TY  - JOUR
SN  - 1991-1572
T1  - Local Government and Society as Seen from Official Handbooks of Imperial China: A Critical Review of Pierre-Étienne Will’s Handbooks and Anthologies for Officials in Imperial China: A Descriptive and Critical Bibliography
AU  - Zhang, Ning
Y1  - 2021/12/31
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/31
T2  - Journal for Legal History Studies
JF  - Journal for Legal History Studies
JO  - Journal for Legal History Studies
JA  - Journal for Legal History Studies
VL  - 38
SP  - 251
EP  - 288
KW  - imperial China, science of government, local government, official handbook, admonition, anthology of administrative document
Y2  - 2021/12/31
N2  - Handbooks and Anthologies for Officials in Imperial China: A Descriptive and Critical Bibliography compiled by Pierre-Étienne Will and his collaborators over nearly thirty years, provide a descriptive list of 1,165 entries of extant manuscript and printed works from the Tang dynasty to the Republic of China, that were produced with the aim to instruct officials and other administrators of imperial China about the technical and ethical aspects of government, and to provide tools and guides to help with the relevant procedures. The way the documents are classified and discussed makes this bibliography a work of with methodological significance for the study of the science of government in imperial China, especially regarding local government. This article combines a book review with an interview in order to introduce more comprehensively this research-oriented bibliography. The first part provides a graphical overview of the collected data and assesses the main contribution of this work. The second part describes in a more detailed way the classification of materials as well as the general characteristics of each category. The third part delves into specific issues through an in-depth interview with the author.
ER  -