《睡虎地秦墓竹简·其于部分·法律答问》
家主擅自杀死、刑伤、髡剃其子或奴婢，这叫非公室告，不予受理。
可謂？主擅殺、刑、髡其子、臣妾，是謂，勿聽。
If a householder kills, injures or subjects his sons, daughters, slaves or maids to penal mutilation, this is an accusation not made by a public office and should not be accepted.