The Imperial Qín Dynasty Elements of Governance as Reflected in the Lǐyē 里耶 Manuscripts

The Lǐyē 里耶 text corpus is one of the basic reference points when it comes to the research of pre-imperial and early imperial documents, and grants unique opportunities to redefine our knowledge about social, legal, political, administrative and ritual responsibilities of the first Chinese empire. T...

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Main Author Schneider, Marcel
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2024
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Edition1
SeriesWelten Ostasiens / Worlds of East Asia / Mondes de l’Extrême Orient
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decentralization
Interdisciplinary studies
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Regional / International studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies
taxation
timekeeping
timekeeping
decentralization
taxation
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Summary:The Lǐyē 里耶 text corpus is one of the basic reference points when it comes to the research of pre-imperial and early imperial documents, and grants unique opportunities to redefine our knowledge about social, legal, political, administrative and ritual responsibilities of the first Chinese empire. This book explores some elements of governance at the southern fringes of the Qín dynasty as reflected in the excavated documents from Lǐyē well J1.
ISBN:3110791854
9783110791839
9783110791853
9783110791952
3110791951
3110791838
ISSN:1660-9131
DOI:10.1515/9783110791853