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Yuan household registration system

Type Object Region China Time c. 1260–1368

After founding the Yuan, a household-based system of tax-labor registration and population management classified civilian, military, artisan, and pos…

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  1. c. 1260–1262Early Yuan territories · ChinaAfter accession, Kublai retained and adapted Jin institutions, combining Zhongtong paper currency, household registration, and circuit-prefecture-county administration to systematically register civilian households and support military and civil expenditure.
  2. c. 1264–1270Yuan Dadu · North ChinaDuring the Zhiyuan period, household classification became complete; military, artisan, postal, and monastic households were fixed as hereditary categories, not permitted to relocate freely after registration, supported by triennial inspections and tax-labor collection.
  3. c. 1350–1368China · ChinaLate Yuan warfare caused the loss of household registers and a surge in refugees, making the various household categories unsustainable; after the Ming dynasty's founding, the yellow-register and lijia system was rebuilt, ending the Yuan household registration system.

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