Liye

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Liye is an archaeological site in Hunan, China, renowned for yielding a large cache of Qin dynasty bamboo slips that significantly expanded knowledge of early Chinese legal and administrative systems.

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instanceOf archaeological site
ancientName Qianling County NERFINISHED
associatedWithDynasty Qin dynasty NERFINISHED
associatedWithRuler Qin Shi Huang NERFINISHED
country China
datingMethod palaeography
stratigraphy
discoveredAt ancient city ruins
excavationBegan 2002
functionInAntiquity county seat
governedBy State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalFeature city gates
city walls
granaries
moat
official buildings
residential remains
tombs
wells
hasArchaeologicalPeriod Qin dynasty NERFINISHED
Warring States period NERFINISHED
hasDiscovery Liye Qin bamboo slips NERFINISHED
hasEvidenceOf Qin administrative regulations NERFINISHED
Qin household registration
Qin judicial procedures
Qin legal codes
Qin military administration NERFINISHED
Qin taxation records
heritageStatus Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China
knownFor Qin bamboo slips NERFINISHED
Qin local government archives NERFINISHED
large cache of bamboo documents
materials on early Chinese administrative system
materials on early Chinese legal system
languageOfInscriptions Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
locatedIn Hunan NERFINISHED
Longshan County NERFINISHED
Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture NERFINISHED
south-central China NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver You River NERFINISHED
numberOfBambooSlips over 36000 GENERATED
partOf Qin empire local administrative network
researchField Qin studies
administrative history of China
legal history of China
scriptType small seal script
significance illuminated operation of Qin local government
major primary source for Qin history
transformed understanding of early imperial Chinese law
timeDepth 3rd century BCE

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