也论里耶秦简之“司空”

On Sikong in Liye Bamboo Slips of the Qin Dynasty

里耶秦简中记载县下设有司空机构,管理县中徭役、刑徒和居赀赎债事务。但乡中并没有司空的设置,所谓"乡司空"是对简文的误读所致。秦时县司空之官长可设有秩、啬夫或守。秦简"司空曹"表示的是县廷中处理司空机构文书、事务的令史之办公场所,是汉代县下司空曹的前身。

In Liye Bamboo Slips, there is the Office of Sikong, which administrates civil services, the prisons and something about redemption by compulsory work set up in the county. The Officer of Sikong is named Youzhi, Sefu, or Shou. In the slips, Sikongeao, which is the predecessor of Department of Sikong in the Han Dynasty, means a place for Lingshi handling documents of Sikong.