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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
TitleMumin zhuiyu 牧民贅語 [Useless Chatter on Administering the People]
Topic4.1 Magistrates handbooks: General
Historical periodLate Qing (1797-1911)
CountryChinese
AuthorWang Jingxian 王景賢
CollectionGuanzhen shu jicheng 官箴書集成
Number of volume9
Publication typeWoodblock
Comment

A short six-folio text delivering some maxims on the job of magistrate, mostly based on the rubrics of standard handbooks. There are some interesting remarks on the attitude of governors and private secretaries toward magistrates.

SubjectLaw
LanguageChinese
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