漢簡簿籍再探: 以「卒傭作名籍」為例

An important issue for the study on military system of the Han dynasty is the employment of labours as agents to undertake conscriptions. Confined by deficiency in historical records, scholars in the past could only mostly rely on historical official materials and annotations made in the Han and Wei dynasties in their discussions of this issue. However, Han wooden and bamboo strips unearthed in Dunhuang and Juyan in the early period of the last century have brought a new dimension to the scholarly discussion. Researchers have remarked that strips inscribed with the character yong 傭 are mainly of the category of mingji 名籍 (official documents registering information of servicemen or goods). But as for the transcription, title, and format of these strips, their researches have not yet provided a detailed understanding. The present paper attempts to develop the understanding of the aforementioned concern and further substantiate knowledge of the buji 簿籍 on Han strips, in particular the category of mingji. The study on collection of buji serves as the foundation of this paper. It also demonstrates its viewpoint that these mingji should be designated ＂zu yong zuo mingji＂ 卒傭作名籍.