Ever-Normal disbursement-and-collection law established

The Song shi basic annals record that in the ninth lunar month of Xining 2 (AD 1069) on the dingmao day the Ever-Normal disbursement-and-collection law (changping jilian fa, 常平給斂法) was established.

What this does and does not establish

The Song shi is a Yuan-compiled (1343-45) official history drawing on Song court records; the English is an AI working translation. The entry gives only the name of the law; its contents are not described here and the rendering of the name is a working translation.

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Region
East Asia
Theme
Economy and exchange
Kind of record
Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.

How it is dated

Date reference
熙寧 2 (熙寧二年 as numbered by the annals), lunar month 9
How we use it
Year assigned from the lunar month under which the annals enter the item; the sexagenary day was not converted to a Julian day.

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Dating notes from the research record

Lunar month 9 of 熙寧 2 = Julian 1069-09-18 to 1069-10-17, per Academia Sinica 兩千年中西曆轉換 year table(s) 熙寧2.html (sha256 8c90099f640a…); the whole month lies in AD 1069.

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Source 1 · Supports the statement

Song shi (History of Song), basic annals

Toghto (脫脫) et al., Yuan court historiographers

Location
zh.wikisource page 宋史/卷014, revision 2325088 (2023-10-24T11:21:27Z), raw wikitext; line 81; chars 4798-4808
Edition
zh.wikisource page 宋史/卷014, revision 2325088 (2023-10-24T11:21:27Z), raw wikitext
About the work
Compiled 1343-1345 from earlier Song state records
Accessed
2026-11-04

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Quoted text (Classical Chinese)

丁卯,立常平給斂法。

AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative

On the dingmao day, the Ever-Normal disbursement-and-collection law was established.

Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Source: Song shi, juan 14, zh.wikisource transcription (revision 2325088). English renderings are AI working translations, not published translations.

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