This companion to Jiang Yonglin's translation of The Great Ming Code analyzes the code's underlying thought in terms of the spiritual and social agenda articulated by the founder of the Ming dynasty (
One of the most important law codes in Chinese history, the Ming Code represents a break with the past following the alien-ruled Yuan (Mongol) dynasty and the flourishing of culture under the Ming (13
Imperial China's dynastic legal codes provide a wealth of information for historians, social scientists, and scholars of comparative law and of literary, cultural, and legal history. Until now, only t
