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Thursday 18: New Perspectives on Ancient China: Researches on Qin and Han Excavated Texts.
Morning:
10h-13h: Qin-Han excavated texts reading session lead by Robin Yates and Anthony Barbieri-Low: Zhangjiashan legal documents and Liye administrative documents.
Afternoon:
14h-15h30
Alain Thote : “Early Chinese Manuscripts Discovered in Tombs: the Case of Rishu 日書”
Marc Kalinowski : “Some remarks on the relationship between the Qin and Han excavated legal texts and daybook text type manuscripts.”
Marianne Bujard : “Rishu within the scope of Qin and Han religion”
16h-17h30
Enno Giele : * Qin-Han manuscript letters
Eric Trombert : *Juyan and Dunhuang documents
Arnaud Bertrand : “Excavating the eastern administrative border of Dunhuang imperial commandery during the former Han dynasty”
17h30-18h
General discussion
Friday 19: From Shuihudi to Liye, from law on paper to law in practice?
Morning (9-12):
- “Forms of Legislation during the Qin and Han,” the different types of laws, including statutes, ordinances, precedents, etc., by Robin Yates
- “The Evolution of Statutory Law from the Qin to the Han,” with highlight on some of the continuities from the Qin laws to the Tang Code, by Anthony Barberi-Low.
Afternoon (14-17): discussion, animated by three short presentations
Jérôme Bourgon: From the redemption of punishments to their commutation and abolition: questions about “changes” and “progress” of the Chinese legal system under the Qin and Han dynasty
Frédéric Constant: The “Confucianization of law”, after the toppling of the “cruel Legalist dynasty of Qin”: An outdated historical myth?
Luca Gabbiani: “Contracts” in Chinese history: some remarks and questions.