The Rotational Corvée Mechanism and Family Development of the Banjun:An Investigation Centered on the Family Archives of Luo Clan in Hengshan
The Banjun system was an important governance strategy in the southwest-ern region during the Ming Dynasty.With the help of the contracts found in folk genealogi-cal literature,a more detailed analysis of the actual operation and influence of the southwest-ern region's Banjun institution can be conducted.The Luo clan of Hengzhou Wei served as the banjun in Guangxi and Wugang.To ensure the military corvée can be execute and take turns smoothly,they developed a rotational mechanism,where the four major branches of Luo clan took turns every ten years to replace the military,manage the tuntian and share the military expenses.Taking the military corvée as an opportunity,the family had undergone a process of division and integration.The military corvée contract that defined the identity and rights boundaries of the population had become the legitimate text for handling relationships of family and the rights of management of tuntian after the abolition of the wei-suo institu-tion.The genealogical structure centered on the branch formed within the construction of clan organizations by the Luo family in Qing Dynasty was,in fact,a new order that was adjus-ted and reorganized based on the institutional legacy of the Ming Dynasty's Banjun system.
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