The Writing of Weddings in Middle-period China by De Pee Christian

Author:De Pee, Christian.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012-01-26T16:00:00+00:00

But Gaozong himself, too, insisted on the completeness and transparency of the imperial laws. When, in 677, he received a copy of Zhao Renben’s Legal Precedents (Fali), a brief manual composed to aid officials in reaching verdicts, he found it unsatisfactory. Praised abroad for its fairness, the work appeared to Gaozong confusing since it interfered with the comprehension he and his predecessors had achieved:The laws, ordinances, regulations, and specifications provide the common standard for the realm. Not I, incompetent, forged this structure. During the Wude reign period [618–626] and in the Zhenguan years [627–649], imperial intentions were identified, debated in extensive detail, and offered up in complete articles and paragraphs. Together they form a luminous track that will prove inexhaustible to all who proceed by it as every case requires. What need can there be for records of precedents? They will only cause confusion by tangling the thread.10

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