A Rustic Opinion Of Register Management Of Ming Dynasty

The census register management of Ming Dynasty is a typical case of special archive in Chinese history. The research of ancient census register is an important problem of archives history. It's also a deficiency of special archive. This research has a critical academic significance and immediate significance.The treatise describes history,archives system and every link of Ming Dynasty and dynasty before it and considers Ming Dynasty undergoing a long process of sprouting,recruiting,heyday and declining. It's the exposition for Ming's standing. Because having interwovenness with exposition for Ming's standing, following the treatise argue the reason of the census register management of Ming Dynasty is a typical case of special archive in Chinese history ,explaining the yellow census register, storehouse and law of census register management of Ming Dynasty, who are the important parts of census register management of Ming Dynasty. The rules of yellow census register were systematic and had deep influence, not only the rules registering,transferring,copying,checking but also the grading,itemizing and storeroom management all breaking through of history. Law of census register management of Ming Dynasty was comprehensive, specialized and concentrating, which had the highest position. Register law of Ming Dynasty provided register was the foundation of taxes and conscript labour , provided the connection of register management and social organized system, it also provided the foundation of being illegal and how to punish, provided people's occupation sorts and ranks, throughing register defends feudal ranking system. Register archive storeroom after the lake was the first central specially storeroom of Chinese history, whose scale won people's great admiration from the world. It's stocking manage scale and layout work were all outstanding. But it had malpractices, such as the place, outlay and coefficient of utilization.The treatise describes history drawing some deduction from. archives history. The system of ancient census register management was layer-built and classified, so census register could provide people's information and levy taxes,freedom limit,maintain public order, feudal-minded education and so on. For this reason, we can call system of ancient census register management as tax-organization-stratum system. Besides, the treatise summarizes some features of ancient census register management. It had good vitality and important status. It also had wide social connections. Ancient census register limits people's status, occupation,distribution of right and duty, who will provide history theory example for archives and sociology.The purpose of studying history is directing present work The treatise compares the archives management of Ming Dynasty and present, thinks present city residence and country residence have different benefit, which makes present residence being the sign of status like Ming Dynasty. Present residence is also hereditary. Like Ming Dynasty,. Present residence has several additional function. But the properties and social environment change, it makes difference between them. The census register management of Ming Dynasty has inspirations to the cause and outlet of modern census register revolution.The treatise mainly uses methods of comparing and logic to compare the ancient census register management with modern management, and uses theory of archives, sociology,demography,principles of Marxism. I hope it will be a help to archives history and modern census register management.