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The political systems of Imperial China can be divided into a state administrative body, provincial administrations, and a system for official selection. The three notable tendencies in the history of Chinese politics includes, the convergence of unity, the capital priority of absolute monarchy, and the standardization of official selection. [1]
Bodde, Derk, "Basic concepts of Chinese law: The genesis and evolution of legal thought in traditional China," Essays on Chinese civilisation, ed. Charles Le Blanc and Dorothy Borei. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981. Ch'ü T'ung-tsu, Law and society in traditional China. Paris and The Hague: Mouton, 1961. Escarra, Jean.
Ancient Chinese states (traditional Chinese: 諸侯國; simplified Chinese: 诸侯国; pinyin: Zhūhóu guó) were dynastic polities of China within and without the Zhou cultural sphere prior to Qin's wars of unification. They ranged in size from large estates, to city-states to much vaster territories with multiple population centers. Many of ...
Thereafter the department became a purely executive institution. The six sections of government were formally divided into the Six Ministries, each headed by a Minister (shangshu). The six divisions were replicated at the local prefectural level, and each directly reported to their respective ministries in the central government.
The existence of the rule of law in China has been widely debated. [30] When discussing Chinese law, it is worth noting that various expressions have been used, including "strengthening the law," "tightening up the legal system," "abiding by the law in administration," "rule by law," and the "rule of law".
During Western Han, the Minister of Finance managed the government's monopolized salt and iron agencies, which were abolished during Eastern Han and transferred to local administrations and private entrepreneurship. [112] He also managed the government's brief monopoly over liquor from 98–81 BC, before it was returned to private production. [113]
A similar set of 1,700-year-old bamboo slips was also recently found in a pair of abandoned wells at another ancient Chinese city. Those slips included records of taxes, household registrations ...
History of ancient China. Neolithic China (c. 8500 – c. 2070 BC) – predates ancient China; Bronze Age China. Xia dynasty (c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC) Shang dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC) Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 – 256 BC|BCE) Western Zhou (1046–771 BC) Iron Age China. Zhou dynasty (continued) Eastern Zhou. Spring and Autumn period (771 ...