The ancients thought that digging graves destroyed the feng shui of the family. How did the past dynasties severely punish grave robbery?

It is impossible to enumerate all the laws about grave robbery in the past dynasties. Let me tell you a few things I know here. In the pre-Qin period, grave robbery was prohibited by severe punishment. The Han Dynasty clearly stipulated that "grave robbers should be punished". In the Tang Dynasty, "robbing a tomb" was the most serious crime. How serious is it? Whenever the emperor ascended the throne or the Spring Festival is such a festive day, the crime of grave robbery cannot be alleviated or forgiven. You can hang yourself, you can go into exile, or you can serve your sentence in prison. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was even worse, including the grave of the grave robbers' own ancestors, and the severity of the punishment depended on the severity of the grave robbery. There were even 36 cases of grave robbery in Qing Dynasty, with detailed regulations and severe punishment.

In fact, the bad habit of robbing tombs has a long history. The motive of most grave robbers is to steal property, while others are for revenge or the items in the tomb have special functions. The reason why people hate digging graves is related to our traditional views on life and death, morality and values. Ancestor's tomb represents a memorial, a sustenance and a comfort for future generations. It represents the burial of ancestors and is of great significance. Protecting tombs has become our tacit moral standard and code of conduct. Therefore, basically every dynasty has formulated a severe punishment system to curb grave robbery.

Digging graves is not a human behavior from the beginning, but a derivative of the development of human civilization to a certain extent. After all, the funerary objects at the beginning of the tomb are just some daily necessities used by ancestors to express their commemoration of the deceased. Later, with the improvement of living standards and the concentration of power, the status of princes became prominent, and tombs became more and more precious, which naturally made some grave robbers ready to move. It was not until everyone found that the grave robbery industry was profitable that they followed suit.

Therefore, the past dynasties can only be curbed by some severe punishment systems.