“Ban 8”, the written law in Ancient Joson
“Ban 8”, the written law in Ancient Joson
“Ban 8” is the written law of Ancient Joson, the first powerful centralized slave state established in our country and it is a precious national heritage showing the social development of the period. The law is divided into written and unwritten laws according to whether it is written or not.
Along with the establishment of the Ancient Joson state, the law had been expressed in many cases in the form of unwritten law, but gradually it began to adopt the form of written law, and the typical law is " Ban 8". "Ban" means prohibition of violation, and “Ban 8” means eight items that should not be committed. All the contents of the "Ban 8" are not conveyed, but only three of them are conveyed, as follows:
- Killer is promptly executed to death.
- The man who hurt others shall compensate with grain.
- A man who stole another's thing shall be servant.
If the man who stole another's thing wants to remove the disgrace, he must pay 500 000 Won.
In “Ban 8”, the punishment regulation for the murderer, the compensation regulation for the injurer, and the servant provision for the thief, were all provisions for protecting the interests of the slave-owner class, defending their privileged position and rights, and suppressing the resistance of slaves and ordinary people.