Qing Code

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Qing Code was the comprehensive legal code of imperial China under the Qing dynasty, codifying criminal, civil, and administrative laws that governed the empire.

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Qing Code canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese legal code ⓘ
imperial law code ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
appliedBy imperial judicial authorities ⓘ
magistrates ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Qing dynasty ⓘ
imperial China ⓘ
basedOn Tang Code ⓘ
contains commentaries ⓘ
statutory provisions ⓘ
substatutes ⓘ
follows Ming Code ⓘ
geographicScope Qing empire ⓘ
linked to: Qing dynasty
goal ensure social stability ⓘ
maintain social hierarchy ⓘ
preserve imperial authority ⓘ
hasFeature collective responsibility provisions ⓘ
detailed classification of crimes ⓘ
graded punishments ⓘ
special rules for different social statuses ⓘ
special rules for officials ⓘ
hasLegalSystemType Confucian legal tradition ⓘ
penal code with moral norms ⓘ
hasPart administrative law ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern China ⓘ
influenced later East Asian legal thought ⓘ
influencedBy Confucianism ⓘ
Legalism ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
legalDomain private law ⓘ
procedural law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
legalStatus binding law of the Qing empire ⓘ
regulates administrative procedures ⓘ
civil disputes ⓘ
criminal offenses ⓘ
family relations ⓘ
official conduct ⓘ
property rights ⓘ
social order ⓘ
replacedBy modern statutory law in the Republic of China ⓘ
usedUntil late Qing dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Qing dynasty

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Qing dynasty → legalSystem → Qing Code ⓘ
Tang Code → influenced → Qing Code ⓘ