Classification And Research Of Legal Documents Seen In Bamboo Slips Of Eastern Han Dynasty In Changsha Wuyi Square

Nowadays,legal documents are the most unearthed form of Bamboo slips of the Eastern Han Dynasty in Changsha Wuyi Square.Based on content,it mainly includes judicial judgment records,law enforcement process records,case records and so on.These larges number of legal documents and other documents involving legal information reflects the historical background of emperor Hanhe and emperor Hanan in the early and middle Eastern Han Dynasty.In addition,it also involved many aspects and different fields of the society.The legal documents of Bamboo slips of the Eastern Han Dynasty in Changsha Wuyi Square includes many representative special vocabularies.To a large extent,as the important clue and basis,these special vocabularies can be used to research the legal system of Changsha Prefecture in Eastern Han Dynasty.Researchers can judge the main content and scope of the documents with these vocabularies and other important information,such as common names,place names,official and organization names.By studying these legal documents and classifying them according to their contents,the confusion of bamboo slips can be solved effectively.Due to the rich contents and various forms of Bamboo slips in the Eastern Han Dynasty in Changsha Wuyi Square,different types of bamboo slips overlap in form,which leads to the mutual inclusion of different types of bamboo slips in content and increases the difficulty of document classification.However,the classification of legal documents based on their contents can solve the existing problems to a great extent and draw new views from them.Specifically speaking,based on the content of Bamboo slips,the legal documents of the Eastern Han Dynasty bamboo slips in Changsha Wuyi Square can be divided into three main parts.The first type of documents mainly involves the investigation and textual research of cases.On the one hand,they are the legal documents related to investigation,verification and trial,including the documents of case verification with the words of “Kaoshi,Zengchuyan” as the clue,the documents of trial and inquiry with the words of “Ziyan,Kaowen” as the clue,and the documents of summons with the words of “Zhuzhao” as the clue.On the other hand,it refers to the legal documents about the investigation of objective phenomena,which mainly refers to the common judicial documents with the clue of “Tui Pi”.The second kind of documents mainly involves the process records of law enforcement and judicial links.On the one hand,they are the legal documents related to rectifying,exposing and duty crimes,including the “Impeachment”in the judicial documents,and the duty crime records related to “Misconduct”and “Zhushoudao”.On the other hand,there is a certain connection between the legal documents of law enforcement and justice.In the documents of the record of law enforcement process,“Zhubu”is the key word.In addition,the record of judicial procedure mainly includes guarantee and judgment.The third kind of documents is the case record,on the one hand,it presents the legal case in the form of report,on the other hand,it only sees the legal case record but it’s rich in content,such as the content of civil investigation,economic activities and other different forms of crimes in specific areas.Most of these records exist in“Yuanshu”,which is the main part of the Eastern Han Dynasty bamboo slips in Changsha Wuyi Square.According to the content of the above-mentioned legal documents,the classification can restore the legal system of Changsha Prefecture in the Eastern Han Dynasty to a great extent,including the important information of law enforcement and justice from different angles,and present the historical background and social customs of Changsha Prefecture in the Eastern Han Dynasty.As intuitive original documents,the legal documents of the Eastern Han Dynasty bamboo slips in Changsha Wuyi Square provide a new channel for studying the historical background and social environment of the Eastern Han Dynasty.