La séance aura lieu en anglais et sera animée par Nancy park, qui a transmis le résumé et les documents suivants:

The sixth section of the seminar is the first on two about the “red tape” of the Qing bureaucracy, focusing on the use and abuse of governmental seals and official documents. Art. 72, Fengzhang yinxin discusses the care and keeping of governmental seals and the Huang Liuhong chapter on “Receiving the Official Seal,” which demonstrates how these statutory principles were observed in practice. Art. 73, Loushi yinxin stipulates the sanctions for misapplying or omitting governmental seals, as illustrated by an 1824 case from the Xing’an huilan. Art. 74, Shanyong diaobing yinzhang examines the unauthorized use of governmental seals. Excerpts from the Regulations of the Six Boards, juan 10 demonstrate the similarity and differences between the statutory and regulatory provisions on governmental seals.  For additional background will be included draft versions of Art. 63, Qihui zhishu yinxin; Art. 259, Dao yinxin; and Art. 358, Weizao yinxin shixianshu deng) concerning the deliberate loss, destruction, theft, or counterfeiting of governmental seals, many of which are discussed in Ch. 5 of Mark McNicholas’ book Forgery and Impersonation in Imperial China. If time permit, we will examine the protocols for signing off on official documents described in Art. 70, Tonglian dai panshu wen’an.