可三法司办案却离经叛道
“yet the Three Judicial Offices handle cases in ways that defy convention,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The Great Tang esteems ritual and propriety,”
可 三法司 办案 却离经叛道
“yet the Three Judicial Offices handle cases in ways that defy convention,”
“even appointing a woman as a coroner.”
“Your bureau has abandoned moral principles and brought disgrace to our legal institutions.”
In imperial China, Confucian propriety ('li') governed all societal conduct; deviating from orthodoxy, such as employing women in official positions, drew fierce institutional backlash.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
departing from classic orthodoxy; rebellious and unorthodox
A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) used to criticize behavior or ideas that defy established cultural norms or standard doctrines.
the Three Judicial Offices (historical supreme judicial organs)
A specific historical bureaucratic term in ancient China, frequently appearing in historical crime and detective dramas.
