Revision of the Great Ming Code
The Ming History records a revision of the Great Ming Code in the eighth month.
What this does and does not establish
明史/卷3, Wikisource revision 2597561; this clause records revision without specifying its contents. 是月 supplies only the month; the preceding recruitment edict's 乙卯 date does not date this act. The venue of the recorded act is not established; its region is left unassigned.
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- Region
- No region assigned This collection has not fixed where the act took place. It is not a statement that the place is unknown.
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- 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
- 洪武二十二年八月
- How we use it
- Year-level placement is limited to the dated source entry.
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Dating notes from the research record
Read ming003.wikitext:181 and the eighth-month entry at line 195, with neighboring months. Read headers and December rows in sinica-1388-12-31.html and sinica-1389-12-31.html: the former dates 1388-12-31 to Hongwu 21 month 12 day 3, the latter dates 1389-12-31 to Hongwu 22 month 12 day 14. Hongwu 22 month 8 lies within Julian AD 1389. Original quotation begins at line 195, character 4082.
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Ming shi (History of Ming), basic annals
Zhang Tingyu et al., Qing court historians
Quoted text (Classical Chinese)
是月，更定大明律。AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
That month, the Great Ming Code was revised.
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