1740 (Great Qing Code) · Early law
Great Qing Legal Code
China
The last imperial code of China, in force until the reforms of the early twentieth century. It lists thousands of rules on crime, family, property and administration.
Why it matters
It carried the Tang tradition into the modern period, and neighbouring states copied it. Western lawyers in the nineteenth century used it to understand Chinese law.
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