place hope in the law, and no longer trust the law, so they will not abide by and consciously maintain the law . Second, individual strong beams will solve problems on their own, using personal revenge to seek justice for being violated.At this time, as Bacon said, the law has been completely replaced.This is an even greater breach of the law.Moreover, such destruction has also won moral approval.