• Introduction
• The historical and social context of the Yuan dianzhang
• Yuan administration and the legal system
• Origins, contents, and transmission of the Yuan dianzhang
• Notes on the translation
• Sections 1-2 : marriage rites and exchanges; getting married
• Sections 3-5 : marriage between officials and commoners; marriages of military personnel; divorce --tSections 6-8 : when the husband dies; levirate marriage approved; no levirate marriage
• Sections 9-12 : secondary wives; marriage between slaves and commoners; marriage of entertainers; marriage during the mourning period.

These thirteenth-century legal cases from the classic compendium Yuan dianzhang reveal the complex, contradictory inner workings of the Mongol-Yuan legal system, as seen through the prism of divorce, adultery, rape, wife-selling, and other marital disputes. Bettine Birge offers a meticulously annotated translation and analysis.
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• di 1 ce. Mu ci zhi li bu
• di 2 ce. Hu li bing bu
• di 3 ce. Xing bu gong bu
• di 4 ce. Xin ji fu lu deng.

• 第1冊. 目次至吏部
• 第2冊. 戶禮兵部
• 第3冊. 刑部工部
• 第4冊. 新集附錄等.

Summary in vernacular field only.
本书以朝鲜李朝时期编写的汉语教科书"老乞大"与"朴通事"为基本素材, 围绕两书记载的, 能够反映中国庶民百姓日常法律生活的故事片段, 并且结合史书记载, 法律典章, 日用类书以及戏曲小说, 尝试展现当时庶民百姓的日常法律生活.