Ta Tsing Leu Lee; Being the Fundamental Laws, and a Selection from the Supplementary Statutes, of the Penal Code of China

by George Thomas Staunton

Book Overview

The sinologist George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859) learned Chinese as a child and accompanied his father on a trip to China in 1792 where, though the Ambassador's page, he was the only member of the delegation who could speak to the emperor in Chinese. A career in the East India Company's Canton factory followed, and he translated many texts between Chinese and English, including this penal code, published in 1810, which was its first translation into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108045863
• ISBN13: 9781108045865
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 670 Pages
• Weight: 3.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.3" x 11.7"