Slavery Of The Tang Dynasty&the Wudai Dynasties

The article is mainly composed by four parts.First part :Introducing the handmaiden of dunhuang turfan area sources and different appellation handmaiden appeared in the literature.In the tang five dynasties period, dunhuang turfan area there are a lot of handmaiden. Dunhuang turfan area at that time, because of its geographical location, is an important hub of transportation on land, the area has become handmaiden trading together.The handmaiden source mainly predatory minority in slavery, the sell, sold their children into slavery, war brings the handmaiden as well as the handmaiden of the children born to natural identity into slavery.A large number of handmaiden, dunhuang turfan area existed at that time not only source diversity, also there are many appellation.From the existing in the dunhuang turfan documents, we can see different handmaiden call.Second part : Comparing the differences between other pariah status and handmaiden.At the time of the dunhuang turfan region there is a certain type of “zuoren” and the identity of the handmaiden, very close, because they can be inherited as private property and business, as well as handmaiden for transactions.But they and handmaiden is not exactly the same again. Compared to the handmaiden, they can have a small amount of their own private property, also have a small amount of their free time.“kenv” and “buqu "social status and have treatment, can be said to be basically the same.They also is not untouchable caste of personal freedom, but still there is a difference between handmaiden with them.They are the main private, to raise, but, unlike handmaiden.When handmaiden in accordance with the law as well as livestock or supplies of private property, and there is no personal freedom, completely controlled by the master. They can not only transfer price free to deal, also can like other property by inheritance.Third part :At the time,slaves business has a strict process, want to trade legal slave, must, in accordance with the relevant processes.As opposed to a legal slave business, at the time of the dunhuang, turpan, illegal also exist the slave of buying and selling, the black market is also a slave condition is an important part of.4th part:That has spawned a lot of literature in the emancipation, combined with the dunhuang turfan documents, can be more intuitive understanding of the slave was put a good overview.Approaches of emancipation of the government, the rulers to redeem, slaves to redeem himself and put a good host.Conclusion:In the Tang dynasty & Wudai dynasty period, the existence of the slave no matter from the quantity and system, has a very complete system. Whether in dunhuang turfan unearthed documents or spread to the literature handed down from ancient times, for we prove the legitimacy and completeness of slavery existed at that time.