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根据史料记载,秦代以前并没有发生过皇帝大赦天下的事情。大赦这个风气是从汉朝开始的,到了唐朝和宋朝更不得了,天下大赦的频率相当之高,大概平均18个月,也就是1.57年,皇帝就要来一次大赦天下。所以,唐朝的徒刑,规定最高只有三年,也有道理,平均18个月就会有一次大赦,判罪犯坐三年牢,实际上没有意义的。由于唐宋时代都是一年半左右就大赦一次,所以唐宋囚犯坐牢很少有能坐满两年的。
According to historical records, before the Qin Dynasty, there was no such thing as the emperor’s amnesty. The amnesty started with the Han Dynasty, and was even more unforgiving in the Tang and Song dynasties. The world’s amnesty was so frequent that it took an average of 18 months or 1.57 years for the emperor to come to an amnesty. Therefore, the imprisonment in the Tang Dynasty stipulated a maximum of only three years, and it makes sense that there will be an amnesty for an average of 18 months. It is meaningless for convicted criminals to sit in prison for three years. Since the Tang and Song dynasties were all granted amnesty for about a year and a half, prisoners in Tang and Song dynasties seldom got two years in prison.