It was first put forward by Confucius, and it was Xuan Di in the Western Han Dynasty who raised this ethical principle to the principle of penalty application.
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In the fourth year of Emperor Xuandi's reign (the first 66 years), it was clearly stipulated that humble and young people should conceal their guilt, respect their elders and not be investigated for criminal responsibility. If the elders conceal their guilt and belittle their youth, please ask Tingwei to decide whether to pursue the responsibility with capital crime, and not to pursue criminal responsibility with capital crime. This criminal law application system has become one of the important criminal legal principles in ancient China since Xuan Di, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and has been used by later generations.
After the founding of New China, the principle of "hiding relatives from each other" which had been followed for thousands of years was abolished because of criticizing feudal cultural traditions and feudal legal thoughts. Article 60 of China's Criminal Procedure Law clearly stipulates that "anyone who knows the case has the obligation to testify." Especially in the sixties and seventies, it became a fashion for relatives to report each other's safety.
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