Abstract
Professor Zheng, Xian-wen’s book, Research for Excavated Texts and The legal history of Tang Dynasty, was published by China Social Science Press. The author made a thorough textual research on several problems in the legal history of Tang Dynasty according to excavated texts and traditional documents. The book was divided into four themes, around the legal system, legal culture and legal exchange of Tang Dynasty. Excavated texts and traditional documents used in this book included Dunhuang Tibetan documents and the Northern Song Dynasty Incomplete legal text Tiansheng ling scrolls. The first chapter discussed problems of the code style. One was the original text of tanglvshuyi. The other problem was the style of Tangshi. The second chapter told some specific problems of legal operation, including vacation system, the prison management system, commercial law system, judicial accountability system and the translator in judicial process. The third chapter researched some traditional problems with new evidence, including documentary evidence, association system and military law. The fourth chapter was about legal exchanges between the ancient China and other countries.
Keywords
Zheng、Xian-wen、Excavated Texts、Dunhuang Tibetan documents、tanglvshuyi
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