by QU Jian (PhD Candidate, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg / Visiting Researcher, Max -Planck Institute for European Legal History)

The Qingshui River Manuscripts (清水江文书) refer to a large number of Ming-Qing (1368–1911) written contracts as well as various other kinds of documents that were found in the Qingshui River Basin of southwest China. Over the last decade, these manuscripts have been enjoying increasing popularity among scholars. This short paper intends to offer some basic information for understanding the Qingshui River Manuscripts in their entirety.
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MJF (25 avril 2019). A Brief Introduction to the Qingshui River Manuscripts. L'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient en Chine - The French School of Asian Studies in China - 法國遠東學院在中國. Consulté le 13 avril 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/oh98