Imperial Power and Criminal Law (Part One)
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Beginning history readers seeking a visual overview of Chinese history
- Primary and secondary school history teachers looking for illustrated classroom aids
- General readers interested in imperial power and legal systems in premodern China
- Families seeking a wide-ranging popular history set for the home
Not a good fit for
- Scholars of legal history requiring rigorous argumentation and cited sources
- Readers seeking in-depth analysis of a single topic rather than encyclopedia entries
- Readers who prefer continuous prose and place little value on visual material
Reading tips
- Begin with the table of contents and notes on structure to understand the encyclopedia format, then turn to the sections on imperial power and criminal law.
- Read images alongside text, using the visuals to help remember institutional and material details.
- When encountering material related to the political and cultural chapters, flip back to compare and form a coherent overall picture.
- Use it as a reference work to consult by topic rather than reading straight through.
About the publisher
Jointly credited to China Environmental Science Press and Xueyuan Audio-Visual Publishing House, the publications held in this catalog number 243 titles and cover common categories such as architecture, popular science, philosophy, world history, theory, and art. They include works on history and architecture, such as The World History of Architecture: Frozen Music and The Hometown of the Hanging Gardens: Babylon; popular science titles such as 100 Scientific Discoveries That Shook the World and 100 Technological Inventions That Refreshed the World; and works on intellectual and art history, such as The Most Beautiful Flower on Earth: A History of World Thought and The Sublimation of Life and Production: A History of Arts and Crafts. Works by authors including Wen Ming, Peng Pingping, Ge Dan, Qian Shu, and Li Munan form the main author resources. Because public information on the two institutions' complete catalogs and editorial plans is limited, this description presents their publishing direction only on the basis of the books in the catalog: mainly history, popular science, and art history, with some theoretical works, and under the joint imprint a emphasis on knowledge popularization and the humanities and social sciences.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 《中国历史百科》编纂委员会
- 《中国历史百科》编辑部
- 编写说明
- 历代律令
- 先秦刑律
- 《法经》
- 秦律
- 汉律
- 《曹魏律》
- 《晋律》
- 《北魏律》
- 《北齐律》
- 《开皇律》
- 《唐律疏议》
- 《宋刑统》
- 《大明律》
- 《大清律例》
- 谋反
- 谋大逆
- 谋叛
- 恶逆
- 不道
- 大不敬
- 不孝
- 不睦
- 不义
- 内乱
- 律
- 令
- 敕
- 五刑
- “三赦”
- “诛心”
- 自出
- 十恶不赦
- 株连
- 卖身为奴
- 无讼和息讼
- 勘验
- 刑讯逼供
- 城旦舂
- 鬼薪白粲
- 隶臣妾
- 司寇
- 刑徒、复作
- 候
- 下吏
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About the author
Wen Ming is a prolific author about whom little is publicly available; details such as birth and death dates, nationality, and educational background are not clearly recorded. Judging from the 157 works held in the collection, Wen Ming's writing centers mainly on world history and the popularization of the arts, covering architecture, painting, drama, arts and crafts, intellectual history, and ancient civilizations. Representative works include systematic surveys of architectural history, accounts of the rise and fall of ancient civilizations such as Babylon, and introductions to the development of painting, drama, and craft arts. Overall, Wen Ming's writing tends toward informative, general-audience exposition, presenting artistic and historical themes along clear lines and helping ordinary readers understand the cultural background of these fields.
Zhang Lin is a Chinese author whose works span a notably wide range of subjects, with 107 titles held in the collection. Judging from the available bibliography, his writing covers several fields: social novels and essayistic works such as Galloping Horse, One Person, and Don't Forget Why You Started Because You've Gone Too Far; the compilation of the Fu-Selected Liu Duzhou Medical Case Commentaries series, showing an interest in documenting traditional Chinese medicine; I Confess: Recorded Confessions of Japanese War Criminals, a work of history; and Tang and Song Poetry Anecdotes, aimed at popularizing classical verse. His works are also often classified under foreign literature and social sciences. Public information about Zhang Lin is limited, and his biography, nationality, and dates of birth and death cannot be verified. The range of his output nonetheless suggests a versatile writer who moves between literary creation, historical documentation, and the organization of medical texts, balancing accessible writing with careful compilation of source materials.
