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Notes on Copyists, the Administrative Terminology “它如 T’a Ju… (the others as…,)” and the Make-up of the Lawsuit Files of Officer Su-chüen in A.D. 27

Author：
I-tien Hsing
Page Number：
70.3：559-588
Date：
1999/09
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Abstract

There are different opinions on the composition of the lawsuit files of officer Su-chüen in A.D. 27. This essay attempts to re-examine the make-up of the files on the basis of clarifying the handwriting, and the role of copyists in preparing administrative and legal documents during the time of Han. It also attempts to clarify the meaning of the terminology "t'a-ju-yuan-shu, 它如爰書," which appears in the files of officer Su-chüen, and in many other Han official documents.
The result of re-examination shows that the extant files of officer Su-chüen, consisting of 35 wooden slips unearthed at site F22, are far from complete. They are made up of two separate documents instead of one as some scholars have suggested.

Keywords

Han Dynasty, copyist, lawsuit files of officer Su-chüen in A.D. 27

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I-tien Hsing, “Notes on Copyists, the Administrative Terminology ‘它如 T’a Ju… (the others as…,)’ and the Make-up of the Lawsuit Files of Officer Su-chüen in A.D. 27,” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 70.3 (1999): 559-588.

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Hsing, I-tien

1999　“Notes on Copyists, the Administrative Terminology ‘它如 T’a Ju… (the others as…,)’ and the Make-up of the Lawsuit Files of Officer Su-chüen in A.D. 27.” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 70.3: 559-588.

Hsing, I-tien. (1999). Notes on Copyists, the Administrative Terminology “它如 T’a Ju… (the others as…,)” and the Make-up of the Lawsuit Files of Officer Su-chüen in A.D. 27. Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, 70(3), 559-588.

Hsing, I-tien. “Notes on Copyists, the Administrative Terminology ‘它如 T’a Ju… (the others as…,)’ and the Make-up of the Lawsuit Files of Officer Su-chüen in A.D. 27.” Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 70, no. 3 (1999): 559-588.

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