How to understand "the law does not blame the public"

The law does not blame the public means that when an act has a certain group or universality, it is difficult for the law to punish it even if it contains some illegal or unreasonable factors.

It is a principle of law-making that the law does not blame the public. In jurisprudence, there is no saying that law does not blame the public. It is worth pondering to evaluate the law that water can carry a boat and overturn it from another angle.

But in real life, this concept still has some influence among ordinary people.

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Origin of idioms

The thirty-eighth chapter of Xiao Wuyi by Yu Kun in Qing Dynasty: "Everyone talks about it, and the law does not blame the public, and everyone leaves."

"The law does not blame the public" is a government action taken by the ancient government in view of a certain phenomenon among the people. The "folk phenomenon" here refers to the countermeasures taken by officials after everyone is making similar mistakes and being concentrated in the government.

In feudal society, a few people ruled the majority, and the laws made by the ruling class were often "evil laws" that violated public interests, so most ordinary people were unwilling to abide by them.

If you "complain about others", it will easily lead to confrontation between the government and the people and even riots; If left unchecked, the ruler will lose face. As a result, the ruling class adopted a helpless and self-defeating method called "the law does not blame the public." Although the "public" dare not "blame", they are often rude to the principal offenders who take the lead in making trouble.

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