Manuel Code Chinois by Boulais Guy (5 results)

Hard bound. Condition: Very Good+. Reprint. Varieties Sinologiques no. 55. An exhaustive scholarly study of the traditional legal / penal code of China, as it existed in the late Imperial era. The author, a Jesuit missionary, resided in Shanghai for some 25 years near the end of the Qing Dynasty. The scope of the work is as vast as one would expect of the complete Chinese legal code and ranges from crime among individual citizens of all sorts, from petty theft to murder, as well as commercial crime and crimes against the emperor and state, detailing standard punishments for those found guilty. Of particular interest is a section dealing with the rights and permitted practices of representatives of foreign religions, reflecting an openness sadly no longer the case in modern China. A fascinating work as well as important historical reference. Reprint of Shanghai 1924 first edition. 746 pp., in French with Chinese throughout. Blind stamp on title and last page, ink stamp on copyright page, all internal pages lightly browned around outer edges. Otherwise, an excellent copy, clean and crisp inside and out. Bound in dark green cloth. Size: 20 x 15 cm.

1 volume in-12, 740 pp., blue cloth, in very good condition. A translation of the Ch'eng law code with some abridgements. Intending to familiarise missionaries with the legal processes of Ch'eng China, the translator occasionally insert records of actual cases tried in Chinese tribunals to clarify obstruse passages of the Ch'ing Code. In addition to the French translation, in many instances Boulais has included the Chinese text.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardback copy. Reprint of original 1924 edition (Varietes sinologiques no. 55). 749pp. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardback copy. Reprint of original 1924 edition (Varietes sinologiques no. 55). 749pp. Book.

Condition: Très bon. fort in-8, VI-740-6-VII pp., nombreux idogrammes et notes en chinois dans le texte, reliure percaline lie-de-vin de l'éditeur, les 2 plats de couverture conservés. Il s'agit ici du Code des Ta-ts'ing, alors en cours de révision par une commission de juristes afin d'établir un nouveau Code Chinois se voulant plus adapté à la Chine moderne. L'un des grands intérêts de ce code est que non seulement il nous renseigne sur les coutumes de la vie quotidienne d'alors, mais il nous fait aussi pénétrer dans la vie la plus intime des Célestes. C'est ainsi qu'en dehors des traits touchant aux exactions dans les fonctions officielles ou en lien avec le Palais Impérial, soit tout un catalogue de corruptions, on apprend les lois régissant le rapt, les liaisons avec des chanteuses, les coups, les injures, les impudicités, etc. Exemplaire provenant d'une bibliothèque allemande, avec cachet en couverture et en page de titre, ainsi qu'une trace d'étiquette au dos. Peu commun. Heavy book (1,6 Kg): extra-postage will be required.