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

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

Schneider, Marcel

Hardcover

Series: Welten Ostasiens / Worlds of East Asia / Mondes de l'Extrême, Book 37

Central Asian HistoryGeneral ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 3110791838
ISBN13: 9783110791839
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: Dec 16 2024
Pages: 271
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The Lǐyē 里耶 text corpus, which is named after an ancient township in present-day Lóngshān 龍山, Húnán province, grants unique opportunities to reshape the image and redefine our knowledge about social, legal, political, administrative and ritual responsibilities of the first Chinese empire. The impressive collection of over 37,000 documents span a time period from 222 to 208 BC and grant a unique opportunity to reshape the image and redefine our knowledge about social, legal, political, logistical and ritual responsibilities of the first Chinese empire. This book is concerned with the overall governance at the southern fringes of the Qín dynasty as reflected in the excavated documents from Lǐyē well J1. It contributes to a revised understanding of the Qín dynasty by demonstrating that the degree of decentralization in the empire was high and to a large extent coordinated by relatively autonomously governed regions. It furthermore displays the Qín dynasty's strong sense of historical continuity and a desire to strive towards unification by embracing the predominant standards of earlier rulers.

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