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The Mandate of Heaven and the Great Ming Code / Jiang Yonglin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jiang, Yonglin.
- Series:
- Asian law series ; no. 21.
- Asian law series ; no. 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ming lü.
- Law--China--History--To 1500--Sources.
- Law.
- Religion and law--China--History--To 1500--Sources.
- Religion and law.
- Politics and government.
- History.
- China.
- China--Politics and government--1368-1644--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 245 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Introduction : religion and Chinese legal cosmology
- Early Ming legal cosmology : embodying heavenly principle and human sentiment
- The Great Ming Code and the world of spirits : regulating rituals in communicating with deities
- The Great Ming Code and the human realm : creating boundaries for the Ming empire
- The Great Ming Code and officialdom : rectifying mediating representatives
- Conclusion : manifesting the Mandate of Heaven.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780295990651
- 0295990651
- OCLC:
- 613433433
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