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2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Reexamination into the Institutional History of the Han Dynasty by the wooden slips excavated in Zhangjiashan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16520415
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Asian history
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

MIYAKE Kiyoshi  Kyoto University, The Institute far Research on Humanity, Associate Professor (80333219)

Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2007
Keywordsancient China / excavated manuscripts / penal system / aristocratic ranks
Research Abstract

In this project, we reexamined the ancient Chinese legal administrative system, utilizing newly excavated manuscripts. The main material is the Statutes and Ordinances of the Second Year (Ernian luling), which was unearthed from a Han tomb at Zhangjiashan.
As for the legal system, the focus of research was put on the penal system, especially the system of compulsory labour punishment There existed five types of labour punishment without a definite duration in the Qin and early Han periods. They are thought to have been classified according to the hardness of labour. But it must have been difficult to classify several types of labour punishment only by this factor, since it is not an objective standard. Intensive reading of the Ernian luling tells us that the different types of punishment were classified by several factors, that is, tasks and work shifts of convicts, and the treatment of convicts' families. In the Emperor Wen's reign, every form of punishment for offenders families was a … More bolished. This reform caused the definite duration for each type of labour punishment to be set, and it probably effected the abolishment of mutilating punishment in the same reign.
In addition,- the system of aristocratic ranks was also taken up for discussion. These ranks were given to subjects without any qualification by way of a blanket order and that has been thought to be a characteristic phenomenon of the Han. The Ernian luling include many regulations concerning the privileges of rank holders. In previous studies by Japanese scholars, it has been doubted whether these privileges were actually used, so they were not regarded as an essential factor that made commoners aspire to ranks. But we can surely find some active privileges in Ernian luling Aristocratic ranks should have been desired because of these merits, formed an important part of social order, and strengthened the position of the emperor.
The articles given on this sheet, and other articles, i.e. "Aristocratic Rank in the Early Han Dynasty: The Legal Privileges of Rank Holders and their Inheritance" (in: Tomiya, I. (ed.), Studies on the Statutes and Ordinances Excavated from Zhangjiashan Tomb No.247, Kyoto, Hoyu shoten, 2006), appeared as a result of the reexamination mentioned above. Less

  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All 2007 2006 2005

All Journal Article (7 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 秦漢刑罰体系形成史への一試論-腐刑と戍辺刑-2007

    • Author(s)
      宮宅 潔
    • Journal Title

      東洋史研究 66-3

      Pages: 1-33

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Hypothesis Concerning the History of the Development of the Penal system during the Qin and Han Dynasties : Castration and Punitive Military Service2007

    • Author(s)
      Miyake, K
    • Journal Title

      Toyoshi kenkyu 66-3

      Pages: 1-33

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 有期労役刑体系の形成-「二年律令」に見える漢初の労役刑を手がかりにして-2006

    • Author(s)
      宮宅 潔
    • Journal Title

      東方学報 78

      Pages: 1-68

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Formation of the Compulsory Labour Punishments with Definite Terms2006

    • Author(s)
      Miyake, K
    • Journal Title

      Toho gakuho 78

      Pages: 1-68

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Possibilities and Limitations of the Research on Ernian luling Recent Research on the Wendi Reign Utilizing the Newly Excavated Bamboo Manuscripts2006

    • Author(s)
      Miyake, K
    • Journal Title

      Shinn 89-1

      Pages: 46-74

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 懸泉置の位置-居延〜安西間の歴史地理-2005

    • Author(s)
      宮宅 潔
    • Journal Title

      シルクロード学研究 22

      Pages: 99-129

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] A Geographical Study of the Xuanquanzhi Site2005

    • Author(s)
      Miyake, K
    • Journal Title

      Siruku rodo gaku kenkyu 22

      Pages: 99-129

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Presentation] 試論秦漢刑罰体系的形成史-以腐刑爲線索-2007

    • Author(s)
      宮宅 潔
    • Organizer
      中国中古史学会(韓国)
    • Place of Presentation
      淑明女子大学校(ソウル)
    • Year and Date
      2007-07-07
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Presentation] A Hypothesis Concerning the History of the Development of the Penal system during the Qin and Han Dynasties2007

    • Author(s)
      Miyake, K
    • Organizer
      The Conference on Chinese Ancient-Medieval History
    • Place of Presentation
      Seoul
    • Year and Date
      2007-07-07
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2010-02-04  

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