On The System Of Census Register In Han Dynasty

The system of census registers in Han Dynasty was a comparative and effective system on administrant population. It predominated the circumstances of population from household registration. When the household registration ended, all levels local governments collected and summed up the datum of registration, and constituted Registration Book, then reported layer by layer to the court, which form the system of statistic and submit. The court could found out and grasped the circumstances of population in the whole country with the system of statistic and submit, from this the court could actualize corresponding policy of population management. So that, exact effective household registration was precondition of the management of census register.Firstly, this paper analyzed household registration in Han Dynasty, and simply discussed the evolution of census register, then analyzed the time of household registration. The court verified in every August, and there were provisionally population research. From researching the content and the fashion of household registration, it can be seen the rigor and integrality of household registration in Han Dynasty.The system of statistic and submit was an important approach of the system of census register. From discussing the content, the fashion and statistic and submit book of the system of statistic and submit in Han Dynasty, especially the Registration Book, we explained the importance of the system of statistic and submit to societal management.The household registration and the system of statistic and submit were the base and warrant of the management of census register. The governor reinforced the control to the population, and managed the population with their different class. The court controlled the fluxion of the population strictly, and prevented people disengage their registration with the whole bag of tricks. This illuminated the importance of the system of census register and the governors'regard to it.Lastly, this paper discuss the effect of the system of census register to the society of Han Dynasty, both to the country and the individual lives, which illuminated the important effect of the system of census register to the lives in the society of Han Dynasty.