In historical records from the Han dynasty, there are many cases of punishments being meted out for killing of slaves. After the second son of Wang Mang killed a slave, Wang did not stop at severe condemnation of the act, but ordered his son to commit suicide.
兩漢史傳中，也有不少殺奴獲罪的例子，王莽次子因為殺奴，王莽不僅加以責罵、甚至令其自殺。