A Study On The Jurisdiction Of Yan Sheng Gong In The Qing Dynasty

Yan Sheng Gong has a certain judicial power in the Qing Dynasty,it mainly embodied in the combination of traditional clan authority and regime.On one hand,by virtue of the status of the descendants of Confucius,the power of Yan Sheng Gong was also supported and maintained by successive regimes and laws.On the other hand,by virtue of the status of the descendants of Confucius,From the jurisdiction of the object point of view,the jurisdiction of Yan Sheng Gong,including the Confucius and the people under the jurisdiction of the public,people,fields,etc.,its distribution is not limited to an administrative area,and not by the local state magistrate control,Then formed independent of the jurisdiction of the local state and county jurisdiction.In order to control the clan,tenants and fields tightly,Yan Sheng Gong had set up many institutions,like praetorium of patriarch?Guangou praetorium?Baihu praetorium(The Agency managed in Tax and Tenants)and so on.In the judicial trial procedure,Yan Sheng Gong generally follow local government general judicial operation procedures in the Qing Dynasty,including prosecution and acceptance,summon,and arrest,mediation,trial and judgment and other steps.Although Yan Sheng Gong was not an organization as the formal judicial government,however,it generally followed the judicial procedures of local government in the Qing Dynasty,and it can safeguard their own interests from the local government.In the judicial practice,by virtue of his sage identity and political status,Yan Sheng Gong had intervened of the Qufu County,Shandong Province that inclulding the provincial and provincial governments at all levels,and the other provinces,but the way and the effect is different.The magistrate of Qufu had been appointmented from tribe of Kong's for a long time.Depending on it,Yan Sheng Gong established a judicial system independent of county-level justice in Qufu.it has a profound impact on the local judicial trial of Qufu.In other provinces and counties of Shandong Province,the handling of judicial affairs,Yan Sheng Gong also in touch with the officials of county directly,or through contacting its superior judiciary to achieve the intervention of local justice.The effect is effective,and sometimes limited.Around the dispute between the temple production and the identification of the identity of the household,the intervention of the local judiciary in other province is extremely limited.