Actual Condition of Acceptance of Ming and Qing law in the Le Period, Vietnam

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K00999
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 03030:History of Asia and Africa-related
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: YAO TAKAO 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(文), 教授 (50212270)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 国朝刑律 / 黎朝 / 黎聖宗 / 貶資 / 充軍 / 五刑 / 皇越律例

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, I first performed the printing and digitization of the lawbook of the Le Dynasty and clarified that the "Le Penal Code" in the early days of the Le Dynasty had no actual state of the fundamental law in the latter half of the Later Le Dynasty. The purpose was to show the magnitude of the influence of the Ming and Qing dynasties by conducting a comparative analysis of the lawbook of the Le Dynasty and the Ming and Qing dynasties.
As a result, I published the revised version with a commentary (also published as an article in Chinese) that criticized the myth that the "Le Penal Code" was based on the "Hong Duc code" of the 5th king Le Thanh Tong, which established the heyday of the Le Dynasty during the research period. In addition, I published two article s and two academic reports concluding that the Vietnam-specific punishments such as “Relegation" and "Enlistment" found in the "Le Penal Code" did not make sense in the latter half of the Le Dynasty.

Free Research Field

東洋史学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本科研研究の成果に基づき、『国朝刑律』を公刊したことで、過去の別の科研実地調査で偶然収集した文書群中の裁判文書を再検討することで、前近代ヴェトナムの国法のもつ効力の効果と限界（実態との乖離）などが明らかとなるであろう。この作業は2021年より始まった報告者が代表を務める科研（基盤B）にてすでに始まりつつある。さらに中国法はもちろんのこと、それを摂取した隣国である朝鮮（高麗、李朝）、日本などの最新の法制史研究との研究協力が可能となるであろう。