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CATEGORIZING LABORERS: GLIMPSES OF QIN MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENT FROM LIYE, HUNAN PROVINCE
Ma, Tsang Wing
2021-09-30
Source PublicationEarly China
ISSN0362-5028
Volume44Pages:351 - 391
Abstract

The excavation of the Qin wooden documents from Well No. 1 at Liye 里耶, Hunan province has significantly reshaped our knowledge of Qin history. This article examines a multi-slip manuscript from Liye on the Qin management of human resources in a newly conquered area, Qianling County. The manuscript is the best example of the multi-layered structure of a Qin administrative document; it also sheds new light on the difficulties the Qin encountered in resource management during the early years of unification. The manuscript shows that the responsible officials in Qianling County had failed to engage tuli 徒隸 (laborer-servants)—a major labor source in the Qin—in agricultural production, which appears to have deviated from the Qin strategy of managing human resources. To minimize the harmfulness that this deviation might cause, the Qin heavily relied upon a system of supervision and punishment. This article offers a contextualized study of the manuscript with an analysis of the related Qin excavated sources.

KeywordLiye Multi-slip Manuscript Qianling County Qin Resource Management Tuli
DOI10.1017/eac.2021.1
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Indexed ByA&HCI
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaAsian Studies
WOS SubjectAsian Studies
WOS IDWOS:000726629400011
PublisherCAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 32 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10013-2473
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85117716573
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionDEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
Corresponding AuthorMa, Tsang Wing
AffiliationUniversity of Macau, Macao
First Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
Corresponding Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
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Ma, Tsang Wing. CATEGORIZING LABORERS: GLIMPSES OF QIN MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENT FROM LIYE, HUNAN PROVINCE[J]. Early China, 2021, 44, 351 - 391.
APA Ma, Tsang Wing.(2021). CATEGORIZING LABORERS: GLIMPSES OF QIN MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENT FROM LIYE, HUNAN PROVINCE. Early China, 44, 351 - 391.
MLA Ma, Tsang Wing."CATEGORIZING LABORERS: GLIMPSES OF QIN MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENT FROM LIYE, HUNAN PROVINCE".Early China 44(2021):351 - 391.
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