Qing "letter Zoushi Guilty Taboo" Lvkao Theory,

Regulating the action of writing official documents by law ought to very early, from already having indication in the inscription on oracle bones, although the Qin & Han Dynasties"Xing Shu Law"already has the strict norm. To this article studies the law"submit a written official document to a higher authority offending the taboo"to say, already being compiled into"the duty law"in the Tang Dynasty, it is named"offending taboo"and"writing mistake", so both of them should be this law development origin."The Ming Dynasty Law"combines"offending taboo"and"writing mistake"into one, the formal naming"submit a written official document to a higher authority offending the taboo", and the Qing Dynasty follows its content completely.The law"submit a written official document to a higher authority offending the taboo"is norm about the document writing, whose standard objects mainly includes two aspects: First is offending the taboo about imperial names and posthumous title of emperors in submitting a written official document Second is writing the mistake in submitting a written official document, which is harmful to government affairs. As for the law article range, this law is not merely limited to"submitting a written official document to emperor"or"statement to emperor", and it also includes offending taboo and writing mistake in all kinds of official documents between the various levels of government authorities. Therefore this article discussing the object will be much bigger than"submitting a written official document to emperor"or"statement to emperor"and"offending taboo".The entire law "submit a written official document to a higher authority offending the taboo " only has 143 characters, but it standards more than 50 kinds main official documents in the Qing Dynasty, obviously the law article actually brief and to the point. The law article content has not made the substantive revision and not increased any article during the entire the Qing Dynasty, more than two hundred years, which is rare in the Qing Dynasty's laws. The law article maintains the high stability, which indicates it is practical when put it into effect. And because the law article mainly emphasized"offending taboo", it has the remarkable political characteristics when put it into effect. Therefore, studying the law used to regulate official documents in the Qing Dynasty is beneficial to knowing the manages system of official document under the monarch centralization of state power, beneficial to knowing standards of ancient official documents and beneficial to knowing government affairs in the past. At the same time, it is also beneficial to perfecting the official document norms today and promoting the development of society.