The T'ang Code, Volume II: Specific Articles
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The T'ang Code, Volume II: Specific Articles
By (Author) Wallace Johnson
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Asian history
340.531
Physical Properties
Paperback
622
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
851g
Description
This is the second and final volume of the annotated translation of a seminal Chinese legal text. The T'ang Code, written in 653 A.D., is the most important legal text in East Asian history. Not only is it China's earliest law code to survive in its entirety, influencing all subsequent Chinese law, but it has also served as a model for codes of law
Reviews
"The translation is remarkably faithful and the translator demonstrates a high degree of familiarity with Western legal terminology. In addition, he has made the applaudable effort to provide copious annotation and crossreferences... Johnson's definitive translation will benefit students of Chinese culture for years to come."--Early Medieval China
