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The ''Canon of Laws'' or ''Classic of Law'' () is a lost legal code that has been attributed to Lǐ Kuǐ (), a Legalist scholar and minister who lived in the State of Wei during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BCE). This code has traditionally been dated to the early fourth century BCE, but scholars now widely consider it to be a forgery from the fifth or sixth century CE.〔Ogawa Shikegi, "On Li K'uei's ''Fa-ching''," ''Tōyō gakuhō'' (Kyōto) 4 (1933): 278-79.〕〔A.F.P. Hulsewé, ''Remnants of Han Law'' (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1955), pp. 28-30.〕〔Timoteus Pokora, "The Canon of Laws of Li K'uei: A Double Falsification?" ''Archiv Orientalni'' 27 (1959): 96-121.〕〔A.F.P. Hulsewé, "The Legalists and the Laws of Ch'in," in ''Leyden Studies in Sinology: Papers Presented at the Conference Held in Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Sinological Institute of Leyden University, December 8–12, 1980'' (Leyden: E.J. Brill, 1981), p. 8.〕〔Herrlee G. Creel, "Legal Institutions and Procedures During the Chou Dynasty," in ''Essays on China's Legal Tradition'', ed. by Jerome A. Cohen, R. Randle Edwards, and Fu-mei Chang Chen (Princeton University Press, 1980), p. 37.〕〔Endymion Wilkinson, ''Chinese History: A Manual'', Revised and Enlarged (Harvard University Asia Center, 2000), p. 541.〕 According to the traditional account, which first appeared in the monograph on law (''Xingfa zhi'' 刑法志) of the ''Book of Jin'', the ''Canon of Laws'' was the earliest legal canon of ancient China and became the basis for all later legal works.〔A.F.P. Hulsewé, ''Remnants of Han Law'' (Leiden: Brill, 1955), pp. 28.〕 It is said that Legalist reformer Shāng Yǎng () took it to the State of Qin where it became the basis of the law of the State of Qin () and later the law of the Qin Dynasty.〔A.F.P. Hulsewé, ''Remnants of Han Law'' (Leiden: Brill, 1955), pp. 29.〕 Although the original text has been lost, according to later records the ''Canon of Laws'' comprised six chapters: * Theft and robbery law () * Treason law () * Prisoner or extent of justice law () * Law of arrest () * Miscellaneous law () * Law of possession () ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canon of Laws」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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