The Tang Dynasty Yushitai Prison

YuShiTai jail is not only one of the important parts of the ancient jail system, but also the important content in the system of supervision and judicial part. Scholars were mostly from supervision and judicial point of view to study the YuShiTai of Tang Dynasty in the past. But the jail and criminal cases of YuShiTai still need to be further researched. In this paper, the study on YuShiTai Jail include:the evolution of YuShiTai Jail, the warden of the YuShiTai jail system, the nature and function of YuShiTai cases, as well as the prime minister and eunuch of the feudal China YuShiTai jail effect.Introduction:mainly discusses the "Yu" double meaning and in ancient China’s politics importance, explains the significance and the research object, a brief review of the research on related problems of.The first chapter:Firstly, the author thinks that the YuShiTai jail had not started in the Tang dynasty. Secondly, the paper demonstrates the setting time of several differences YuShiTai jail of Tang Dynasty. Thirdly, the article deeply analyzes in the Tang Dynasty from the perspective of politics of YuShiTai jail settings and the abolition of the causes. After the abolition of YuShiTai jail and redundancy, it remained until late tang.The second chapter:the article discusses the YuShiTai warden system composed of personnel and their responsibilities. The article discussed the lawsuits, Interrogation, Supervised execution and YuShiTai jail management four systems.The third chapter:the historical data involved in the YuShiTai cases records were statistically and points out that it with maintaining imperial power, the nature of crime punishment of officials. According to the statistical results, the article analyzes YuShiTai cases distribution characteristics and its causes. It can not only maintain the imperial and criminal punishment, but also easy to become emperor line designed to kill the power tool.The fourth chapter:the article discusses the prime minister and the eunuch influence YuShiTai cases. On one hand, YuShiTai jial is easy to use and become prime minister faction tool. On the other hand, the late Tang Dynasty YuShiTai jail and the eunuch control of some institutions in conflict, and had interfered by the eunuch.Conclusion:This article discusses the YuShiTai jail break prison in North-South pattern gradually, and thus beyond the Dali Temple Prison in the process, the Tang Dynasty censorate plays an important role.