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Writings on politics and policy (zhengshu 政書)


The type of political book (zhengshu lei 政書類) is a sub-category to the literary category of historiography (shibu 史部) in the collectaneum Siku quanshu 四庫全書. The books in this section mainly deal with administrative regulations and are divided into six parts: comprehensive regulations covering all aspects of statecraft (tongzhi 通制, 19 books), ritual regulations (yizhi 儀制, 24 books) concerning the complex state rituals, administrative regulations for the local government specialized on important matters (bangji 邦計, 6 books), military regulations (junzheng 軍政, 4 books), judicial regulations (faling 法令, 2 books), and regulations concerning official work (kaogong 考工, 2 books). The section on political books in the Siku quanshu includes in total 57 books. The most important are the Tongdian 通典, Tang huiyao 唐會要, Songchao shishi 宋朝事實, Jianyan yilai chaoye zaji 建炎以來朝野雜記, Wenxian tongkao 文獻通考, and Tanglü shuyi 唐律疏義.

書名 Title Composer(s)
通制之屬 tongzhi Comprehensive regulations
通典 Tongdian (Tang) 杜佑 Du You
唐會要 Tang huiyao (Song) 王溥 Wang Pu
五代會要 Wudai huiyao (Song) 王溥 Wang Pu
宋朝事實 Songchao shishi (Song) 李攸 Li You
建炎以來朝野雜記 Jianyan yilai chaoye zaji (Song) 李心傅 Li Xinchuan
西漢會要 Xihan huiyao (Song) 徐天麟 Xu Tianlin
東漢會要 Donghan huiyao (Song) 徐天麟 Xu Tianlin
漢制考 Hanzhikao (Song) 王應麟 Wang Yinglin
文獻通考 Wenxian tongkao (Yuan) 馬端臨 Ma Duanlin
經世大典 * Jingshi dadian (Yuan) 趙世延 Zhao Shiyan, 虞集 Yu Ji (comp.; imp. ord.)
大明會典 (Da-)Ming huidian (Ming) 徐溥 Xu Pu (et al.; imp. ord.); 李東陽 Li Dongyang (et al.; rev.)
七國考 Qiguokao (Ming) 董說 Dong Shuo
明經世文編 * Ming jingshi wenbian (Ming) 陳子龍 Chen Zilong (et al.)
欽定大清會典 (Qinding) Da-Qing huidian (Qing) 允挫 Yun Cuo (et al; imp. ord.)
續文獻通考 Xu wenxian tongkao (Qing) 王圻 Wang Qi
欽定續文獻通考 (Qinding) Xu wenxian tongkao (Qing) 嵇璜 Xi Huang, 曹仁虎 Cao Renhu (et al.; imp. ord.)
欽定皇朝文獻通考 (Qinding) Huangchao wenxian tongkao (Qing Qianlong 12) Coll. (imp. ord.)
欽定續通典 (Qinding) Xu tongdian (Qing) 嵇璜 Xi Huang, 曹仁虎 Cao Renhu (et al.; imp. ord.)
欽定皇朝通典 (Qinding) Huangchao tongdian (Qing Qianlong 32) Coll. (imp. ord.)
皇清經世文編 * Huang-Qing jingshi wenbian (Qing) He Zhangling 賀長齡, Wei Yuan 魏源
宋會要輯稿 * Song huiyao jigao (Qing) 王雲海 Wang Yunhai
儀制之屬 yizhi Ritual regulations
漢官舊儀 Hanguan jiuyi (Han) 衛宏 Wei Hong
大唐開元禮 Datang Kaiyuan li (Tang) 蕭嵩 Xiao Song (et al.; imp. ord.)
謚法 Shifa (Song) 蘇洵 Su Xun
政和五禮新儀 Zhenghe wuli xinyi (Song) 鄭居中 Zheng Juzhong (et al.; imp. ord.)
大金集禮 Da-Jin jili (Jin) Anon.
明集禮 Mingjili (Ming) 徐一夔 Xu Yinao (et al.)
皇明祖訓 * Huang-Ming zuxun (Ming) (et al.; imp.ord.)
皇明寶訓 * Huang-Ming baoxun (Ming) (et al.; imp.ord.)
欽定大清通禮 (Qinding) Daqing tongli (Qing) 來保 Lai Bao, 李玉鳴 Li Yuming (et al.; imp. ord.)
皇朝禮器圖式 Huangchao liqi tushi (Qing) 允祿 Yun Lu (et al.; imp. ord.); 福隆安 Fu Longan (et al.; rev.)
國朝宮史 Guochao gongshi (Qing Qianlong 7) Anon. (imp. ord.)
欽定南巡盛典 (Qinding) Nanxun shengdian (Qing) 高晉 Gao Jin, 薩載 Sa Dai, 阿桂 Agūi, 傅恆 Fuheng
八旬萬壽盛典 Baxun wanshou shengdian (Qing) 阿桂 Agūi (et al.; comp.)
邦計之屬 bangji Administrative regulations
救荒活民書 Jiuhuang huomin shu (Song) 董煟 Dong Wu
熬波圖 Aobotu (Yuan) 陳椿 Chen Chun
錢通 Qiantong (Ming) 胡我琨 Hu Wokun
捕蝗考 Buhuangkao (Qing) 陳芳生 Chen Fangsheng
荒政叢書 Huangzheng congshu (Qing) 俞森 Yu Sen
欽定康濟錄 (Qinding) Kangjilu (Qing) 陸曾禹 Lu Zengyu, 倪國璉 Ni Guolian (arr.)
軍政之屬 junzheng Military regulations
歷代兵制 Lidai bingzhi (Song) 陳傅良 Chen Fuliang
中樞政考 * Zhongshu zhengkao (Qing) Ortai 鄂爾泰 (imp. ord.)
欽定八旗通志 (Qingding) Baqi tongzhi (Qing) Anon. (imp. ord.)
法令之屬 faling Jurisdictional regulations
唐律疏義 Tanglü shuyi (The Tang code) (Tang) 長孫無忌 Zhangsun Wuji (et al.; imp. ord.)
慶元條法事類 * Qingyuan tiaofa shilei (The Song code) (Song) 謝深甫 Xie Shenfu
天盛年改定新律 * Tiansheng nian gaiding xinlü (The Western Xia code) (Xixia)
通制條格 * Tongzhi tiaoge (The Yuan code) (Yuan)
元典章 * Yuan dianzhang (Yuan)
御製大誥 * (Yuzhi) Dagao (Ming) Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang 明太祖朱元璋
大明律 * Da-Ming lü (The Ming code) (Ming) 李善長 Li Shanchang, Liu Ji 劉基 (et al.; imp.ord.)
皇明制書 * Huang-Ming zhishu (Ming) (et al.; imp.ord.)
大清律例 Da-Qing lüli (The Qing code) (Qing) 三泰 Santai, 徐本 Xu Ben (et al.; imp. ord.)
考工之屬 kaogong Regulations concering official work
營造法式 Yingzao fashi (Song) 李誡 Li Jie (et al.; imp. ord.)
欽定武英殿聚珍版程式 (Qinding) Wuyingdian juzhenban chengshi (Qing) 金簡 Jin Jian

* not contained in the Siku quanshu
Chinese literature according to the four-category system

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