The T"ang Code, Volume II (ebook)

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"The translation is remarkably faithful and the translator demonstrates a high degree of familiarity with Western legal terminology. In addition, he has made the applaudable effort to provide copious annotation and crossreferences. . . . Johnson's definitive translation will benefit students of Chinese culture for years to come."--Early Medieval China

"[The T'ang Code, the earliest Chinese code to survive in complete form, has been compared, as a source of legal norms for a whole civilization, with the Institutes of Justinian in the West. T'ang codified law became the model for the legal systems of Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, as well as for all later Chinese law codes: Some of its provisions remained embedded in the Ch'ing legal code still in use at the beginning of the twentieth century. It represented a major stage both in the standardization and rationalization of legal thought and legal vocabulary, and also in the definition and refinement of the broad principles of law.] Wallace Johnson's magisterial integral translation makes this fundamental legal source available to western readers for the first time, in a meticulously accurate and consistent translation."--Denis Twitchett, Princeton University

"[The T'ang dynasty juridical code of A.D. 653 is China's earliest law code to survive intact. It is also the most influential legal corpus ever to have been promulgated in East Asia. Chronologically, it has profoundly influence all subsequent law codes in imperial China. Indeed, its influence is still felt today in certain institutions and social attitudes present in the People's Republic of China. Geographically, it has also strongly affected the laws and mores of neighboring Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.] The monumental task of meticulously translating all of the articles of the T'ang Code into English has now reached a happy conclusion with the present volume. The result should be of compelling interest not only to China specialists but also to cross-culturalists in such fields as jurisprudence, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and political science."--Derk Bodde, University of Pennsylvania0Preface
Addenda et Corrigenda for Volume I
Introduction to the Specific Articles
PART THREE The T'ang Code: Specific Articles,
Chapters
2. THE IMPERIAL GUARD AND PROHIBITIONS
Chapter VII
58. Unauthorized Entry of the Gates of the
Imperial Ancestral Temple
59. Unauthorized Entry of the Gates of the
Imperial Palace
60. Unauthorized Entry Means Passing over the Threshold
61. Those Who Are Not on the Name
Registers at the Gates of the Imperial
Palace or an Imperial Audience Hall
62. Improper Substitution of Imperial Guardsmen
63. Entering the Imperial Palace Because
of Some Matter and Improperly Staying There Overnight
64. Those Who Enter the Imperial Palace or
an Imperial Audience Hall without Signing the Name Register
65. Those Who Do Not Leave the Imperial
Palace or an Imperial Audience Hall after
Their Work There Is Finished
66. Climbing Up to a High Place and
Looking into the Imperial Palace
67. Imperial Guardsmen Who Are Accused in
a Memorial to the Throne
68. Those Who Are Required To Leave the
Imperial Palace or an Imperial Audience
Hall and Who Improperly Delay
69. Unauthorized Entry into Places Where
the Emperor Is Not Present
70. Changing the Assignment of Honor
Guardmen Which Has Already Been Made
71. Reception of an Imperial Edict To Open
the Gates of the Imperial Palace or an
Imperial Audience Hall at Night
72. Entering or Leaving the Imperial
Palace or an Imperial Audience Hall at
Night Is Forbidden
73. Shooting Arrows in the Direction of
the Imperial Palace or an Imperial Audience Hall
74. Interference with the Imperial Cortege
75. Imperial Guardsmen Who Do Not Come To
Serve Their Turn of Duty
Chapter VIII
76. Imperial Guardsmen's Weapons
77. The Gates of Camps in Which the
Emperor Is Staying while Traveling
78. Night Patrols inside or outside the
Imperial Palace
79. Punishment for Offenses Involving the
Imperial Ancestral Temple, the Altar of the
Soil, and the Imperial Gardens
80. Standing Guard under a False Name at
Such Gates as Those of the Imperial Palace
81. Climbing over the Outer Walls or Walls
inside Such Places as Prefecture Cities, Garrisons, and Outposts
82. Illegally Passing through a Customs Barrier
83. Those Who Should Not Be Allowed To
Pass through a Customs Barrier
84. Causing Delays and Difficulties at a
Customs Barrier or a Ford
85. Those Illegally Passing through a
Customs Barrier Who Are Guilty of Other
Crimes
86. Wrongly Allowing Civilians or Soldiers
To Pass through a Customs Barrier
87. Illegally Taking Prohibited Articles
through a Customs Barrier
88. Going around a Frontier Customs Barrier
89. Frontier Walled Outposts
90. Those in Charge of Beacon Fires Not Giving the Alarm
3. ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
Chapter IX
91. The Number of Personnel in Government Offices
92. Recommending Unworthy Persons to the
Examination for the Doctorate
93. Prefects and County Magistrates Who
Illegally Leave Their Areas of Jurisdiction
94. Officials Who Are Required To Be on
Duty but Are Not
95. Officials Who Do Not Come To Take
Their Turn at Duty without a Reason
96. Time Limits on Moving To Take Office
97. Officials Who Do Not Follow the Time
Schedule in Accompanying the Emperor
98. Failure To Give Advance Announcement of a Great Sacrifice
99. Offering Condolences during Partial Abstinence for a Great Sacrifice
100. Participation in Sacrifices or in
Ceremonies at the Imperial Tombs
101. Participation in Court Celebrations
during a Period of Mourning
102. Preparation of Medicine for the Emperor
103. Violation of the Dietary
Proscriptions in Preparing the Emperor's Food
104. Imperial Boats
105. Imperial Clothing and Other Articles
106. Officials in Charge Who Borrow
Imperial Clothing or Other Articles
107. Offenses Committed by Inspecting
Officials and Those in Charge of the Emperor's Food
108. Food Presented to Officials
109. Divulging Important Matters
110. Astronomical Instruments
111. Delay in the Copying of Imperial
Decrees
112. Violation in Carrying Out an Imperial
Decree
113. Forgetting or Misunderstanding in
Connection with Imperial Decrees
Chapter X
114. Improper Correction of Errors in
Imperial Decrees
115. Violating Name Taboos in Documents or
Memorials on Affairs Submitted to the Emperor
116. Making Errors in Documents or
Memorials on Affairs Submitted to the Emperor
117. Not Memorializing Matters That Ought
To Be Memorialized
118. Substitution of Signatures Giving Authorization of Administration or
Endorsement on a Government Document When
the Language Is Correct
119. Not Returning after Being Sent on a
Mission with an Imperial Decree
120. Concealing and Not Mourning the
Deaths of Parents or Husband
121. Violating Name Taboos in
Administrative Designations and Official Titles
122. Criticizing the Emperor
123. Postal Relay Couriers Who Fall behind Schedule
124. Postal Relay Couriers Who Turn Over
Official Documents to Others
125. Documents That Are Required To Be Sent by the Postal Relay Service
126. Postal Relay Couriers Who Do Not Follow the Address
127. Taking an Excessive Number of Post Horses
128. Taking the Wrong Route while Riding Post Horses
129. Carrying Private Articles while Riding Post Horses
130. Offenses Committed by Senior
Officials and Commissioners
131. Completion of Matters in Which Tallies and Ensigns Have Been Used
132. Delay in Carrying Out Official Matters
Chapter XI
133. Being Assigned a Mission and Hiring
or Sending Other Persons To Carry It Out
134. Officials Who Improperly Set Up Stone
Monuments
135. Those Who Seek Favors
136. Officials Who Take Bribes for Favors Sought
137. Persons Who Offer Bribes in Seeking
To Have a Matter Favorably Carried Out
138. Supervisory and Custodial Officials
Who Take Bribes and Subvert the Law
139. Officials Who Do Not Take Bribes Beforehand
140. Officials Who Take Goods and Articles within Their Area of Jurisdiction
141. Officials Who Receive Presents
because of Being a Commissioner
142. Officials Who Borrow Goods and Articles within Their Area of Jurisdiction
143. Officials Who Make Use of Labor within Their Area of Jurisdiction
144. Officials Who Receive Presents from Persons within Their Area of Jurisdiction
145. Officials Who Exact Goods and Articles from Persons within Their Area of
Jurisdiction
146. Extortion by the Family Members of Officials
147. Officials Who after Leaving Office Receive Presents from Their Former
Subordinates
148. Using Power and Extortion
149. References to the Code, the Statutes, and the Ordinances
4. THE HOUSEHOLD AND MARRIAGE
Chapter XII
150. Omitting a Household from the Household Register
151. Village Headmen Who Are Not Aware That a Household Has Been Omitted from the
Household Register or That Household
Members Have Been Left Off of It
152. Prefects and Magistrates Who Are Not Aware That a Household Has Been Omitted
from the Household Register or That
Household Members Have Been Left Off of It
153. Village Headmen or Officials Who Wrongly Omit a Household from the House