Abbreviations
General Abbreviations and Frequently Used Chinese Terms
| anon. | anonymous |
| annot. | annotator/annotated |
| baojia | 保甲 (system of neighborhood mutual surveillance) |
| cat. | catalog |
| coll. | collated by (校), collator |
| comp. | compiled by (編, 輯, etc.) |
| ed. | edition(s), edited by, editor |
| fanli | 凡例 (information to readers) |
| fasc. | fascicle(s) (本 or 冊) |
| FxuZ | fu xuzhi 府續志 (prefecture gazetteer, continuation) |
| FZ | fuzhi 府志 (prefecture gazetteer) |
| h. | hao 號 (sobriquet) |
| id. | idem |
| j. | juan 卷 (chapter) |
| jr. | juren 舉人 (provincial graduate, licenciate) |
| js. | jinshi 進士 (metropolitan graduate, doctor) |
| litho. | lithographic (石印) |
| m. | ming 名 (given name) |
| mf. | microfilm |
| ms. | manuscript |
| mulu | 目錄 (table of contents) |
| muyou | 幕友 (private secretary) |
| n.d. | no date available |
| n.p. | no place available |
| photo-repro. | photo-reproduction (facsimile edition) |
| postf. | postface(s) (後序, 跋, etc.) |
| pref. | preface(s) (序 and other terms) |
| q.v./qq.v. | quod/quae vide (see under) |
| s. | shi 諡 (posthumous name) |
| ser. | series |
| SKQS | Siku quanshu 四庫全書 |
| transl. | translation/translated |
| TZ | tongzhi 通志 (province gazetteer) |
| vol. | volume |
| XxuZ | xian xuzhi 縣續志 (county gazetteer, continuation) |
| XZ | xianzhi 縣志 (county gazetteer) |
| z. | zi 字 (style) |
| ZZ | zhouzhi 州志 (department gazetteer) |
Reference Works and Documentary Collections Frequently Cited in the Text
| [See list of Secondary Works Cited for complete citations] | |
| Alabaster | Alabaster, Notes and Commentaries on Chinese Criminal Law |
| Beiping Mf. | Guohui tushuguan shezhi Beiping tushuguan shanben shu jiaopian 國會圖書館攝製北平圖書館善本書膠片 |
| Bingshu jicheng | Zhongguo bingshu jicheng weiyuanhui, Zhongguo bingshu jicheng 中國兵書集成 |
| Bingshu zhijianlu | Xu Baolin, Zhongguo bingshu zhijianlu 中國兵書知見錄 |
| Bingshu zongmu | Liu Shenning, Zhongguo bingshu zongmu 中國兵書總目 |
| Bourgon | Jérôme Bourgon, “Shen Jiaben et le droit chinois à la fin des Qing” |
| BTGZC | Beijing tushuguan guji chuban bianjizu, Beijing tushuguan guji zhenben congkan 北京圖書館古籍珍本叢刊 |
| BZJ | Qian yiji, Beizhuan ji 碑傳集 |
| BZJbu | Min Erchang, Beizhuan ji bu 碑傳集補 |
| BZJ sanbian | Wang Zhaoyong, Beizhuan ji sanbian 碑傳集三編 |
| Chang | Wejen Chang, Zhongguo fazhi shi shumu 中國法制史書目 |
| Ch’en Fu-mei | Ch’en Fu-mei, “Private Code Commentaries in the Development of Ch’ing Law” |
| Chen Pengsheng | Chen Pengsheng et al., Zhongguo gudai falü sanbai ti 中國古代法律三百題 |
| Congress Rare Books | Wang Chung-min, A Descriptive Catalog of Rare Chinese Books in the Library of Congress |
| Congress Rare Books (xu) | Fan Bangjin, Meigguo guohui tushuguan cang Zhongwen shanben shu xulu 美國國會圖書館藏中文善本書續錄 |
| Dentō Chūgoku handoku | Miki Satoshi et al., Dentō Chūgoku handoku shiryō mokuroku 伝統中国判牘資料目錄 |
| DMB | Goodrich and Fang, Dictionary of Ming Biography |
| ECCP | Hummel, Eminent Chinese of the Ch’ing Period |
| “Faxue suo shanben” | Xu Lizhi et al., “Zhongguo shekeyuan faxue suo tushuguan shanben shu tiyao (shang)” 中國社科院法學所圖書館善本書提要 (上) |
| Franke | Wolfgang Franke, An Introduction to the Sources of Ming History |
| Franke H. | Herbert Franke, Sung Biographies |
| Gao & Ma | Gao Chao and Ma Jianshi, Zhongguo gudai faxue cidian 中國古代法學辭典 |
| Gudai bangwen gaoshi | Yang Yifan and Wang Xu, Gudai bangwen gaoshi huicun 古代榜文告示彙存 |
| Gudai difang falü | Yang Yifan and Liu Ducai, Zhongguo gudai difang falü wenxian 中國古代地方法律文獻 |
| Gudai pandu anli | Yang Yifan, Gudai panli andu xinbian 古代判例案牘新編 |
| Gudai zheyu yaolan | Yang Yifan, Gudai zheyu yaolan 古代折獄要覽 |
| Gugong shanben | Guoli gugong bowuyuan, Guoli gugong bowuyuan shanben jiuji zongmu 國立故宮博物院善本舊籍總目 |
| Guji shanben | Zhongguo guji shanben shumu bianji weiyuanhui, Zhongguo guji shanben shumu 中國古籍善本書目 |
| Guandian | Zhang Xiqing and Wang Xiumei, Guandian 官典 |
| Guo Chengwei | Guo Chengwei, Guanzhen shu dianping yu guanzhen wenhua yanjiu 官箴書點評與官箴文化研究 |
| Guochao qixian leizheng | Li Huan, Guochao qixian leizheng chubian 國朝耆賢類徵初編 |
| Guojia shanben shuzhi | Guojia tushuguan tecangzu, Guojia tushuguan shanben shuzhi chugao 國家圖書館善本書志初稿 |
| GZSJC | Guanzhen shu jicheng bianzuan weiyuanhui, Guanzhen shu jicheng 官箴書集成 |
| He Qinhua | He Qinhua, Zhongguo faxue shi 中國法學史 |
| Hervouet | Yves Hervouet and Étienne Balazs, A Sung Bibliography |
| HKU shanben | Xianggang daxue Feng Pingshan tushuguan, Xianggang daxue Feng Pingshan tushuguan cang shanben shu lu 鄉港大學馮平山圖書館藏善本書錄 |
| Huang Zhangjian | Huang Zhangjian, Mingdai lüli huibian 明代律例彙編 |
| Huangzheng shu jicheng | Li Wenhai et al., Zhongguo huangzheng shu jicheng 中國荒政書集成 |
| Jia Jingtao | Jia Jingtao, Zhongguo gudai fayixue shi 中國古代法醫學史 |
| Kanshin mokuji | Kyōdai Tōyōshi kenkyūshitsu, Kanshin mokuji sōgō sakuin 官箴目次綜合索引, list of indexed works at beginning of volume |
| Langlois | John D. Langlois, Jr., “Ming Commentaries on the Code and Handbooks on Jurisprudence,” in Mote and Twitchett, Cambridge History of China, vol. 8, 211–213 |
| Li | Li Qiao, Qingdai guanchang baitai 清代官場百態 |
| Lidai panli pandu | Yang Yifan and Xu Lizhi, Lidai panli pandu 歷代判例判牘 |
| Lidai zhenxi sifa | Yang Yifan and Guan Zhiguo, Lidai zhenxi sifa wenxian 歷代珍稀司法文獻 |
| Lüxue wenxian | Yang Yifan, Zhongguo lüxue wenxian 中國律學文獻 |
| Ma | Ma Fengchen, “Qingdai xingzheng zhidu yanjiu cankao shumu” 清代行政制度研究參考數目 |
| Ming Qing fazhi | Guojia tushuguan chubanshe yingyin shi (ed.), Ming Qing fazhi shiliao jikan 明清法制史料輯刊 |
| Mingren zhuanji | Guoli zhongyang tushuguan, Mingren zhuanji ziliao suoyin 明人傳記資料索引 |
| Mingshi yiwenzhi | Huang Yuji, Mingshi yiwenzhi, Mingshi yiwenzhi bubian, Mingshi yiwenzhi fubian 明史藝文志，明史藝文志補編，明史藝文志附編 |
| MS | Mingshi 明史 (Zhonghua shuju ed.) |
| Nimick | Nimick, “The County, the Magistrate, and the Yamen,” 193ff: “Appendix A: Ming Handbooks for Magistrates” (also in Mote and Twitchett, Cambridge History of China, Appendix B, 214–20) |
| Pelliot | Pelliot, “Notes de bibliographie chinoise” |
| QDBZW | Chen Naiqian, Qingdai beizhuanwen tongjian 清代碑傳文通檢 |
| Qingdai biji | Zhou Guangpei, Qingdai biji xiaoshuo 清代筆記小說 |
| Qingdai lüxue | Zhang Jinfan, Qingdai lüxue mingzhu xuanjie 清代律學名著選介 |
| Qingdai qibai | Cai Guanluo, Qingdai qibai mingren zhuan 清代七百名人傳 |
| Qingdai qiushen | Yang Yifan, Qingdai qiushen wenxian 清代秋審文獻 |
| QSG | Qingshi gao 清史稿 (Zhonghua shuju ed.) |
| QSLZ | Qingshi liezhuan 清史列傳 |
| Renming quanwei | Renming quanwei renwu zhuanji ziliao chaxun 人名權威人物傳記資料查詢 |
| Shiga | Shiga Shūzō, Shindai Chūgoku no hō to saiban 清代中國の法と裁判, Appendix, pp. 7–10: “Shindai handoku mokuroku” 清代判牘目錄 |
| Siku | Wang Yunwu, Heyin Siku quanshu zongmu tiyao ji Siku weishou shumu jinhui shumu 合印四庫全書總目提要及四庫未收書目禁燬書目 |
| Siku weishou | Siku weishou shu jikan 四庫未收書輯刊 |
| Siku xuxiu | Zhongguo kexueyuan tushuguan, Xuxiu siku quanshu zongmu tiyao (gaoben) 續修四庫全書總目提要 (稿本) |
| SKCMCS | Siku quanshu cunmu congshu 四庫全書存目叢書 |
| Sô Gen kanshin | Akagi Ryūji and Satake Yasuhiko, Sō Gen kanshin sōgō sakuin 宋元官箴總合索引 |
| Songdai renwu | Shen Zhihong and Wang Ronggui, Zhongguo difangzhi Songdai renwu ziliao suoyin 中國地方志宋代人物資料索引 |
| Songren | Chang Bide et al., Songren zhuanji ziliao suoyin 宋人傳記資料索引 |
| Songren bubian | Li Guoling, Songren zhuanji ziliao suoyin bubian 宋人傳記資料索引補編 |
| Tianyi ge cangshu | Zhou Zimei, Tianyi ge cangshu jingjian lu 天一閣藏書經見錄 |
| Tianyi ge shumu | Luo Zhaoping, Xinbian Tianyi ge shumu 新編天一閣書目 |
| TYG | Ruan Yuan, Tianyi ge shumu 天一閣書目 |
| TYGXC | Xue Fucheng, Tianyi ge xiancun shumu 天一閣現存書目 |
| Watt | Watt, The District Magistrate in Late Imperial China |
| Xu Zi | Xu Zi, Guanzhen: zuoguan de mendao 官箴—做官的門道 |
| XuBZJ | Miao Quansun, Xu beizhuan ji 續碑傳集 |
| Xuxiu SKQS | Xuxiu siku quanshu 續修四庫全書 |
| Yamamoto | Yamamoto Eishi, “Shindai no kōtoku to sono riyō” 清代の公牘とその利用 |
| ZSJC | Chen Shengxi, Zhengshu jicheng 政書集成 |
Institutions
| Beida | Beijing daxue tushuguan 北京大學圖書館 |
| Beiping | Guoli Beiping tushuguan 國立北平圖書館 |
| Beitu | Beijing tushuguan 北京圖書館 (now Guojia tushuguan 國家圖書館) |
| BN | Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits Orientaux (now part of Département des Manuscrits) |
| Bodleian | Bodleian Library, Oxford |
| CASS Jinshi suo | Zhongguo kexue yuan jindai shi yanjiu suo 中國社會科學院近代史研究所 (Institute of ModernHistory, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing) |
| Chicago | University of Chicago Joseph Regenstein Library, Far Eastern Library |
| Columbia | C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University, New York |
| Congress | Library of Congress, Washington D.C. |
| Congress/LL | Library of Congress, Law Library (collection of the former Far Eastern Law Department) |
| Faxue suo | Zhongguo kexue yuan faxue yanjiu suo 中國科學院法學研究所 (National Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing) |
| Fu Sinian | Fu Sinian Library, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica 中央研究院歷史語言研究所傅斯年圖書館, Taipei |
| Gugong Beijing | Gugong bowuyuan tushuguan 故宮博物院圖書館, Beijing |
| Gugong Taipei | Guoli gugong bowuyuan tushuguan 國立故宮博物院圖書館, Taipei |
| Harvard | Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.) |
| HKU | Hong Kong University Library |
| Hōsa Bunko | Hōsa Bunko 蓬左文庫, Nagoya |
| Hubei | Hubei Provincial Library 湖北省圖書館 |
| Hunan | Hunan Provincial Library 湖南省圖書館 |
| IHEC | Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises, Collège de France, Paris |
| JJS | Chinese Academy of Social Science, Institute of Economics 中國社會科學院經濟研究所, Beijing |
| Kyujanggak | Kyujanggak 奎章閣 Institute for Korean Studies, Seoul National University |
| Leiden | Sinologisch Instituut, Leiden University |
| Liaoning | Liaoning Provincial Library 遼寧省圖書館 |
| LSS | Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of History 中國社會科學院歷史研究所, Beijing |
| Naikaku | Naikaku Bunko 內閣文庫, Kokuritsu kōbunshokan 国立公文書館, Tokyo |
| Nanjing | Nanjing tushuguan 南京圖書館 |
| Ōki | Ōki Collection 大木文庫, Tōyō bunka kenkyūjo 東洋文化研究所, Tokyo University |
| Princeton | Gest Library, Princeton University, Princeton |
| Shanghai | Shanghai tushuguan 上海圖書館, Shanghai |
| Shoudu | Shoudu tushuguan 首都圖書館, Beijing |
| SOAS | School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London |
| Tian Tao | Tian Tao 田濤 private collection, Beijing |
| Tianyi ge | Tianyi ge 天一閣 library, Ningpo |
| Tōdai | University of Tokyo general library 東京大学総合図書館 |
| Tōyō Bunka | Tōkyō daigaku Tōyō bunka kenkyūjo 東京大学東洋文化研究所, Tokyo |
| Tōyō Bunko | Tōyō Bunko 東洋文庫, Tokyo |
| Zhejiang | Zhejiang tushuguan 浙江圖書館, Hangzhou |
| Zhengfa | Zhongguo zhengfa daxue tushuguan, gujishu cangku 中國政法大學圖書館古籍書藏庫, Beijing |
| Zhongshan | Zhongshan daxue tushuguan 中山大學圖書館, Guangzhou |
| Zhongyang | Guoli zhongyang tushuguan 國立中央圖書館, Taipei (now Guojia tushuguan 國家圖書館) |
| ZKT | Zhongguo kexueyuan tushuguan 中國科學院圖書館, Beijing |
Contributors
| BB | Bettine Birge (University of Southern California) |
| CC | Claude Chevaleyre (CNRS, Lyon) |
| CL | Chen Li 陳利 (University of Toronto) |
| CLa | Christian Lamouroux (EHESS) |
| GRT | Guo Runtao 郭潤濤 (Peking University) |
| HD | Helen Dunstan (University of Sydney) |
| HDT | Huo Datong 霍大同 (University of Chengdu) |
| JB | Jérôme Bourgon (CNRS, Lyon) |
| JK | Jérôme Kerlouégan (University of Oxford) |
| LG | Luca Gabbiani (EFEO) |
| LNY | Lau Nap-yin 柳立言 (Academia Sinica) |
| NP | Nancy E. Park (California State University, East Bay) |
| PDQ | Pei Danqing 裴丹青 (Zhejiang Normal University) |
| PER | Pierre-Emmanuel Roux (Université Paris-Diderot) |
| PEW | Pierre-Étienne Will (Collège de France) |
| PHD | Pierre-Henri Durand (CNRS, Paris) |
| PWK | Win Kin Puk 卜永堅 (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
| SWF | Shum Wing Fong 岑詠芳 (Collège de France) |
| TCF | Ting Ching-fang 丁慶芳 (Bureau français de Taipei) |
| TN | Thomas G. Nimick (USMA, West Point) |