The rest of the paper will examine the usage of zei sha in pre-Han sources as well as in the laws of the Han, Qin, and southern dynasties, and its replacement by gu sha in the northern dynasties.

• 本文下面将考察汉代以前文献以及秦汉法律、南朝法律中“贼杀”的用法和其在北朝被“故杀”所替代。