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The World First Serial Killer WAS CHINESE?? ...or WAS he....? | Liu Pengli
This is the story of Liu Pengli / Pengli Liu - the Han Dynasty's royal serial killer and quite possibly the world's first serial killer. The first of his kind, according to historical sources, anyway. It's quite the title, right?! Well...it's quite the story, and something that maybe ancient China wouldn't want you to know about, but it's worth reading and discussing! Here's what we know:
济东王彭离立二十九年。彭离骄悍,昏莫私与其奴亡命少年数十人行剽,杀人取财物以为好。所杀发觉者百余人,国皆知之,莫敢夜行。所杀者子上书告言,有司请诛,武帝弗忍,废为庶人,徙上庸,国除,为大河郡。
"This was twenty-nine years later (maybe he was 29, or 29 years after he received his land allotments). Liu Pengli was arrogant and cruel and would go out on marauding expeditions with tens of slaves or young fugitive outlaws, murdering people and seizing their belongings for their own gain. (Some interpret this as sheer sport). His confirmed victims exceeded 100, and these murders were known across the kingdom. Because of this, people were afraid of leaving their homes at night. Eventually, the son of one of his victims accused him before the Emperor, and the court officials requested Liu Pengli’s execution. However, the Emperor could not bear it (to have his nephew killed). In the end, Liu Pengli was made a commoner and sent into exile. His land holdings & sovereignty were dissolved and the land reclaimed as Dahe County."
Is it really this simple, though? We could get into the historiography of the source itself, if it's something you'd like to talk about! Records of the Grand Historian is a hell of a work! Well done, Sima Qian!
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