HIST 2710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Mekong, Alexandre De Rhodes, Đại Việt
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Centralized bureaucratic government (ming model, but smaller scale) Ming penal code for common people; (same criminal law in china: korean admin code for officials. King of korea to korean people & to chinese empire (described himself as. Tributary to ming emperor (kowtow to emperor and bring him presents: worked as trading missions when bringing presents to the. Social classes: top class called yangban ( the two groups : civilian and military officials) the two groups were equal (would never be used in. China: was a hereditary class; monopolized high offices, owned most land; paid no taxes, polygamy allowed & many heirs (as a result) Wealth and prestige of yangban would be divided as a result (or diluted: middle people, common peasants (farmers) illiterate and no opportunities to hold government office, lowest class base people ; slaves (undertakers, actors, escorts unclean occupations) No social mobility allowed; no cross-class marriage.
