Title: A Study of the Tang Dynasty Tax Textiles (Yongdiao Bu) from Turfan
Abstract: The Tang dynasty tax system is often referred to as zuyongdiao 租庸調, with each of these three terms having a specific meaning. Zu was the annual collection of 2 piculs, roughly 120 litres of grain ( su 粟) per head. Yong was the annual corvée (labour) duty of 21 days per head, which could be substituted and paid for in silk or cloth, or the cloth-paid-in-place-of-annual-corvée tax. Diao was the tax in kind, payable in textiles (substitutions of other goods were sometimes permitted). In silk-producing areas the diao tax per head was 2 decafeet of silk, payable in ling -twill, juan -silk or silk thread ( si 絲) and 3 ounces of silk floss ( simian 絲綿). In areas that did not produce silk, the diao tax was 2 decafeet, 5 feet of hemp cloth and 3 pounds of hemp yarn.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
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