Qin Household Registration System To Explore

The origin of the household registration system of China is very early. It have been sprouting from the Western Zhou Dynasty, and from the Spring and Autumn years to Qin Dynasty's unified China, it gradually improved and established the basic model. With the development of more than 2,000 years, it has been followed to these days.Based on the Spring and Autumn Period's Shushe system and Shangji system, Qin Kingdom has began its household registration system since the Xiangong. When Shangyang reformed when Xiaogong ruled Qin, the household registration system improved gradually. From the available information, Qin's household registration system has complex classification. Based on the Occupation, Qin residents wer e divided membership of farmer residence, membership of businessman residence, membership of noble residence and membership of official residence; according to residents' status, Qin residents were divided of clan membership, disciple membership, tourism membership, Criminal membership, guest membership, etc. There were distinction between the original Qin people and the guests from the other kingdom before Qin unified China. According the informatiom of the unearthed bamboo slips of Liye Xiangxi, the residence of Qin had fixed format, detailed content. It was very mature. From the content about the residence's relevant legal provisions and documents of Shuihudi slips, Qin's household registration management was very strict, and it had special agencies and Officials, a complete set of system about residence's declarations , movement and recovation. It has clear principles about residence's establish and related laws about the management of the household registration. Qin household registration system embodied its function mainly on Land-granted, levying taxes, the levy of military service and corvee, and population management. Of course, compared to later's the household registration system, Qin household registration system still had many aspects to improved. Generally, Qin household registration system's established in China reflect that time's progress of civilization and the development of culture. It with the other a series of systems such as the emperor system, the system of prefectures and counties along was an important part of China's system culture, and its basic model years was used 2000 years in China. In the history of our country, it have a broad and far-reaching impact.Limited to the lack of material, though the research of Qin's household registration system has achieved gratifying results, there are still many questions. This paper tries to explore these issues, and to give a comprehensive knowledge and understanding to Qin household registration system...