Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004489158
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9789004103917
Series Statement:
Sinica Leidensia 34
Content:
This volume deals with the social legislation of Zhu Yuanzhang, who founded the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), following the era of Mongol rule in China. It recounts the circumstances under which the laws were enacted and what the Emperor claimed he was trying to accomplish - a restoration of traditional Chinese social norms. The contents of several codes are discussed in terms of the groups to which they applied and the range of activities they purported to regulate. The early Ming codes formed one of the most comprehensive and cohesive bodies of law in all of Chinese history. Taken as a group, they constituted an autocrate's blueprint for the ideal society. The texts of three codifications - an imperial clan constitution, a general summary of the laws, and guidelines for village life - are translated as appendixes
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Preliminary Material /
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Preface /
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Chapter One Recreating China /
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Chapter Two Saving the World /
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Chapter Three Creating the New Order /
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Chapter Four Disillusion, Crises and Adjustments /
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Chapter Five Four Ming Codes /
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Chapter Six A Lesser Empire: Han China Restored /
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Chapter Seven Ming Autocracy /
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Appendix 1 The August Ming Ancestral Instruction /
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Appendix Two The Great Ming Commandment /
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Appendix Three The Placard of People's Instructions /
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Appendix Four Contents of the Great Ming Code /
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References /
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Glossary /
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Index /
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Sinica Leidensia /
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Zhu Yuanzhang and Early Ming Legislation : The Reordering of Chinese Society Following the Era of Mongol Rule Leiden : BRILL, 1995 ISBN 9789004103917
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004489158
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