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==Origin and context== The Tang code took its roots in the code of the [[Northern Zhou]] (564) dynasty, which was itself based on the earlier codes of the [[Cao Wei|Cao-Wei]] and [[Western Jin]] (268).<ref name="Gernet 244">Gernet (1996), [https://books.google.com/books?id=jqb7L-pKCV8C 244].</ref> Aiming to smooth the earlier laws and reduce physical punishments (such as mutilations) in order to appease social tensions in the newly pacified Tang territories, it was created in AD 624 at the request of [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang]]. After further revisions in 627 and 637 under the influence of [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Emperor Taizong]], the code was completed by commentaries in 653, under [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Gaozong]].<ref name="Gernet 244"/>
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