What Chinese Dynasty did written laws come in? ?
During the Shang Dynasty (1766-1027 BC), the Chinese perfected bronze casting and created ornate cauldrons on which they carved an early form of script writing, which from time to time, referred indirectly to laws or judicial ceremonies. Later, law writing occurred on bamboo. Some law texts have been found in burial areas; the authorities presumably wishing to impress their laws upon the spirit realm. The earliest full Chinese law code mentioned in artifacts is thought to have emanated with the Zhou or Chou Dynasty (1,027-221 BC), which governed a large part of China as a feudal system, with regional kings, lords and fiefdoms which each had their armies of peasants to work the land (Europeans only came up with their version of the feudal system thousands of years later). The earliest known Chinese legal document was a set of instructions by King Wu, circa 1,100 BC, known as Kang Goa.
