The Mandate of Heaven and The Great Ming Code /

Jiang, Yonglin.

The Mandate of Heaven and The Great Ming Code / Jiang Yonglin. - 1 online resource (256 pages). - Asian law series ; no. 21 . - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-233) and index.

Introduction : religion and Chinese legal cosmology -- Early Ming legal cosmology : embodying heavenly principle and human sentiment -- The Great Ming Code and the world of spirits : regulating rituals in communicating with deities -- The Great Ming Code and the human realm : creating boundaries for the Ming empire -- The Great Ming Code and officialdom : rectifying mediating representatives -- Conclusion : manifesting the mandate of heaven.

Open Access

9780295801667




Ming lü.


Religion and law--History--Sources--China--To 1500
Law--History--Sources--China--To 1500


China--Politics and government--Sources.--1368-1644


Electronic books.

KNN33 / .J53 2011

349.51