Zhu Yuanzhang and Early Ming Legislation : The Reordering of Chinese Society Following the Era of Mongol Rule / Edward . Farmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farmer, Edward, author.

Series:

Sinica Leidensia ; 34.

Sinica Leidensia Online, ISBN: 9789004498488.

Sinica Leidensia ; 34

Sinica Leidensia Online, ISBN: 9789004498488

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ming Taizu, Emperor of China, 1328-1398.

Ming Taizu.

Law.

Politics and government.

Law--China--History.

China--Politics and government--1368-1644.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

The Reordering of Chinese Society Following the Era of Mongol Rule

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1995.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Edward L. Farmer

Preface / Edward L. Farmer

Chapter One Recreating China / Edward L. Farmer

Chapter Two Saving the World / Edward L. Farmer

Chapter Three Creating the New Order / Edward L. Farmer

Chapter Four Disillusion, Crises and Adjustments / Edward L. Farmer

Chapter Five Four Ming Codes / Edward L. Farmer

Chapter Six A Lesser Empire: Han China Restored / Edward L. Farmer

Chapter Seven Ming Autocracy / Edward L. Farmer

Appendix 1 The August Ming Ancestral Instruction / Huang Ming Zu Xun

Appendix Two The Great Ming Commandment / Da Ming Ling

Appendix Three The Placard of People's Instructions / Jiao Min Bang Wen

Appendix Four Contents of the Great Ming Code / Da Ming Lü

References / Edward L. Farmer

Glossary / Edward L. Farmer

Index / Edward L. Farmer

Sinica Leidensia / Edward L. Farmer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Zhu Yuanzhang and Early Ming Legislation : The Reordering of Chinese Society Following the Era of Mongol Rule.

ISBN:

9789004489158

9789004103917

OCLC:

604081473

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004489158 DOI

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.