{"product_id":"the-tang-code-volume-ii-specific-articles-9780691607801","title":"The Tang Code Volume II  Specific Articles","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the second and final volume of the annotated translation of a seminal Chinese legal text. The T'ang Code, written in 653 A.D., is the most important legal text in East Asian history. Not only is it China's earliest law code to survive in its entirety, influencing all subsequent Chinese law, but it has also served as a model for codes of law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface   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. 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