@article{,
ISSN = {1012-4195},
author = {Weixin Rao},
title = {An Examination and Discussion of Military-salt Households in the Ming Dynasty},
journal = {Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica},
volume = {85},
number = {3},
pages = {427-475},
keywords = {Ming dynasty, coastal salt-producing regions, military-salt households (junzaoji), salt-producing households (zaohu or yanhu), military households (junhu)},
abstract = {The military-salt households (junzaoji) in the Chinese coastal salt-producing regions had a special status in the household registration system in the Ming dynasty, which differed from both the military households (junji) and the salt-producing households (zaoji or yanji), though both and especially the latter played a significant role in the formation of these military-salt households. From the early years of Ming, some households assumed both salt-producing services (yanke) and military services (junyi); hence were recognized as military households and salt-producing households at the same time. Some military households, however, illegally changed or secretly forsook their given status to salt-producing households in order to evade the heavy military services. By mid-Ming, the local government in these coastal salt-producing regions began to legalize this new dual status of military-salt households, bringing about a profound change to the household administration systems.},
year = {2014},
}