The misunderstood meaning of "the punishment cannot be punished by the doctor" is that the aristocracy and officials should not be punished by criminal law for their crimes. Its true intention is to adapt it to upper-level offenders, making the punishment more humane in form. Chinese culture is profound and profound, and the language has a very long history. Some words can easily cause ambiguity, and different writers may translate them differently. But in history, some people like to take advantage of the loopholes in words. They use these loopholes to commit crimes, just like "a doctor cannot be punished".

In fact, there is another explanation for "the punishment cannot be punished by the doctor", which is that for those royal nobles, we should use etiquette to educate them, standardize some of their words, deeds and behaviors, and let them understand etiquette and law. Be law-abiding. It has not reached the point where they will be punished for making mistakes, but it is different for ordinary people. As long as they make mistakes, they must be punished. After all, how can the status of ordinary people be compared with that of royal nobles, so we can also see Education in ancient times was also divided into high and low levels.

In our ancient times, if a doctor broke the law, he did not have to be guilty of the same crime as the common people. First of all, there was definitely a conviction, but that was only a formality, because they felt that although the doctor had made a mistake, they The status is noble and can avoid humiliation, so there is no need to go to war when being punished. It can be done quietly and behind the scenes. Therefore, it enjoys special authorization in front of the law.

But "the punishment of a doctor cannot be punished" does not mean that a noble person will not be punished if he commits a crime. We can give some examples: for example, Shang Yang was quartered by five horses, and Li Si was cut in half. At the same time, it can be seen that the punishments in ancient times were relatively strict.