Legal history of China.

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Legal history of China

Before I introduce the legal history of China, I want to talk about several points:

First, introduce the legal history of China should be based on the general history of china:

As everyone has know the general history of China, I will not introduce it in detail.( The ancient China had many dynasties, from the Xia Dynasty (21th-16th century before Christ), to the Shang Dynasty (16th11th century B.C). West Zhou Dynasty (11century B.C-256 B.C. total 800 years), the Spring and Autumn Period (770 B.C.476 B.C), Warring States Period (403-221 BC), the Qin Dynasty (221B.C206B.C.) ,the Han Dynasty (202B.C,24EMPORALS,406years), Three Kingdoms (220 - 265) ,Dynasties of the North and South (317 - 589) ,the Sui Dynasty (581-618), Tang Dynasty, (617- 907, 290years),the Song Dynasty (960-1279, 18 emporals,320 years, Yuan Dynasty (1206 -1368 ,11 emperors, 98 years),Ming Dynasty (13681644), till the Qing Dynasty (16161911).

It has been proved though textual research that China has a legal history of five thousand years. During the passed thousands of years, China had a continuous legal history, clear evolution, abundance materials and content. China legal system had far-reaching influence to other countries.

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