明太祖六諭の傳承について

Abstract

Though Emperor T'ai-tsu of Ming issued the Liu-yu or Six Edicts for the purpose of crime prevention and moral education, it cannot be said to have been successful, failing to spread among the populace. Neverthless, a commentary of it, the Liu-yu-yen-i (六諭衍義), was written by Fan Hung (范鋐) in the closing days of Ming, and the early Emprors of Ch'ing (清), Shun-chih (順治) and K'ang-hsi (康熙) re-issued it. Further, it was introduced into Japan. The reason the Liu-yu was revived in the period from the end of Ming to the beginning of Ch'ing seems due to the policy of Emperor Shen-tsung (神宗) of Ming, who reinforced the older system of crime prevention and moral education about 1588 in accordance with Shen Li (沈鯉)'s memorial.