Legal Mutilation and Moral Exclusion: Disputations on Integrity and Deformity in Early China.

This article examines attitudes evidenced in pre-imperial and Han sources (ritual compendia, historical chronicles, legal codes, administrative texts, and philosophical literature) towards visually repulsive individuals, in particular those who have undergone a penal mutilation. We start from the pe...

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Publicado en:T'oung Pao Vol. 106; no. 1/2; pp. 8 - 56
Autores principales: Galvany, Albert, Graziani, Romain
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Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2020
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        This article examines attitudes evidenced in pre-imperial and Han sources (ritual compendia, historical chronicles, legal codes, administrative texts, and philosophical literature) towards visually repulsive individuals, in particular those who have undergone a penal mutilation. We start from the perception of bodily harm in the light of legal and ritual norms and the moral imperative of physical integrity, and then set out to analyze the concrete outcomes of mutilation visited upon certain kinds of offenders. Finally, we focus on three stories in the Zhuangzi , whose imaginary dialogues illustrate the way their authors try to change the social perception of outcasts in a context that was clearly adverse to their possible rehabilitation.
        Résumé: Le présent article étudie les attitudes dont témoignent les sources d'époque -pré-impériale et Han (traités rituels, chroniques historiques, codes de loi, textes administratifs, littérature philosophique) à l'égard de personnes physiquement répugnantes, en particulier celles qui ont été condamnées par la loi à une peine mutilante. Nous prenons pour point de départ la perception du dommage corporel à l'aune des normes légales et rituelles ainsi que de l'impératif moral de l'intégrité corporelle. L'analyse se déplace ensuite vers les conséquences concrètes de la -mutilation pénale que devaient subir certaines personnes reconnues coupables d'un crime. En dernier lieu sont examinées de près trois histoires dialoguées du Zhuangzi qui s'emploient à changer la perception de ces êtres mis au ban de la société dans un contexte ouvertement hostile à leur réintégration.
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