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.
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Ming lü.
Religion and law--History--Sources--China--To 1500 Law--History--Sources--China--To 1500
China--Politics and government--Sources.--1368-1644