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Unless otherwise specified, the descriptions of sources in this section are extracted from Pierre-Etienne Will and collaborators, Handbooks and Anthologies for Officials in Imperial China: A Descriptive and Critical Bibliography, 2 vols., Leiden: Brill, 2020
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documentTypeBook
TitleZhouxian tigang 州縣提綱 [Basic Notions on Magistrates]
Topic4.1 Magistrates handbooks: General
Historical periodEarly Qing (1644-1796)
CountryChinese
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionGuanzhen shu jicheng 官箴書集成
Number of volume1
Publication typeWoodblock
Comment

According to Akaji and Satake (see below, Sō Gen kanshin), this is the easiest to understand among Song handbooks. The Siku commentators consider that “it can still be used as a guide for administrators” (亦可為司牧之指南). The format is close to that of many late imperial magistrate handbooks, in particular the standard set up by the works of Wang Huizu and his followers, with 106 comparatively short paragraphs bearing captions. J. 1 (28 entries) mainly deals with the conduct and attitude of the magistrate, especially in his relations with his family, his colleagues, and subaltern personnel, the management of his household, etc., recommending both integrity and prudence. The same applies with j. 2-4, discussing technical aspects of local government, including concrete tasks (e.g., how to handle paperwork). Rather than being arranged by major domains of administration, the entries tend to succeed each other by association of ideas, the same topics coming up at different places. There is a strong emphasis on the administration of justice, arrests, cross-examination, court sessions, handling prisoners, and so on; fiscal matters are also discussed extensively, as is corvée and personnel management.

SubjectLaw
LanguageChinese
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