"The 1,165 entries of Handbooks and Anthologies for Officials in Imperial China by Pierre-Étienne Will and collaborators provide a descriptive list of extant manuscript and printed works-mainly from the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties-created with the aim to instruct officials and other administrators of imperial China about the technical and ethical aspects of government, and to provide tools and guides to help with the relevant procedures. Both generalist and specialized texts are considered. Among the latter, such disciplines as the administration of justice, famine relief, and the military receive particular attention. Each entry includes the publishing history of the work considered (including modern editions), an analysis of contents, and a biographical sketch of the author."--
Author(s): Pierre-Étienne Will
Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4 China, Vol. 36
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 1578
Tags: China, Imperial China, Chinese History, Chinese Historical Source, Historiography, Institutional History, Political History
Contents
General Introduction
Acknowledgements
Illustrations
Abbreviations
Titles, Reign Names, and Dates
Part 1 Works of a General Nature
1.1 General Admonitions to the Bureaucracy
1.1.2 Ledgers of Merit and Demerit
1.2 Collections of Exemplary Biographies, Anecdotes, and Dicta
1.3 Anthologies of Quotations from Earlier Handbooks
1.4 Explanations of the Administrative Structure and Overviews of the Government
1.5 Works on the Government of Particular Provinces
1.6 Miscellaneous Works
1.7 Career Autobiographies
Part 2 Handbooks for Local Administrators
2.1 Handbooks for Generalist Officials
2.1.0 For Assistant Officials
2.1.1 For Magistrates
2.1.2 For Prefectural Judges
2.1.3 For Prefects
2.1.4 Others
2.2 Handbooks for Private Assistants
2.2.1 For Private Secretaries
2.2.1.1 General Works
2.2.1.2 Works for Fiscal Specialists
2.2.1.3 Works for Law Specialists
2.2.2 For Private Servants
2.2.3 For Clerks
Part 3 Handbooks Dealing with Metropolitan Agencies
Part 4 Handbooks Specializing in Particular Techniques
4.1 Law and Justice
4.1.1 Explanations of the Penal Code
4.1.2 Rearranged and Simplified Presentations of the Code and Regulations
4.1.2.1 Rearranged and Summarized Presentations
4.1.2.2 Rhymes
4.1.2.3 Synoptic Tables
4.1.3 Handbooks on Judicial Procedure
4.1.4 Collections of Leading Cases and Memoranda
4.1.5 Anthologies of Judicial Sentences and of Model Cases
4.1.5.1 Phrase Models and Handbooks for Examination Candidates
4.1.6 Autumn Assizes
4.1.7 Forensics
4.1.8 Handbooks for Litigation Masters
4.1.9 Miscellaneous
4.2 Water Conservancy and Irrigation
4.3 Famine Relief
4.4 Public Works
4.5 Schools and Examinations
4.6 Salt Administration
4.7 Military Affairs
4.7.1 General Works
4.7.2 Local Defense
4.7.2.1 Baojia and Militia
4.7.3 Coastal Defense
4.8 Others
Part 5 Records of Administration and Celebratory Compilations
Part 6 Anthologies of Administrative Documents
6.1 By Capital Officials
6.2 By Provincial Officials
6.3 By Prefects and Magistrates
6.4 Miscellaneous
6.5 Anthologies of Documents by Several Authors
Part 7 Specialized Collectanea
7.1 Works by Individual Authors
7.2 Works by Several Authors
Secondary Works Cited
List of Congshu
Index of Authors/Compilers and Preface/Postface Authors
Index of Works
