Abstract
The crimes committed by guang gun, or hoodlums, was one of the social issues in both Ming and Qing dynasties. Ever since the Ming dynasty, provisions reading guang gun’s crimes has existed in the legislation; though the year of 1656，the Qing government formulated an ordinance in particular to punish the guang guns. This ordinance was the predecessor of the so called Guang Gun Li, or “the sub-statute for hoodlums”, which was modified many times until it reached its final form in Qianlong period(1736-95). The promulgation of Guang Gun Li not only enhanced the penalties for Guang Gun but also gave new legal meanings to the term Guang Gun, which created a new crime title – the Crime of Guang Gun. This article endeavored to trace to the origin of Guang Gun Li and its evolvement through textual research. This paper also attempted to evaluate and analyze the new crime title adopted in Qing dynasty towards guang guns from the angle of the legislative technology.
Keywords
Guang Gun (hoodlums)、Guang Gun Li (the sub-statute for hoodlums)、the Crime of Guang Gun、the Ordinance promulgated in the 13th year of Shunzhi、the Ordinance for extortion by Villains、Using Intimidation to Obtain Property
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