Kishimoto, Mio, “Rekinenki ni miru shinsho chiho shakai no seikatsu” (Local social life during the early Qing dynasty in the Li-nien chi) (1986)

Title : “Rekinenki ni miru shinsho chiho shakai no seikatsu” (Local social life during the early Qing dynasty in the Li-nien chi)

Author(s) : Kishimoto, Mio

Year : 1986

Type : Journal article

Subject : History

Keywords : social;power;government

Journal : Shigaku Zasshi

Volume : 95

Number : 6

Start page : 53

End page : 77

Language:Name : Japanese

Support : Print

Abstract : Discusses social, economic, and administrative aspects of life in Shanghai during the 17th century in China, referring to the Li-nien chi, a memoir of Yao Tinglin (1628-97?) that was revised and published in 1982. Yao Yongji, a high official in the late Ming period and a brother of Yao Tinglin's grandfather, assisted Yao Tinglin in his youth. The Yao lost organizational power and during the Ming-Qing transition the Yao clan declined. The Qing local governments greatly influenced people's lives through the administration of justice and taxation. Often people needed to rely on relatives, friends, or private arrangements with yamen clerks (government employees) to protect themselves from costly lawsuits and burdensome taxation.