Conference - Kaiten

Japanese: 会典 - かいてん

A comprehensive administrative code from the Ming and Qing dynasties of China. Chinese legal codes can be broadly divided into two categories: criminal codes and administrative codes. The criminal code is called the "Li", and the administrative codes are called the "Ling" and the "Huiden" (including the "Liutian"). The "Liutian", compiled during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang dynasty (713-741), was a collection of laws (ritual code formats and imperial edicts) related to each government agency, and was listed under the six departments of personnel affairs, household affairs, ceremonies, military affairs, criminal affairs, and work. This format was inherited to some extent by the Song and Yuan dynasties, and became the "Huiden" during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，明･清時代の総合行政法典。中国の法典は大別して刑法典と行政法典の二つとすることができる。刑法典はすなわち〈律〉であり，行政法典はすなわち〈令〉と〈会典〉(《六典》をも含む)である。唐の開元年間(713‐741)に編纂された《六典》は，各官庁ごとに関係の諸法規(律令格式および勅など)を集めたもので，主として吏部･戸部･礼部･兵部･刑部･工部の六部の下にこれを分載した。そしてこの形式は，宋･元にもある程度うけつがれ，明･清にいたって〈会典〉となった。

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