02512nam 2200457 450 991038385840332120200324104445.01-139-17880-6(CKB)3820000000010349(UkCbUP)CR9781139178808(StDuBDS)EDZ0002188552(EXLCZ)99382000000001034920200210e20131810 uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTa Tsing Leu Lee being the fundamental laws, and a selection from the supplementary statutes, of the penal code of China /edited and translated by George Thomas Staunton[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2013.1 online resource (lxxx, 582 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge library collection. HistoryTranslated from the Chinese.Also issued in print: 2012.Originally published: London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810.1-108-04586-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.The sinologist George Thomas Staunton learned Chinese as a child & accompanied his father on a trip to China in 1792 where, though the Ambassador's page, he was the only member of the delegation who could speak to the emperor in Chinese. A career in the East India Company's Canton factory followed, & he translated many texts between Chinese & English, including this penal code, published in 1810, which was its first translation into any European language. The 'Fundamental Laws' was the legal code of the Qing Dynasty, & contained more than 1,000 statutes. Staunton organised his translation of a selection of the laws into seven divisions: general, civil, fiscal, ritual (religious), military, criminal & public works. He also includes an appendix with translations of edicts regarding matters such as punishment, making this compendium an invaluable guide to the complex legal regime of the Qing Dynasty.Cambridge library collection.History.LawChinaSourcesLawChinaHistory19th centuryLawChinaLawHistory348.510209034Staunton George ThomasSir,1781-1859,StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910383858403321Ta Tsing Leu Lee2786015UNINA