The Ming History English Translation Project

Translations from Da Ming huidian (Collected Statutes of Great Ming)

The Yellow Registers, taxation, etc. Collected Statutes of Great Ming (Da Ming huidian), chapter 20. Translated and contributed by Leif Littrup, 2017, and licensed under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 US license.

Migrants. Collected Statutes of Great Ming (Da Ming huidian), from chapter 19. Translated in about 1991 and contributed in 2024 by Sarah Schneewind, and licensed under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 US license.

Ritual for official personnel arriving at a new office (and leaving office). Collected Statutes of Great Ming (Da Ming huidian), from chapter 59. Translated in about 1991 and contributed in 2024 by Sarah Schneewind, and licensed under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 US license. No longer available

Commoners’ etiquette. Collected Statutes of Great Ming (Da Ming huidian), from chapter 59. Translated in about 1991 and contributed in 2024 by Sarah Schneewind, and licensed under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 US license.

Just a few bits of Ruxue, Confucian schools. Collected Statutes of Great Ming (Da Ming huidian), from chapter 78. Translated in about 1991 and contributed in 2024 by Sarah Schneewind, and licensed under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 US license.