Remnants of Han Law

469 Pages·2022·45.183 MB·English

by  Anthony François Paulus Hulsewé

REMNANTS OF BAN LAW
SINICA LEIDENSIA
EDIDIT
INSTITUTUM SINOLOGlCUM LUGDUNO BATAVUM
VOL. IX
REMNANTS OF BAN LAW
VOLUME I
INTRODUCTORY STUDIES AND AN ANNOTATED
TRANSLATION OF CHAPTERS 22 AND 23 OF THE
HISTORY OF THE FORMER HAN DYNASTY
PROEFSCHRIFf
TER VERKRIJGING VAN DE GRAAD VA N
DOCTOR IN DE LETIEREN EN WIJSBEGEER TE
AAN DE RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT TE LEIDEN
OP GEZAG VA N DE RECTOR MAGNIFICUS
DR J. N. BAKHUIZEN VAN DEN BRINK,
HOOGLERAAR IN DE FACULTEIT DER
GODGELEERDHEID, IN HET OPENBAAR TE
VERDEDIGEN OP WOENSDAG 15 Ju:~n 1955,
DES NAMIDDAGS 1\E 4 UUR
DOOR
Anthony Fran~ois Paulus HULSEwE
GEBOREN TE BERLI]N-CHARLOTTENBURG
IN 1910
LEIDEN
J.
E. BRILL
1955
DRUK, EXCELSIORS FOTO.OFFSET• • 'S-GRAVENHAGE
To the memory of
1II.y father, A.F.HulseVle
and my teacher, J.J.L.Duyvendak

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface 1
In troduction 4
The Administrative organisation of the Han-empire 14
Previous studies in Han law 18
The Han Code 26
The administration of justice 71
The Punishments 102
Harmony with nature 103
The death penalty 109
Extermination of relatives 112
Boil ing and burning 122
The mutilating punishments 124
Castration 127
Hard labour 128
Exile 132
Fines 134
Exclusion from office 135
Pu-tao and pu-ch ing 156
Redemption of punishment and reduction in rank 205
Amnesties 225
Intention and negligence 251
Speci fl.l groups 285
Introduction to the translation of HS 23 309
Translation of liS 23 321
Notes to the translation of RS 23 351
Appendix 423
Prefatory note to the translation of RS 22 (first part) 429
Translation of RS 22 (first part) 430
ABBREVIATIONS
BEF.!OBulletin de i'Ecole fran~aise d'E%tr~me~rient, published
since 1901.
BMFEA Bulletin of the Muse,. of Far Eastern Anhqui ties in Stock-
holm, published since 1929.
CYYY Kuo-li chung-yang yen-chiu yuan, li-shih yen-yu yen-chiu so
chi-k'an, i.e. the Bulletin of the Institute of History and
Philology of the Academia ~nica, published since 1928.
Dubs}H.H.DUbS, The History of the Former Han Dynasty, vol. I
HF.HD (The Imperial Annals, ch. I - V), vol. II (The Imperial An
nals, ch. VI - X); Baltimore, 1938 and 194~.
de Groot} J.J.M.de Groot, Chinesische Urkunden zur Geschichte
Urkunden Asiens. vol. I Die Hunnen der vorchristlichen Zeit,
vol. II Die Westlande Chinas in der vorchristlichen Zeit;
Berlin, 1921 and 1926.
IIHS Hou lIan shu, 1. e. the history of the Later Han dynasty in
130 chapters, Qy Fan Yeb (398 - 446); references are to the
Hou Han shu chi-chieh by Wang Hsien-ch'ien (1842 -1918),
published posthumously in 1923.
HJAS Harvard Journal of Asiat.ic Studies, published since 1936.
lIS Han shu, 1. e. the history of the Former Han dynasty in 100
chapters, by Pan Ku (32 - 92 AD); references are to the
large edition of the Ch'ien Han shu pu-chu of 1900 Qy Wang
Hsien-ch ' ien (1842 - 1918).
Mh Les Mlmoires historiques de Se-ma Ts'ien, traduits et anno
tes par Edouard Chavannes; 5 vols. (Paris 1895 - 1905), con
taining the translation of the first 47 chapters of the
Shih chi.
~ Mitteilungen des Seminars fur orientalische Sprachen in
Berlin, published since 1898.
SC Shih chi, i.e. the Historical Records in 130 chapters by
Ssu-ma Ch'ien (1145 - 186 BC); references are to the T'ung
wen shu-chti edition of 1885.
SPTK Ssu-pu ts'ung-k'an, a collection of facsimile reprints of a
large number of Chinese texts. published by the Commercial
Press in Shanghai.
1P T'oung Pao, Archives concernant l'histoire, les langues, la
geographie et les arts de Z'Asie orientale, published in
Leiden since 1890.
Urkunden, see de Groot, Urkunden.