Study On The Ration Of The Early Period Of Dang Dynasty Excavated In Turfan

The ten pieces ration accounts, excavated a Tomb NO. 91 in Asana Turfan have provided very important documents for the study of the ration accounts and the rationing system of the Dang Dynasty. The study of the ration accounts shows the persons to be rationed can be servants of Kingdom, officials, farmers of Kingdom, and prisoners. The standards are as follows: The grain for a man was three liter, three he and three shao. A woman was two liter, five he. A child or an old people were smaller one liter, five he. The accounts are the important document of the Tang dynasty provision system. We can find out the objects who provided the corns and where they come from.According to these documents, the ration accounts shows the persons to be rationed can be servants of Kingdom, officials, farmers of Kingdom, and prisoners. From those document now, we could not to exclusive of one or other persons to be rationed. These persons might be come from farmers, or prisoners' family. They were in lower society degree.These ten documents could be given us a serious of information. We may know society system, army system, and political system in Turfan. And we may know plenty of information of Dang Dynasty. From this ten pieces ration accounts, and other documents, we may draw this conclusion, people had been more freely than before, they had more private than before, although they had very poor and no more any other privilege.