Editing Tang Code (section)

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The '''''Tang Code''''' ({{zh|t=唐律|p=Táng lǜ|w=T'ang2 lü4}}) was a penal code that was established and used during the [[Tang dynasty]] in [[China]]. Supplemented by civil statutes and regulations, it became the basis for later dynastic codes not only in China but elsewhere in [[East Asia]]. The Code synthesized [[Legalism (Chinese philosophy)|Legalist]] and [[Confucian]] interpretations of law. Created in AD 624 and modified in AD 627 and 637, it was promulgated in AD 652 with 502 articles in 12 sections and enhanced with a commentary (the {{Transliteration|zh|Tánglǜ shūyì}} [[:zh:唐律疏議|唐律疏議]]) in 653.<ref>Gernet (1996), [https://books.google.com/books?id=jqb7L-pKCV8C 244].
* Jianfu Chen (1960) p.9., Chinese Law: Context and Transformation: Revised and Expanded Edition, https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2xyDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA9</ref> Considered one of the greatest achievements of [[traditional Chinese law]], the Tang Code is also the earliest Chinese code to have been transmitted to the present in its complete form.<ref name="Gernet 245">Gernet (1996),ball [https://books.google.com/books?id=jqb7L-pKCV8C 244-245].</ref>