Title: An Investigation of the Engraving of Explication of Legal Documents and Explanation of Disputed Cases
Abstract: It is almost unanimously agreed among the law historians in China that Explication of Legal Documents and Explanation of Disputed Cases (《律解辩疑》)was written in 1386 and that the writer was He Guang, who lived in early Ming Dynasty. But through an examination of the writers, editions, and formats, as well as the legal documents, citations and annotations of the book, the author of this paper holds a different opinion, believing that it is not the original engraving shaped during Hong Wu Era. The paper argues that the present edition of 《律解辩疑》in the National Library was recompiled and reengraved during later generations, that although it was signed as He Guang, yet actually it was recompiled either by Yang Jian or by Wei Ming, and that this recompiled edition did not appear in early Ming Dynasty, but during the middle and late periods of Ming Dynasty.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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