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Traditional Chinese law

Okay, kiddo, let me explain traditional Chinese law in a way you can understand!

Traditional Chinese law was a way of making sure people behaved properly, a bit like rules your parents give you to keep you on track. It was used in China a long time ago, before it became the country you know today.

The main idea of traditional Chinese law is that people should be punished if they do something wrong, like breaking a rule or hurting someone else. The punishment should be fair and match the crime they committed.

There were different types of punishments, including things like fines (where the person had to pay money), beating (where the person was hit with sticks), or even death (which meant the person lost their own life).

In traditional Chinese law, there were also rules about how people should behave in general. For example, there were rules about manners and respect for older people.

Unlike our laws today, traditional Chinese law was not written down but passed on by word of mouth. This meant that people had to remember them and pass them on to future generations.

Overall, traditional Chinese law was a way of making sure that people were good citizens and behaved in a way that was fair and respectful to others.