The Mandate of Heaven and the Great Ming Code
By: Jiang Yonglin
Series: Asian law series -- no. 21
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780295990651
Subjects: Politics and government; Religion and law; Sources; Ming lü; Law; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : religion and Chinese legal cosmology; title: Early Ming legal cosmology : embodying heavenly principle and human sentiment; title: The Great Ming Code and the world of spirits : regulating rituals in communicating with deities; title: The Great Ming Code and the human realm : creating boundaries for the Ming empire; title: The Great Ming Code and officialdom : rectifying mediating representatives.