赋役黄册与明代等级身份

The Yellow Registers and Social Status in Ming Dynasty

黄册制度既是明代的赋役之法,也是明代的户籍制度。它体现了一种社会经济制度,同时也反映了当时的等级身份:天下之人都是皇帝的臣民,而臣民之中又分为官绅、凡人和贱民等不同等级。黄册制度的衰亡使广大人民摆脱了徭役制的枷锁,而使人身束缚有所松解。

This paper discusses the relation between the Yellow Registers （huangce） System and people＇s social status in the Ming China. The Yellow Registers System not only recorded tax and service obligations to the state, they were also used for the purposes of household registration. ＇It simultaneously represented a socioconomic system and reflected social status. All people throughout the realm were subjects of the Emperor; they were divided into groups of different statuses and grades. The collapse of the Yellow Registers system released the people from the service obligation system.