Case Book · Issue 1

Author: Bao Le Shi
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: The Ba City Chinese Gongguan (Ba Guo Tang) archives, discovered in Jakarta, Indonesia in recent years, are historical records of the local Chinese community from the 18th to 20th centuries. One of them is the "Public Case Book," which records civil dispute cases handled by the semi-autonomous Chinese institutions. These archives are highly valuable for the study of Chinese overseas history. This issue features the earliest Gongguan from the Dutch East India Company period, dating from 1787 to 1791. It is a historical record of the Chinese in Ba City handling their own civil disputes, covering aspects such as the socio-economy, politics, society, history, law, and religion of the Chinese community.