The law of Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties is slavery law, which is mainly customary law with both ceremony and punishment. It embodies the unity of kingship and clan power and permeates theocracy. Xia Dynasty was the first slave country in China, and its laws were always called "danger punishment". "Zhou Li Tai Company Punishment" notes: "Summer punishment is 200, flogging is 300, castration is 500, and flogging is 1000." The meaning of punishment in ancient China was the same as that of law, and the appearance of punishment marked the appearance of the legal system in Xia Dynasty. "Punishment in Tang Dynasty" is the general name of Shang Dynasty law. Shangshu Pan Geng records: "Take old clothes and correct the law". There were written laws in Shang dynasty, which were clearly recorded in ancient documents and confirmed in archaeological excavations. The criminal law of Shang Dynasty was very strict, including death penalty, corporal punishment, exile and imprisonment. In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, there are words that symbolize severe punishment and severe law; "Building a Draft" contains: "Punish Yin □ and kill its righteous punishment." During the Warring States period, Xunzi also said: "The criminal name is from business."

China is one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, and it is also an important area where ancient laws originated earlier in human society. From the Yanhuang period in the 30th century BC, with the disintegration of primitive clan system and the formation of early tribal countries, ancient Chinese laws began to be born. This ancient law, born out of prehistoric society, takes the customary law from primitive customs as the main body, and its legal form takes ceremony and punishment as the main sources. The former is sublimated from sacrificial etiquette rules and ethical habits such as belief worship or religious taboos in the early days of people's society, while the latter is developed from violent means and behavioral norms such as revenge punishment or military conquest.

I think so.